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Under oath, John Kelly raises serious allegations against Trump
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Let's be clear, Hunter Biden hasn't actually been formally accused of anything.
After this much time of people searching for anything, yet there still isn't enough evidence to make a clear accusation, seems kind of obvious that he doesn't deserve to go to prison. Unless someone can provide some kind of evidence of criminal activity, but I won't hold my breath.
This isn't a "both sides are the same" thing. Not even close.
Additionally, Hunter Biden is a private citizen, and did not take an oath to uphold the Constitution nor did he have access to classified information that he could mishandle, nor did he have influence over our government’s most powerful arms of justice. There is no comparison between what Hunter Biden and Trump are alleged to have done - but the right would sure like for you to think that they are equivalent.
Oh they know Hunter did absolutely nothing wrong. They just need a scapegoat for when people point out the obvious crimes Trump committed so they have a "both side" argument.
They don't seem to understand nobody cares about Hunter and his "laptop". It's just Hillary's emails 2.0 ... with less credibility because they aren't even targeting a politician 😆
And like a millions times more the revenge porn. Imagine if that was the content of Hillary's emails.
Meanwhile Trumps children and Jared Kushner did have much of that and they're likely criminals. But of course if these people could think, they wouldn't be Trump supporters.
Well said. We'll likely never know the depth of the gritting or the extent of the damage done.
Sure we will. Like Vietnam and Watergate, 40 years from now we’ll have all those Republicans write autobiographies about how Trump was awful and how they tried to hold him back and how they were never on board with his atrocities and begging history to judge them separately. We’re already seeing hints of this with the Bush administration about Iraq.
Yes, it's quite predictable in politics to view the former politicians of the future writing their memoirs. History repeats itself a lot in the political arena.
I get what you're saying, but Hunter did recently plead guilty to tax crimes.
not paying his taxes makes him smart. or so i was told.
And also unlawfully possessing a firearm, but you'd expect the right to love that.
Oh so is the GOP going to start disparaging people for tax crimes? Usually that doesn't hurt their opinion of people.
Tax crimes by a private citizen do not warrant the resources being used up during this witch hunt.
He pled guilty to lying on a form about his addiction while purchasing a firearm and not paying taxes for two years while he was an addict (through he paid the back taxes after that eventually I think).
I honestly appreciate the fact that everyone was transparent about this and chose to be upfront and take responsibility rather than do all the shit that republicans do when accused of something.
He did. It was a plea bargain that included dropping the charges of improper gun ownership.
My comments were more along the lines of no one is above the laws Democrats and Republicans.
Yeah but Republicans break those laws so much more often and to such a greater degree that it's a false comparison.
He was just convicted of tax evasion and possession of an illegal firearm, Hunter Biden i mean.
Nothing like he's been accused of, but he has been formally charged and convicted recently.
Don't think that's what the comment said... And I'm pretty sure Hunter pled guilty to a felony firearm charge and willfully failing to pay hundreds of thousands in taxes so, yeah, sounds like they're both dicks. The argument that "your dick is bigger than my dick" is hilarious though.
Jesus fuck
One side had a guy tax fraud and owning a firearm
One side had a guy try to violently overthrow the government in order to install himself as dictator
Gee, you're right, they're both equally bad WHAT THE FUCK HOW DUMB ARE YOU?
Well I got to enjoy a few weeks of it feeling different from Reddit around here...
The comment at the head of this was stating that no one should be above the law. (<- That is a period.) Not that no one should be above the law if their crime is a certain amount of awful... Not that no one should be above the law depending on their political alignment. No one.
Then the response was arguing that Hunter did nothing wrong! There's no evidence of a crime! You shouldn't say they're all the same!!! No one said their crimes are the same. No one said they're the same in any way beyond that they are citizens of a country that has laws and they should be held accountable if they break them... And yes, Hunter committed and admitted guilt to crimes... And it doesn't put a red hat on someone's head if they acknowledge a fact that doesn't fit in with your agenda.
I responded and enter you. You really weren't worth this response because you said the same dumbass thing the other person did. Arguing a point that wasn't made because you're so cocked and loaded to encounter one of those dumb right wingers that you think if anyone disagrees with you they must be wearing a maga hat. Pull your head out of your ass.
I wasn't talking about that. You also said
bOtH sIdEs
That's what I was calling you fuckin stupid for. Repeating bullshit propaganda.
No, no, you didn't say it...you just heavily implied it while winking and nodding in its direction. We're not stupid, fuck off.
Lol relying on telling the other person what they were implying to create an argument for yourself. Followed by saying "we're not stupid" as if you have a bunch of people around you're speaking for.
I said they're both dicks. They both are. You want to argue the size, you go for it, I'd agree that Trump 100% is the "bigger dick" of the two, he's absolute garbage, but since I'm not on some fanciful battlefield fighting in your war of the blues & reds, I wasn't concerned with who tarnished their side the most. My concern was more geared toward the fact that rich folks shouldn't get away with doing shit the rest of us can't. If you're going to make statements for you and, whoever else falls under "we," about whether or not you all are "stupid," you should make less assumptions, it doesn't help your case.
