Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by scarface74 on Friday March 31, 2023 @05:55AM
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Democrats explicitly had commercials pumping up Trump aligned Republicans in Senate primary races in swing states because Democrats thought they would be easier to defeat (they were right).
It's not wild. It's precisely what they did in 2015, as revealed by WikiLeaks: https://www.salon.com/2016/11/09/the-hillary-clinton-campaig...
Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by wizofaus on Friday March 31, 2023 @07:05AM
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Wow...who needs friends with enemies like that. But jeez...you'd think they would have at least learned their lesson.
I was pretty convinced 2 years ago (around the time of the injecting hydrochloric acid comments) that Trump would be almost universally be considered a national embarrassment by now. If there weren't powerful people running around deliberately trying to inflate support for him hoping it will somehow work out in their own interests I'm still pretty sure he would be.
He never advocated injecting hydrochloric acid.
Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by wizofaus on Friday March 31, 2023 @07:30AM
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Well no, he technically didn't advocate injecting bleach either but I gather he did seriously suggest a task force should investigate it as a possible covid treatment. HCl is used as a bleaching agent even if it's not commonly an ingredient in commercial bleaches - I conflated the two in my head.
It didn't happen that way either: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/11/joe-biden/...
He initially referred to UV light as a disinfection agent, and then to the "bleach". He was rambling about use inside the body and did mention "injection", but he wasn't specifically advocating something, and when asked to clarify a few moments later he explicitly said he didn't think it should be injected.
Was it loose talk and pretty dumb? Absolutely. Did the media exaggerate and lie about it for years as a political talking point? Of course! Such is life in modern America.
Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by paul7986 on Friday March 31, 2023 @12:06PM
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Wild in politics... nothing is wild to me with politics ..win at all cost and angles. Make things up ..smear your opponent..etc... been playing that game forever.
Nothing for me to pay attention to just vote based on who aligns with my issues and doesn't come off like slimeball or an idiot!
Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by themitigating on Friday March 31, 2023 @01:26PM
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If that's true then that's morally acceptable to stop republicans who have promoted lies about election fraud in an attempt to steal power in a democracy
Whether you believe that or not, its wild that we're in such a position that claims like that could be made.