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You may be missing the point. When you look past the double standard, the criminality (collusion, corruption, embezzlement, lies, favorable pardons and lack of
by eldude 7y ago
You may be missing the point. When you look past the double standard, the criminality (collusion, corruption, embezzlement, lies, favorable pardons and lack of prosecution) is disproportionately on one side.
And of course there’s the tiny detail that Trump had to conquer the corruption of the Republican Party first to even broach the Democrats. See all the #nevertrump senators that prioritized #resisting Trump in spite of their constituents and his support amongst the party.
- dwmcqueen 7y agoYou mean "increase," not "conquer." No conquering has occurred.
- eldude 7y agoLol. Mitt Romney, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Bill Kristol, both president Bushes and Jeb, Colin Powell, Condeleeza Rice, James Comey, Robert Gates, Schwarzenegger, and literally dozens of Republican Congressmen all prove you wrong. When exactly did you realize you were living in a Fake News echo chamber where obvious facts don’t matter to you?
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Mitt Romney, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Bill Kristol, both president Bushes and Jeb, Colin Powell, Condeleeza Rice, James Comey, Robert Gates, Schwarzenegger, and literally dozens of Republican Congressmen all prove you wrong. In what way are those “the corruption of the Republican. party” that Trump has “conquered”? While there might be some sense that that phrase makes sense, it certainly isn't in reference to the people you name, whom are neither particularly corrupt (certainly not the scale of Trump) nor has Trump conquered them (he certainly has conquered the Republican Party at their expense, but that doesn't justify the claim about corruption.)
- eldude 7y agoIf you read the parent, its emphasis is on no conquering occurring. Obviously I made clear in the OP that I feel the corruption of the GOP was included in that. The justification that the McCains, Bushes and Romneys are more corrupt is available for anyone with a memory that extends beyond 2016, and there’s no need for you to emphasize your point that Trump is more corrupt. Your position is clear.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> > Trump had to conquer the corruption of the Republican Party > You mean "increase," not "conquer." “Conquer”, as in “forcibly assume control of”, seems quite accurate. Insofar as there was corruption in the Party before Trump, that corruption is now firmly in service to Trump.