That's a favored tactic of the red side.
Both sides, impartial, enlightened centrism, yadda yadda.
It's sad because "both sides bad" can be a valid argument, if it hadn't been coopted as an undercover facist dog whistle.
True. In some cases it's important to bring up.
Everything needs context.
The main difference is that now instead of constantly telling fascists to fuck off, I also sometimes get to tell tankies to fuck off.
oh no some one took a plea deal. no if it can be shown he got special treatment as the presidents son, that i can outraged at. but people take plea deals all the time.
I mean fuck the GOP but the idea that Hunter is just some guy caught up in it all is ludicrous. The dude has been trading on his father's name for his entire adult life. There was a federal investigation into a fund that he and his uncle had set up where they explicitly said they were going to trade access to Biden. That was at least twenty years ago but still.
so many people say, "if he'd actually done anything unethical he should be punished" while completely ignoring that he essentially acts the exact same as one of the Trump kids - useless as fuck, makes bank on connections gained through nepotism and corruption.
look at the list of companies this guy has been involved in. probably most of their kids are like this.
Sure, it's not entirely ethical and a nepo baby, but to still compare him with Don Jr who is still continuing to spout election denialism and misinformation is a bit disingenuous. I agree, if Hunter committed any crimes he should pay just like anyone else, but him being a nepo baby isn't the conversation we're having right now.
he's more akin to Kushner, making business deals and getting on the boards of companies purely by his relationships.
there's a pretty big difference between being the kid of a senator and starting a lobbying company with the aim of leveraging your familial relations to advance the interests of corporations and billionaires paying you.
but like, hasn't he committed multiple felonies that generally do end up with people in jail? tax fraud, spousal abuse, gun he wasn't allowed to have (IIRC). so, like, pardon me but i kind of think that seems like bullshit.
if he should pay like everyone else he should be barred from having anything to do with politics and go to jail like everyone who doesn't have a senator for a daddy would have.
I'm take that seriously when the GOP starts complaining about all the other rich people who regularly do shit like this and face no consequences.
So you’re against equal application of the law if the perpetrator is prominent enough. Yeah, this is why Democratic politics are nearly as corrupt as the Republicans.
Ah, so this is the part where you make a ridiculous strawman and we all laugh at you. Got it.
You literally just said you waive away his corruption because the other guys are more corrupt. It is not in any way a straw man it is your stated position. Maybe stop treating this like a game rich people play.
Literally did not say that, nice try tho
You’re taking Democratic corruption seriously only after Republicans eliminate their corruption. You are a defender and champion of corruption, just as long as it’s people in your party.
The fact that you think that’s different from partisan corruption basically everywhere is laughable.
Are you a child? I try not to get into arguments with children.
I'm not referring to the corruption itself. I'm just not taking your words or your concern seriously. I don't think you actually care about corruption. All you care about is making Democrats look bad.
I'll take your words seriously after you start dealing with corruption in your own party.
Anyway, you probably understood all that, you're just intentionally misconstruing my words in a poor attempt to make democrats look bad, because that's all you people can ever do. It's your whole party platform. That and oppressing minorities.
Oh fuck off
The persecution complex that both parties have inculcated is fucking ridiculous. I say, “fuck the GOP” I say reps are more corrupt than dems and you’re out here with the, “you only complain about democratic corruption bc you hate democrats.”
People like you on both sides of the aisle are why the rich are looting this country. Wake the fuck up you simple bitch.
Straight up just calling me a Republican. The idea that people can just be principled and against partisan hackery and corruption is just to alien for your pea brain to fathom, huh?
Nice try, shill. We all got wise to your bullshit after 2016. "muh both sides" lol
Please go back to Reddit where you can exist with oblivious milquetoast lukewarm liberals like yourself.
I’ve been a committed leftist since I was a teenager but go off with your impeccable sixth sense of dipshit tomfuckery. Bet you like James Carville lmaoooo
Oh and I just wanted to point out that you’re so thoroughly propagandized to supporting your team’s corruption that you literally invented a person and twisted an argument to justify the fact that you approve of blatant systemic corruption.
Get bent, dickweed. Thanks for teaching me brain worms aren’t ideologically specific, I guess.
Don't think I disagree with any of that. I would expand on it however and say there's an order of priority, and of the people that should be barred from having anything to do with politics and go to jail, I would not say he's anywhere close to the highest on the list of those priorities.
You don’t think the president’s son repeatedly trying to peddle his father’s influence is a priority?
He's not actively doing it. Any accusations of the like stem from actions from a decade ago when his father was vice president, and nothing has ever been proven, though the GOP have annual witch hunts to try.
hunter hasnt gotten a security clearance after failing to accurately fill out his sf86 multiple times and then got bailed out for billions on a building he was underwater on and then got billions more from another country for "no reason" while having access to classified documents.