Among the bill’s cosponsors is House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who recently told Politico, “I think it’s common sense that you can’t have the president sitting in the Oval Office worried about whether some lawyer or some local DA somewhere is going to go after him.”
How is this common sense? Politicians are in urgent need of more fear of the law and voters.
It’s just common sense that there are two classes of people in the world. Those the law protects but does not bind, and those the law binds but does not protect.
Can you imagine if this was normalized for the president, and then over time became acceptable for other people?
“You can’t have congress people worried about whether some lawyer will go after them.”
“You can’t have CEO’s worried about whether the DA will go after them.”
“You can’t expect your boss to worry about whether you will go after them.”
“You can’t expect your pastor to worry about whether the faithless will go after them.”
They’re so out of touch with the rest of the world, they think they should be immune from prosecution.
And yet they don’t seem to realize that most people think prison is the best place for all of them. Nobody gives a fuck about their well-being or their “worries.”
The President is worried about the world getting nuked, spies, destabilization, economy, and more. A lawyer is the LEAST of their worries and, honestly, shouldn’t be worried unless they breach the duties of their position.
In the end, they are a representative of US. They are still a person, albeit with a ton of power, but a person who represents a country. They are human and should be subject to all of the same laws. So should all forms of government (Legislative and Judicial). Just because we provide with with our voice doesn’t mean you get to not be held accountable when you misrepresent or flat out do illegal shit.
I guarantee you Trump never worried about any of those things.
In other words, “Let’s strip out one of the checks and balances built in to the country in order to ensure we get the very dictator king the founders sought to prevent.”
But “innocent” people shouldn’t need to worry about things like that…. Right Donnie?
Side note: does anyone else ever notice the lack of comments from the farleft’ers on posts like these? It’s always strangely silent and smug-free whenever there’s a post about Trump.
Wait are you trying to claim that Donald Trump is left politician?
No, what I’m saying is that they only crawl out of the woodwork when they’re something to say about Biden. One hardly ever sees the “far left” criticizing Trump here on lemmy.
If you don’t believe me, check any post that is about Trump in any way, and note the amount of far left’ers telling everyone not to vote or to vote third party. Then check any post about Biden.
Note how many far left people show up to criticize and suggest alternate voting.
This should tell you everything you need to know about what they’re really about.
It’s more that we never had any hope for him.
It’s like how when one criticizes Israel, people like to jump out and say “ but what about Hamas”, I don’t talk about the piece of dog shit I accidentally stepped on earlier.
We know that is bad, and assume everyone else is smart enough to realize it, without having to say something self evident.
I don’t go outside and say “Oh the sky is blue” it is expected not a variant
That’s not “the left”, its kremlins troll bots maskerading.
I’m guessing fast lefters don’t even click on posts about Trump at all. It’s like he’s not relevant to them ( especially the ones delusional enough to suggest not voting for Biden, it’s like they’ve totally forgotten that means we end up with trump)
It’s obvious for anyone that has a modicum of critical thinking skills. They’re painfully transparent.
Ok but Biden still isn’t in Gaza to act as human shield which means I’m gonna vote for Trump, twice!
Can they also pass a law forcing both Stormy Daniels and Hilary to suck him dry?
Ofcourse once that written in the books, all we gotta do is go find a vampire and get him to bite Hilary and Stormy. Then my master evil plan would probably work.
But whatever, sure, another trial? Yeah I’m sure we’ll get him this time! What did he do now? Run a red light? That’s 20 shots to the head if you’re a poor Mexican or black. But not previous Trump. He gets yet another trial. That’s what rich assholes get.
fascists gonna fash. while you’re right about racial double standards, they go beyond that for the god emperor.
they were just crying about an fbi raid supposedly being an assassination attempt, after his lawyers literally arguing that a president should be able to assassinate their opposition without repercussions.
as long as the president is orange, i guess.
He’s scared lol.
They’ll pass it too.
Candyass pussy should be stripped of everything and exiled to putinland to shut him up
Maybe if Trump loses he’ll move to Russia and fuck things up over there instead
Or fall out a window.
That would sure lighten the country’s mood
He’ll be dead after a second term lol. It’s a (evil) miracle he’s made it this far on a cocaine and fast food diet.
Everything I’ve heard about Trump is that he’s straight edged. No drugs or alcohol.
I’ve heard the same, I also know he’s a liar and drugs were known to be all over the White House when he was president. I can believe he doesn’t drink, but his personality and behavior (e.g. working/tweeting hours) say cocaine to me.
“I’d like to be able to commit unlimited acts that violate state laws, please.”
What the literal fuck.
Republicans: “We see no problems with this whatsoever.”
