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kentuck

(111,103 posts)
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 04:11 PM Jun 2021

The Trump Administration was a criminal enterprise.

Perhaps, at first, many Republicans did not know it was a criminal operation? But, they all had to suspect something when he continued doing business out of the White House with total disregard for the emoluments clause of our Constitution.

Eventually, they all knew. And they chose to be part of the enterprise. They have all become criminals. Lying and cheating are the least of their sins.

The purpose of the public trough is to steal from it. Government is nothing to be respected by these folks. It is there for private use.

The crime wave of the last 4 years was unlike anything we have ever seen. We discover something new every day. Those that disregard the crimes are undeserving of any sympathy, and certainly undeserving of anyone's vote.

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The Trump Administration was a criminal enterprise. (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2021 OP
And now they want to take away the right to vote and fair elections, plus continue RKP5637 Jun 2021 #1
Campaign solicited and accepted help from Russia. Kid Berwyn Jun 2021 #2
So did Mueller ... and I don't see Garland deciding any differently ... Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2021 #8
And sorry, but breaking election finance laws...or other kinds of procedural offenses don't register LiberalLovinLug Jun 2021 #14
Was? doc03 Jun 2021 #3
Any hiccup in the economy plus the constant 24/7 bashing NoMoreRepugs Jun 2021 #4
We are definitely not out of the woods. kentuck Jun 2021 #5
Agree a Bazillion %. NoMoreRepugs Jun 2021 #6
Luckily, the constant hate aimed at Biden Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #7
But we still need EVERYBODY who can walk, talk, or breathe calimary Jun 2021 #21
Yes, of course. Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #22
In 2020 3% of all the credit card fraud in America traced back to the Trump campaign Botany Jun 2021 #9
They didn't know? bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #10
LOL... the entire GOP is a... S/V Loner Jun 2021 #11
And, we are done here! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jun 2021 #24
expand the doj & investigation's !! jeeze !! monkeyman1 Jun 2021 #12
Lock them all up malaise Jun 2021 #13
That asshole's entire life has been nothing but Mr. Evil Jun 2021 #15
The tough part is that so many Republicans do not care it was criminal. TNNurse Jun 2021 #16
Well, let's get some of that money back and RICO his ass!! aeromanKC Jun 2021 #17
Putin once said ymetca Jun 2021 #18
When you goal is to destroy the outfit that pays your salary..... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2021 #19
the Republican party brought him to the dance... stillcool Jun 2021 #20
Yep OldBaldy1701E Jun 2021 #25
From your keyboard to God's ear, my fellow bluegrassian. jaxexpat Jun 2021 #23
And what's even more despicable he conned 74 million people into thinking he really kimbutgar Jun 2021 #26
Judging by recent disclosures and events it is an ONGOING criminal enterprise. Ford_Prefect Jun 2021 #27
And yet, he is still a free man. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #28
Really speaks volumes TheAnnoyedAgnostic Jun 2021 #29

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
1. And now they want to take away the right to vote and fair elections, plus continue
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 04:20 PM
Jun 2021

to gerrymander. Because so many see the GOP for what it is.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
8. So did Mueller ... and I don't see Garland deciding any differently ...
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 04:48 PM
Jun 2021

The only thing you can't take is actual money, or items of value. Problem is 'dirt on your opponent' has no definable $ value, ergo, does not run afoul of election laws which are based on definable value. Similarly, the support of bot farms propping you up on Social Media is of nebulous $ value.

There's no laws saying your campaign chair can't share data with a foreign country either.

So, yes, you CAN legally take various forms of help from foreign governments, and even solicit it.

I'm saying this because IT NEEDS FIXED

LiberalLovinLug

(14,174 posts)
14. And sorry, but breaking election finance laws...or other kinds of procedural offenses don't register
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 05:27 PM
Jun 2021

with the general public.

even if found guilty.

