• LupusBlackfur@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    voicing discomfort…

    How about actually demanding/executing the requirement that Mafia Don Mangolini get actual fucking Congressional approval to accept/keep this “gift” (read: blatant bribe)…

    You, Congress, could stop this. 🤷‍♂️ 🤦‍♀️ 🤡 🖕

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    10 days ago

    They know that Trump is handing Democrats a silver bullet. Taking gifts from foreign governments is literally the textbook example, set by the founders, of what you can impeach a President for.

    And the issue is simple, easy to understand, and likewise hard to defend.

    I’m not saying they’re worried about him being removed, but they’re the ones who are going to have to go on CNN and defend this crap for three or four weeks of news cycles.

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      10 days ago

      You hear that?

      WE GOT EM, BOYS! CONFETTI AND KAZOOS FOR EVERYBODY!

      Oh wait, literally nothing will happen, there’ll be no consequences. MAYBE he won’t take the plane, then they’ll never talk about it again.