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Frank D. Lincoln

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12. Trump would have been barred from public office if Mitch had done the right thing.

Reply to JohnSJ (Reply #10)

Tue Jan 14, 2025, 03:28 PM

Jan 14

Then, even with Merrick Garland (and SCOTUS) delaying Trump's prosecution, it wouldn't have mattered in terms of the election. Trump wouldn't have been able to run for a second term and we wouldn't be in the mess we're in now.

THAT'S my point in case you didn't understand.

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What is happening is NOT NORMAL, or business as usual. A deviant, pathological liar who tried to overthrow the U.S. [View all] JohnSJ Jan 14 OP

Most black women get this and are not afraid to act or speak accordingly. They are not "fake" as many others are. Jit423 Jan 14 #1

K&R Think. Again. Jan 14 #2

Totally, absolutely agree with a million exclamation points. Timeflyer Jan 14 #3

They are both JustAnotherGen Jan 14 #4

the idiot voters brought him back samsingh Jan 14 #5

True, but they had help from garland who did not do his job by going after trump quickly and immediately, and with the JohnSJ Jan 14 #6

true samsingh Jan 15 #18

BIDEN did NOT fail to secure a conviction. lark Jan 14 #7

Times have changed I guess Cirsium Jan 14 #14

totally agree. Evolve Dammit Jan 14 #8

Mitch McConnell's treachery predates Merrick Garland's. Frank D. Lincoln Jan 14 #9

Doesn't cut it. Garland wasted at least a year before jack smith was appointed. JohnSJ Jan 14 #10

Wouldn't have been an issue if Mitch had done the right thing. nt Frank D. Lincoln Jan 14 #11

Excuse me, why would anyone assume McConnell would do the right thing? JohnSJ Jan 14 #13

Why would anyone assume that Garland would do the right thing? Frank D. Lincoln Jan 14 #15

Putting me on ignore? For what? Because we disagree. Perhaps you should JohnSJ Jan 14 #17

Trump would have been barred from public office if Mitch had done the right thing. Frank D. Lincoln Jan 14 #12

Not comparable Cirsium Jan 14 #16