Lawmakers demand details of a Mar-a-Lago dinner where Trump promised to ease regulations on the oil industry while asking executives to steer $1 billion to his 2024 campaign.

  • Rentlar
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    175 months ago

    I don’t know how it isn’t clear in the eyes of the law.

    If the eyewitness reports can corroborate that “repeal the specific ban Biden put on LNG exports” is being offered, and the price being “a billion” dollars, even if no executives took up that offer, Trump ought to be punished for even soliciting such an arrangement, no?

    • @RedditWanderer
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      55 months ago

      Trump is a Republican so no, punishment isn’t on the table. Instead they’ll impeach Biden for having a dog in the whitehouse or something, much better use of taxpayer funds.

    • @errer
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      Devil’s advocate: aren’t democrats bought and sold too?

      • Rentlar
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        Yes and each one should be investigated and held accountable for it. Ofc one side thinks “rules for thee, not for me”.

  • @TropicalDingdong
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    105 months ago

    I mean unless they think they’re getting to some kind of trial in 2 months…

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      135 months ago

      I think the main aim here is to make sure voters know, though aiming for a trial isn’t a bad move either.

      • @TropicalDingdong
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        55 months ago

        I dont think you are wrong in the ‘why’ of why they are doing this; also, if a crime has been committed, i’m good with this.

        However, “Trump Bad” as a campaign strategy is losing Democrats this election. If this is part of some longshot campaign approach, its idiotic. Trump led an insurrection against the United States of America. Maybe return to that. Bribing executives is peanuts.

        • @[email protected]OPM
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          105 months ago

          Being on the take is an important part of communicating what’s going on here — Trump is part of a revolutionary attack by the super-rich to make sure they can keep picking our pockets.

          • @TropicalDingdong
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            15 months ago

            Democrats have been on this messaging for 8 years. Its not working.

        • DarkGamer
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          65 months ago

          “Trump Bad” as a campaign strategy is losing Democrats this election.

          What an odd take, considering every election is about candidates proving to the public that they are better than their opponent for the job.

          Trump led an insurrection against the United States of America. Maybe return to that.

          Isn’t that also, “Trump bad?”

        • @AstridWipenaugh
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          75 months ago

          SCOTUS can say that your constitutionally protected right to privacy doesn’t extend to your health. So yeah, they can say whatever they want now. They have destroyed any semblance of credibility they once had.