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Trump in 2016:

She shouldn't be allowed to run.
If she were to win this election, it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis.
In that situation we could very well have a sitting president under felony indictment and ultimately a criminal trial.
It would grind the government to a halt.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/donald-trump-trial-guilty-hillary-clinton-b2556563.html

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[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Now now. He said the felony indictment would create a constitutional crisis. The trial would grind government to a halt. His trial's over, he's already been convicted. Completely different situation.

Sarcasm aside, I don't expect this to matter much. Pointing out the hypocrisy never seems to do anything. Maybe hopefully it'll peel off some hesitant voters on the margins, but will it cause the party to change course in any substantial way? I doubt it.

[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

What about the other 51 open indictments?

[–] confused_code_monkey@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Exactly. I was going to reply to the original commenter saying, like, you know he's still got 3 other trials actively in progress right? (Well, 1 of those is indefinitely halted, but still).

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Ah crap, you're right. I've been so focused on the one case that reached a conclusion that I tend to forget all the other cases still pending.