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Lisa59's avatar

People only have as much power, as they are given. He's not Putin, yet. He can't order a judge's assassination, yet. The power holding chicken-shit dickless wonders players sound like a bunch of whining bitches. Well, I guess if it was poor person busted with 2oz of weed, then they'll bring the hammer down. Fuck all!

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Diana Hembree's avatar

Yes, like this African American man who served 36 YEARS in prison for stealing $50 https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-spent-36-years-prison-stealing-50-bakery/story?id=65264675 or the man sentenced to life in prison for attempting to steal a pair of hedge clippers https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/17/us/louisiana-habitual-offender-parole.html/ or another man who got life in prison, where he died, for stealing $14 https://theintercept.com/2017/03/14/shannon-hurd-got-a-life-sentence-for-stealing-14-then-he-died-in-prison-from-untreated-cancer/ or...well, you get the picture.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

There are hundreds of stories just like those & it not only breaks my heart for the suffering they endured, it makes me so angry

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marciam12's avatar

Please read my comment above. If the judge locks the old geezer up now, it will only help his campaign. All the magats will fall for his poor, persecuted, innocent, little me act, and he can play that very well from jail. I want him behind bars as badly as the next rational person does, but this isn't the right time to do it. It will make him a martyr, and we'll be on the losing end of that.

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Lisa59's avatar

He's going to parade around in his glowing victimization no matter what side of the bars he's on. He's double dog daring the judge. It will be in line with his many, 'I'm #1' accomplishments. His supporters are going to jail. They aren't going to show up. If they do, the cops will handle it. It will be humiliating for him. I wouldn't underestimate that.

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marciam12's avatar

Lisa 59, I hope you're right, too. I'd be happy to be wrong in this situation.

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Redpeachmoon's avatar

I hope you are right!

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Brianna Amore's avatar

You apparently did not read the article. Like Jeff said, there is not an army of Biden supporters who are going to suddenly vote for Trump because he's a "martyr". That's not how it works. Putting Trump in prison isn't going to make a bunch of non-voters suddenly want to vote for him either.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

In fact it might break the spell for some cultists.

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marciam12's avatar

I never mentioned Biden supporters. I'm talking about riling up the magats and encouraging them to do God only knows what. Yes, I read the article. I'm afraid too many magats and people on the fence would feel sorry for drumpf if the judge put him in jail, which I'd dearly love to see, after three or four full days of his whining and moaning and bitching about the unfairness of his having to obey the laws of the land.

I live in the south. In a red town, in a red county, in a red state. I keep my mouth shut in public. drumpf is already a hero here, and putting him in jail will just increase those feelings. It frightens me.

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Diana Hembree's avatar

Hi marciam12, I am from the south and I have relatives who support Trump (or did -- many are deciding not to vote for him again). I do think equality under the law should always prevail, and in this case, regardless of whether some MAGA folks make Trump a martyr or not.

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Diana Hembree's avatar

PS I can understand your fear, though.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

I get it. His followers & their willingness to commit violence is very scary. I have a Truth Social account & still go on Twitter just to see what they are saying, how riled up they are getting. Yes, they talk of civil war & killing Dems, libs.

I just hope the FBI is also keeping an eye on them.

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Diane J's avatar

I doubt it. More of his supporters are waking up and his magrats are greatly outnumbered. Think of his protesters outside the courthouse.

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

All one of them ЁЯЩД

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Marian Goldsmith's avatar

So when is the тАЬright тАЬ time? I keep thinking about the Joseph McCarthy HUAC anti-communist blacklisting era when Joseph Welch finally called him out with тАЬHave you no sense of decency?тАЭ which finally brought down his terrible house of cards.

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David A Pitock's avatar

Not all, polls which I don't always follow or believe in are saying some fence sitters will change their minds and not vote tRump if convicted of a crime, we can only hope.

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

They aren't martyrs until they're dead.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

I donтАЩt believe that. HeтАЩs already playing the martyr every single day.

Put his assin jail & deal with the consequences now, rather than later

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