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DFW

(54,341 posts)
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 05:10 AM Apr 2020

Depending on how many of Trump's dictatorial moves are ultimately accepted as legal by Republicans

What will they say if a benevolent Democratic president were take office, and started to emloy the very moves the Trumpanzees cheered and blessed while he was in office?

Would they yell and scream about the suddenly-discovered unconstitutionality of the new president's actions?
Of course they would, that goes without saying.

But would they dare to mount the actual legal challenges they would be screaming about when there are hours of videos of them proclaiming at the top of their voices that Trump had every legal right to act as he did? They'll try, of course, but I don't know if they have installed enough corrupt judges to get their challenges held up.

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Depending on how many of Trump's dictatorial moves are ultimately accepted as legal by Republicans (Original Post) DFW Apr 2020 OP
I'm afraid that even more interesting times lay ahead of us than we're experiencing now... abqtommy Apr 2020 #1
Unfortunately, trump amazingly seems to be able to 'top' himself week after week empedocles Apr 2020 #2
For a spoiler DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #3
I often wonder how republicans would have responded if a black democrat named Obama johnthewoodworker Apr 2020 #4
Exactly! Duppers Apr 2020 #5
Republicans will still own the Supreme Court, gab13by13 Apr 2020 #6
To answer your question, yes. Republicans are hypocrites. Lonestarblue Apr 2020 #7
Agreed, the Senate is a must DFW Apr 2020 #8
Two things Cosmocat Apr 2020 #9
 

johnthewoodworker

(694 posts)
4. I often wonder how republicans would have responded if a black democrat named Obama
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 07:29 AM
Apr 2020

did the same things as president cat grabber. But, then I remember this is a bad example as Obama never could or would.

Duppers

(28,118 posts)
5. Exactly!
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 07:33 AM
Apr 2020

And would the press do their jobs and point out the double standards?

Would we have this mess if broadcast news did and were doing their jobs?
(Said "broadcast" because the majority of Americans don't read anything but FB apparently.)



gab13by13

(21,303 posts)
6. Republicans will still own the Supreme Court,
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 07:40 AM
Apr 2020

and Mitch packed the federal courts with a boat load of political judges.

Lonestarblue

(9,971 posts)
7. To answer your question, yes. Republicans are hypocrites.
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 07:56 AM
Apr 2020

Trump Republicans re even worse than the pre-Trump Republican Party, which was pretty bad. But today’s Republicans have no morals, no character, no respect for the law, no respect for the Constitution, and no respect for the truth. They respect two things only: money and power. There is no level to which they will not sink.

If Biden is elected in November, his every action and comment will be followed by screams and histrionics by Republicans. And if they still hold a Senate majority, McConnell will block every bill except for the mandated budget bills. He’s already sitting on Hundreds of bills passed by the House.

DFW

(54,341 posts)
8. Agreed, the Senate is a must
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 08:20 AM
Apr 2020

And if and when we get a majority there, if must become federal law that voting rights suppression--with clear, unambiguous definitions that clever Republican defense attorneys can't argue around--carries a minimum ten year sentence, and not at some country club prison, either.

Cosmocat

(14,563 posts)
9. Two things
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 08:54 AM
Apr 2020

first, we KNOW how they are going to act given what they did with three very good and decent Democratic POTUS we have had since LBJ - ruthlessly work to slander and undermine them.

Second, the supposition of a Joe Biden presidency would include the current POTUS still being alive. He now is in singular possession of the republican party and however bad it was with Carter, Clinton and BHO, it will be 1,000 times worse with him in full vindictive mode.

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