Remember: they aren’t arguing Trump didn’t break the law, they’re arguing that the Democrats are wrong to prosecute him for it.
they’re arguing that the Democrats are wrong to prosecute him for it.
Also worth saying that Democrats aren’t prosecuting him. This has been a recurring piece of disinformation spread by Republicans since the first official charge against Trump.
He broke the law. The justice system is prosecuting him. Not Biden, not Democrats, but the judicial branch of the government.
Yeah. Best they can do is… a few bullshit gestures that will go no where.
unless they win.
Sounds like someone’s broadcasting his confidence in his first criminal trial defense.
I’ll donate to the defense fund of the person who solves this problem before November.
I mean, this was hardly “advocating assassination.” I never once suggested death was the solution. But whatever.
That’s what being on .world gets you. That instance is all about free speech and open federation, except for when a mod or admin gets upset and censors the most milquetoast political statements.
I mean they also think wishing for meteors are calls for violence so who knows
An extinction level nonviolent meteor sounds like a fine option.
I wonder if there was an internet in 1942, if “advocating assassination” of Hitler would be censored?
Depends on whichever instance it would have been?
The solution?… no
But it certainly is one
Careful, someone offended might report you and the mods might remove your comment. 🙄
Counter offer: Pass a law barring people facing felony charges from running for President.
If it would keep you from owning a gun:
ATF form 4473, line 21c and d:
"c. Are you under indictment or information in any court for a felony, or any other crime for which the judge could imprison you for more than one year, or are you a current member of the military who has been charged with violation(s) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and whose charge(s) have been referred to a general court-martial?
d. Have you ever been convicted in any court, including a military court, of a felony, or any other crime for which the judge could have imprisoned you for more than one year, even if you received a shorter sentence including probation?"
Why should you be allowed the button? 🤔
Super easy for those in power to keep their rivals from being able to run for office. Currently the president and afraid you’ll be unseated by the opposing party’s candidate? Just start an investigation on them! Boom, no more rivals.
Wouldn’t it take more than an investigation? A grand jury would need to sign off on the indictments.
Assuming a corrupt system, yes. But in our current system? Not so much. Trump deserves each of his felony indictments and if it would keep him from buying a gun, which it does, it should block him from being Commander in Chief.
I think it’s important to consider just how… ickily inviolable most (if not all) of the right wing feels about the second amendment. I don’t think this line of logic would carry much weight with that crowd.
But I agree with what you’re saying. We need much more stringent controls on who is eligible for office.
The problem is not that Trump is under felony indictment. It’s not that he’s a liar, a cheater, a misogynist, narcissist, and elitist. It’s that, knowing this, a lot of people STILL support him for our nation’s top office. That’s how screwed up our populace has become. That’s the problem.
I don’t think our current system is nearly as robust as you think. Trump’s first term laid that bare.
So many laws dictating what the president can and can’t do don’t have any actual repercussions for breaking them written in them because it was assumed impeachment would be sufficient. Trump showed that with our current system that means if you can’t guarantee you’ll have 67 votes in the Senate, then those laws may as well not exist. And every week the Supreme Court shows how much “settled case law” isn’t anymore, so with a corrupt high court in his league, even the laws that do have teeth may be subverted.
We absolutely need to make changes to shore up the system and plug the gaps, but we have to do so with care that we don’t end up handing new, more powerful weapons to the very bad actors we’re trying to protect against.
I upvoted both of you. This requires deeper debate.
Totally agree. These systems are critically important for our society. They need to be considered with care, and we need to be mindful of the complexities that come with any changes to them.
The real solution is you need a populace that is civically engaged and capable of enough critical thought to not fall for the right-wing fearmongering propaganda Fox, OAN, Newsmax, Murdoch, et al. spew out.
Bingo. A properly funded and functional public education system, that teaches real critical thinking and let’s include media literacy while we’re at it.
Not saying that they were right, because they were wrong, but this was actually a presented logical reason why voting was restricted to male landowners at one point. They were the only part of the population that received a formal education. Regardless of motivation this became a method of oppression.
To be clear, I agree that public education is a key to a strong democracy, as is removing restrictions on voting.
But how is it fair for so many of his trials and investigations to drag on for 4 years, especially when the accusations are this serious?
Narrator: it isn’t.
I think we just need something like “can you legally buy a gun? Then you can run for president”
GOP legislators better do what Trump wants if they know what’s good for them.
Come on, neo-cons, kneel down and kiss his ring.
Daddy Donald gonna give their rumps a spanking!
So it sounds like they’re wording this that it would cover ‘former presidents’ so in theory Biden would also be protected. The GOP wouldn’t be able to go after him for their made up charges. Are they willing to protect Trump and not go after Biden? Probably, if it ensures Trump will be president again.
