Robert Mueller Has Died
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“Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!” [1]
What a great guy.
[1] https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1162683345353...
Let's not view any of this in isolation either. None of those accounts will say a single negative word about Donald's (most recent!) shockingly disrespectful thoughts for the deceased.
Edit: I’m being sincere with this question. I didn’t think he had a beef with Mueller and forgot the original report was never made public.
The Trump White House asserted a “protective” claim of executive privilege over the redacted portions and underlying materials, which helped prevent Congress from obtaining the fully unredacted report, though this did not block release of the already‑redacted public version.
In other words, the criminals in charge prefer to work in the dark.
It absolutely said Trump was connected to Russiagate and very much broke the law, Mueller was forced to shut down the investigation.
Russia wanted Trump to win, because they understood him as deeply destabilizing.
Edit: I am sadly expecting some brigading on this thread.
My aunt is a republican lobbyist. She is also a drunk. This means she regularly texts us the most incredibly odious beliefs. Stuff like how my other aunt should kill herself because she is a leech for taking disability from the government. MAGA voters aren't sad that Trump is out here saying "fuck you, libs" on a regular basis. They love it.
His posting style is also very typical of facist governments.
His approval rating is the worst of any president since WW2, including his first term, which was the previous 'record holder.' The Iran war is deeply unpopular with the American people, the skyrocketing gas and diesel prices are infuriating many. He's desperate to shift attention.
I heard it was popular with Republicans.
Also, the Democratic party establishment seems pretty mum on this war so far. They are full of neocons too.
If this is just ok now, can I say something like "I'm glad Donald Trump was shot. He's a colossal douchebag"?
Moreover, I'm not sure it is right for the president to celebrate this; isn't part of the job of a president to be diplomatic? It's one thing when a nobody like me celebrates the death of someone bad, but I'm not the president, no one expects me to be diplomatic, and generally speaking no one actually cares what I think about anything.
Nice counter though, I walked right into it.
Cheers. That made me laugh!
His entire MO
On the other hand, I can see myself feeling something identical were someone else in particular to die.
As it implies you think it would be good if someone who has to be brought before a court of law to answer for their actions, someone who has to be given a chance to defend themselve, and to be judged fairly by an assembly of their peer, gets the opportunity to die without this public reckoning?
If this were to happen it would make me feel sad.
It still boggles my mind that Trump was even allowed to run for president again, when he publicly and very evidently did whatever he could to try to stop the investigation of himself. In what world does it serve democracy well to let people like that even be candidates or involved in politics at all?
In a world where the population has been systematically trained to vote against their best interests.
You are assuming that Trump's supporters care about the continuation of democracy, which is pretty clearly often not the case.
The only person who really had the means to put an end to Trump politically after his first term was Joe Biden, and people should absolutely never forgive him for his failure on that front.
All but 7 Republicans in the Senate voted he was not guilty in his impeachment trial. They were gifted the opportunity to do the right thing, and they unquestionably failed.
It's a feature.
All the richest sociopaths in SV have latched onto the meme that democracy and (their) freedom (to do whatever they want to the lower classes) aren't compatible, and these people bought control of the algorithms that are currently brainwashing anyone within eyeshot of a screen.
He was at least 35, a natural born citizen of the US, had residency for at least 14 years prior to his candidacy, only served a single term prior, and was never charged and convicted with insurrection.
Of course he was allowed, he met all the constitutional criteria to serve.
https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/supreme-court/2023/23s...
> He quite obviously ran and was elected. That fact alone means he satisfied all the qualification tests.
Did you not read what I wrote above? Here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-719_19m2.pdf
At what point was Trump “charged and convicted” because that is what I wrote. Obviously it doesn’t matter what a “group of Colorado voters contends” or that “the Colorado supreme court agreed”, it didn't meet the limitations imposed by section 3 of the 14th, because they cant, only congress can using section 5.
You wrote other words too. I assume your assertion was that he was not legally excluded from the presidential ballot for insurrection. Colorado found otherwise.
> it doesn’t matter what a “group of Colorado voters contends” or that “the Colorado supreme court agreed”
Once again, "Colorado begs to differ". They found that he participated in an insurrection and, to be entirely honest, I trust them more than you.
Scotus isn't on your side here, they just said states can't disqualify federal candidates.
I don’t have a “side”. I said Trump was qualified to run for president because he satisfied all the qualification boxes—-if you dispute that, make your case. Colorado attempted to make their case and lost. He age qualifies, he citizenship qualifies, his residency qualifies, and he didn’t violate the 14th.
So I am not sure exactly what point you are trying to make. Frankly, there doesn’t seem to be one beyond just arguing a failed point.
I think you mean "he hasn't been found to have violated the 14th", we all witnessed the insurrection. And even that would be an inaccurate statement on your part, he was found to have violated the 14th by Colorado. Scotus did not vacate this finding.
> This case raises the question whether the States, in addition to Congress, may also enforce Section 3. We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office.
You keep trying to use Trump's ability to run for federal office as some backwards way to claim he was neither the participant in an insurrection nor found legally to have been one.
Trump ran. Trump was elected. Challenge it or so be it.
Apparently whatever nuanced point you think you are making, reality seems to disagree with you.
I found Mueller to be highly ethical at times and driven by irrationality (to the point of disingenuousness) at other times. There was a lot to cover about him.
Chuck Norris dies? Not flagged.
There's a very particular kind of thing that gets flagged.
If you want evidence of this consider comments. Conservative comments are often quickly downvoted.