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Considering the former state AG lost the election to the felon facing two open-and-shut federal cases, I think the "law and order" label has to be retired.

On the plus side, nothing here is permanent, this guy is out in just over three years. How much more damage could he possibly do?

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You really believe he will be out in three years?

There's only one way he'll be out, and voting will not be part of that

I do. Pretty certain he only ran to avoid being convicted in the Jan 6 and classified documents cases. Now he can pardon himself and even if the next DOJ prosecutes he can run out the clock.

Why do you think he will try to stay in office? Cause he said he might?

You think that he's afraid of going to prison only? Oh noo, house arrest in Mar-A-Lago for x amount of years due to "bad health".

I think the man is severely and uncurably addicted. Got his ultimate high and will do anything and throw anyone or anything under the bus to maintain that.

Why should he leave? Who would make him leave?

No I am saying this time around there is zero chance he gets convicted of anything before he dies, due primarily to the SCOTUS immunity decision for anything this term and the fact that self-pardons for prior crimes would require another trip to the Supreme Court.

> I think the man is severely and uncurably addicted.

How do you distinguish this from him rubber stamping other people's agendas and falling asleep all the time?

Because he wants the power, and the money.

No way in hell he goes out with regular old elections.

That is a lot of certainty for your vague intuition about his desires three years from now. Money is no longer a concern and he seems to play a lot of golf for someone drunk on power.

An awful lot.

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