• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    If you want the democrats to do better, then vote for more of them. Simple as.

    Even if you don’t feel represented on a specific issue, the DNC are the party to reverse citizens united, tax the rich, and promote fair and open elections.

    Pick DNC now so you can choose somebody better later.

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      4 days ago

      Why didn’t Trump get put in prison after Jan 6? Democrats had the power to do it, why didn’t they?

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          Why didn’t Biden appoint a DOJ head that would try him for treason? This was in their power, they didn’t need more votes, they saw what happened Jan 6, why didn’t they do what needed to be done?

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            He was being tried up until his election as president. That’s the thing, he was never pardoned, he is literally only free from criminal court and investigations because he is president…

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              3 days ago

              After waiting a year to open the investigations, and another year to establish a special counsel, then waiting until August of the next year, 2023 to indite him. Because they took so long he was elected before trial. They didn’t charge him with sedition, they didn’t stop him from campaigning, and they dismissed the case because “The (Justice) Department’s position is that the Constitution requires that this case be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated,”

              Damn, shucks, darn it, if only they had gotten lucky or maybe started a bit sooner they could have gotten to trial before their 4 years were up, but shucks guess we just have to dismiss this case about someone trying to overthrow our fucking government.

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                3 days ago

                Compared to every other criminal trial that wraps up in 2 weeks.

                Yoy realize that you’re asking for politicians to rush through the prosecution of their opponents, right?

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                  3 days ago

                  You clearly resort to hyperbole because you know how damning their speed is.

                  Yes, they should have taken less than two and a half years to indite Trump for seditious acts.

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      3 days ago

      Why would I want to encourage the Democrats shitty behaviour? Voting for more of them tells them “yes, I want you to keep backing down on everything you promsed”, which I don’t want.

      Even if you don’t feel represented on a specific issue, the DNC are the party to reverse citizens united, tax the rich, and promote fair and open elections.

      No, those are the things they talk about doing, but as soon as they have the power, suddenly they are too busy focusing on perpetuating wars, bailing out their rich friends, and fighting against fair elections to get any of those things done

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        They literally already took money out of politics from 2003 to 2010. That’s what Citizens United means, it’s the court case that put money back in politics. Every DNC politician talks about overturning it but they need a SCOTUS majority or 60 Senators to do it. DNC would be taxing the rich right now as the GOP tax plan expires next year, but stupid assholes let a GOP majority in to write the new one just like they did in 2017. If you really don’t think the DNC expands ballot access and promotes fair districting, then clearly you haven’t been watching anything going on around you.

        The DNC haven’t had 60 senators since 1979. Try it first, then tell me it doesn’t work.

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          I’ve seen them backtrack on enough things to pretty openly not believe them. They could do all kinds of finance reform around politics but keep choosing not to. They keep taking in tons of money, and fighting against the politicians that say they want to overturn CU.

          If you really don’t think the DNC expands ballot access and promotes fair districting, then clearly you haven’t been watching anything going on around you.

          I watch it all the time. I saw them sue to keep 3rd parties off the ballot. I saw them sabatoge Bernie’s campaign. I saw them push their own progressive party members out. I saw them push two terrible candidates for the last presidental election that their base was loudly saying they didn’t want.

          So no, I don’t think they care about open elections