I think only if there could be proof of actual substantive monetary benefits gotten illicitly, would the public, especially Republican voters, even open a second eye lid.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,435 posts)
4. Any hiccup in the economy plus the constant 24/7 bashing
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 04:27 PM
Jun 2021

of Biden by faux and HateRadio could result in a 2022 election cycle we NEVER, yes NEVER, recover from. Our Democracy hangs by a tattered thread IMO.

kentuck

(111,103 posts)
5. We are definitely not out of the woods.
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 04:28 PM
Jun 2021

We should not be so naive as to ignore what is still going on.

Elessar Zappa

(14,004 posts)
7. Luckily, the constant hate aimed at Biden
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 04:30 PM
Jun 2021

isn’t effecting his approval rating which is around 60%. If that holds up, we’ll be in fairly good shape in 2022.

calimary

(81,322 posts)
21. But we still need EVERYBODY who can walk, talk, or breathe
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:01 PM
Jun 2021

to VOTE!

If all we did was just SHOW THE FUCK UP TO VOTE, we’d win every time.

Simply because there are more of us than there are of the bad guys (and those who somehow always fall for the lying phony-ass sales pitch).

Elessar Zappa

(14,004 posts)
22. Yes, of course.
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:03 PM
Jun 2021

If Dems don’t show up, then we deserve what’s coming. Not really but we all must vote!

Botany

(70,516 posts)
9. In 2020 3% of all the credit card fraud in America traced back to the Trump campaign
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 05:11 PM
Jun 2021

That was the single biggest cause of credit card fraud. After he lost the election Trump
raised 76 million $s for 2 things, Stop the Steal and to help in the Georgia senate races
and of the $76 million Trump kept every penny.

bucolic_frolic

(43,182 posts)
10. They didn't know?
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 05:15 PM
Jun 2021

When competitors absorbed fight-starting insults and whimpered away? When consultants were hired straight from their eastern European gigs? When Russia was asked to listen? When Paul Ryan revealed the cash flows? When the campaign cash flowed? When arming America was more important than protecting America? When family values were hollow words?

Maybe they were deaf, dumb, and blind. Or they lost their voice to kompromat.

TNNurse

(6,927 posts)
16. The tough part is that so many Republicans do not care it was criminal.
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 05:40 PM
Jun 2021

If they got richer and others suffered they are fine with it.

ymetca

(1,182 posts)
18. Putin once said
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 05:41 PM
Jun 2021

that he viewed the U.S. as nothing more than legalized graft. So he decided to get in on the game. Trump was the perfect "get" --someone so vainglorious and corrupt, who could be completely manipulated. Not since Reagan, such a tool as him. (Reagan was just a tool of good 'ol USofA plutocrats).

Mobsters view the government as nothing more than the biggest, toughest gang. Our founders were well aware of such people, hence the Balance of Powers, to try and stem the tide of corruption, by disrupting the total concentration of power into too few hands.

The fact that we actually got him out of office bespeaks a debt of gratitude towards the most oppressed among us, braving their lives to get out and vote.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
20. the Republican party brought him to the dance...
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 05:46 PM
Jun 2021

they showed him the steps, they watched, they applauded, and he danced to any tune they played. I'm sure he embarrassed them at times, but not enough to stop the music. The fact that so many Republican-run states are doing dances of their own confirms their last guy was not an anomaly. More like a prototype.

kimbutgar

(21,163 posts)
26. And what's even more despicable he conned 74 million people into thinking he really
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:38 PM
Jun 2021

Cared about them but in reality he only cared about how much money he made off of them.

These suckers got taken for a ride and they don’t even realize it.

Ford_Prefect

(7,901 posts)
27. Judging by recent disclosures and events it is an ONGOING criminal enterprise.
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:43 PM
Jun 2021

As the presence of stay-behind agents appointed to DOJ, FBI, EPA, Interior, Treasury, Defense, Intelligence, ICE, DHS, along with other divisions and departments, has shown.

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