Arthur Besse to Not The OnionEnglish • 6 months agoTrump posts fan fiction about Biden stealing nomination back from Harriswww.rollingstone.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1404arrow-down114cross-posted to: politicsneoliberal
arrow-up1390arrow-down1external-linkTrump posts fan fiction about Biden stealing nomination back from Harriswww.rollingstone.comArthur Besse to Not The OnionEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square40fedilinkcross-posted to: politicsneoliberal
minus-square@FrozengyrolinkEnglish25•6 months agoNot to mention not testifying has nothing to do with innocence. That’s not how our justice system works.
minus-square@thallamabondlinkEnglish18•6 months ago“You see the mob takes the Fifth,” he said during one rally in Iowa. “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-quote-about-fifth-amendment-resurfaces-allies-use-it-jan-6-panel-1660741
minus-squareEleventhHourlinkEnglish11•6 months agoAlthough true, for Trump, testifying would only lead to him further incriminating himself, so I feel context is important when making such distinctions.
minus-squareNusmlinkfedilinkEnglish19•6 months agoYeah that first one isn’t right. He won the 2016 election but still claimed it was rigged, and that he should have gotten more votes.
minus-squareMialinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-26 months agoHe’s like an elementary schooler, the difference is instead of bragging about having a PlayStation 7 at home he’s trying to overthrow democracy… :/
That last one needs to be updated
Not to mention not testifying has nothing to do with innocence. That’s not how our justice system works.
“You see the mob takes the Fifth,” he said during one rally in Iowa. “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-quote-about-fifth-amendment-resurfaces-allies-use-it-jan-6-panel-1660741
Although true, for Trump, testifying would only lead to him further incriminating himself, so I feel context is important when making such distinctions.
Yeah that first one isn’t right. He won the 2016 election but still claimed it was rigged, and that he should have gotten more votes.
He’s like an elementary schooler, the difference is instead of bragging about having a PlayStation 7 at home he’s trying to overthrow democracy… :/