The American Politics Thread

Do you really think that they will be able to find an unbiased jury to find him guilty of one of his multiple crimes?  Maybe in New York, but even then not likely.  

I suppose no one on here is surprised about the outcome today. I am pretty much 100 percent convinced that Trump could have said something like "I want you guys to go to the capital and kill Mike Pence and everyone else you see on floor" and the outcome would have been the same. He still would be found not guilty. It's all because the republicans are thinking only about their political careers and think there will be repurcussions if they didn't vote the way they did. The others are either near the end of their terms or just don't care and actually have morals.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: I suppose no one on here is surprised about the outcome today. I am pretty much 100 percent convinced that Trump could have said something like "I want you guys to go to the capital and kill Mike Pence and everyone else you see on floor" and the outcome would have been the same. He still would be found not guilty. It's all because the republicans are thinking only about their political careers and think there will be repurcussions if they didn't vote the way they did. The others are either near the end of their terms or just don't care and actually have morals.

Yes, that's the sad truth

rushfan4 wrote: SteveG wrote: rushfan4 wrote: Do you really think that they will be able to find an unbiased jury to find him guilty of one of his multiple crimes?  Maybe in New York, but even then not likely.   In NYC? Absolutely. And that's why he's sh*t scared of the NYC investigation. I wouldn't be so sure about that.  There are a lot of wealthy businessmen that live in NYC and odds are that one or two of them won't be able/won't want to avoid being on that jury.

The list of businessmen that Trump screwed over in NY is mind boggling. And that goes for his many NY investors. He had few friends left in NY before jumping to politics. Except for Geoffrey Epstein. Lol

Edited by SteveG - February 13 2021 at 16:21

Yes.

Yes, but it's more than that to many Republicans. Farmers in the mid west states feel like the forgotten minority. Trump really did nothing for them but he always mentioned them. So they imagined that they were no longer forgotten and had a champion. The reality of thier situation had nothing to do with it.

Edited by SteveG - February 13 2021 at 17:07

Man With Hat wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Man With Hat wrote: Yep. Just give trump the nomination in 2024. Guess I should get the ulcer medication on stand by again.  You can run for president from jail? I didn't know that.  You are certainly much more optimistic than I.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - February 13 2021 at 17:43

JD wrote: Oh don't worry, this was just the party stuff for the history books that they needed to get out of the way first. I foresee the next 5 years full of (insert your insulting name for him here) legal issues. The state stuff is just about to get rolling and those are the cases I'm looking forward to.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Man With Hat wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Man With Hat wrote: Yep. Just give trump the nomination in 2024. Guess I should get the ulcer medication on stand by again.  You can run for president from jail? I didn't know that.  You are certainly much more optimistic than I.  Not that there isn't already something wrong with the world because he wasn't convicted today but there's something even more wrong with the world if he doesn't face any more legal consequences.

Trump's rallying cry during the 2016 election was "Lock Her Up!".  I thought for sure that Hillary would face a trial after Trump came to power and nothing happened.  I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens with Trump. Everybody on the Left is so certain that he is going to see the inside of a prison cell, but I'll be surprised if they ever even charge him with anything.  And if they do, and he is somehow convicted, he will frame himself as some sort of political prisoner and that would be a blight on our politics and a rallying cry for his most adoring supporters.