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dialethia 🍖🎩
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For people considering voting for Trump: Why do you think Trump should be returned to power to represent America and its ideals? Consider the following: Trump was found liable for sexually abusing the columnist E. Jean Carroll. Trump was just convicted on 34 counts for fraud. You can disagree with legal maneuver to escalate to a felony but it doesn't make him any less guilty. Trump took confidential documents and refused to give them back... an open and shut case of Trump's pathological deceit and corruption. A Trump appointed judge has dismissed the case to the outrage legal scholars and precedent providing a clear example of the decay towards Authoritarianism Trump and those he installs to power represent. Trump tried to use fake electors to overturn the 2020 election, refused to concede, continued to push the lie that the election was stolen when it was he who was actually trying to steal it which ultimately lead to the violence of January 6th. There’s more but let’s just start with that.
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Mike | Abundance
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As someone who voted for (& donated to) Clinton and Biden in the past, and now *considering* a vote for Trump, I can say that this is a question that should really be leveled at the Democratic Party - why is a person with such a questionable character leading in the polls? My view is that, while Trump has authoritarian tendencies, so does the Democratic establishment. You can't claim you're pro-democracy and at the same time try to remove your political opponent from the ballot in dozens of states (something the Supreme Court unanimously struck down). Nor try to jail your opponent for "fraud" in an election year (that should have been a federal campaign finance case in 2021, not a state fraud case in 2024). You also don't use social media and media to silence and destroy the careers of people who question COVID origins, or the efficacy of vaccines. So while Trump is one individual with authoritarian tendencies, Democrats seem to be no less authoritarian but use institutions for authoritarian aims
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dialethia 🍖🎩
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Thanks for your thoughtful post - I appreciate it. Thoughtful as it may be, it doesn't answer the question as to why Trump should be returned to power as a sexual abuser, fraudster, and convicted felon with tendencies towards authoritarianism other than to say the Democratic establishment is flawed too. Happy to grant that - we are all flawed. Trump is asymmetrically flawed however. Many Democrats believe Trump is disqualified most specifically for his attempts to subvert the 2020 election culminating in the events on Jan 6th. He was impeached for the 2nd time. The Republicans could have upheld their duty and turned their backs on Trump but most did not have the integrity to do so. 🧵
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