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Republicans spent years demanding Hunter Biden's laptop, shooting up pizza places, and harassing trans people. Yet shrug at Epstein and Trump. (slrpnk.net)

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Yesterday I watched some lady hand-wave away Trump’s actions by saying “we’re all sinners, and trump deserves our forgiveness just like we deserve Jesus’ forgiveness”.

A couple of weeks ago I watched fucking John Fetterman make essentially the same argument, saying that we shouldn't harp on Trump's status as a convicted felon because Democrats are supposed to be "the party of forgiveness and redemption". It's hard to watch (some, not all) Democrat leaders falling over themselves in their attempts to give away political advantage.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

What I hear when prominent Democrats say that is "we cannot let the precedent of leaders being held accountable be established".

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Al Franken fell on his sword pretty quick after a joke bit that everyone consented to but with very few exceptions our Dems are kinda just less racist blowhards who make use of the insider trading but don’t try to bring children into factories again. The Overton window only keeps moving right and it’s painful to see.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

We can be the party of rehabilitative justice, but we don’t start with fascists. We start with common folk who fucked up and want to change and make things right. Presidents shouldn’t receive special treatment when they commit crimes, for the worse or the better.