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Less than a year ago multiple States attempted to remove Trump from the Presidential ballot. That’s the closer analogue to the shenanigans in Turkey, not the at
by trentnix 2y ago
Less than a year ago multiple States attempted to remove Trump from the Presidential ballot. That’s the closer analogue to the shenanigans in Turkey, not the attempted equivalence you’re trying to make.
- matthewdgreen 2y agoAnd they were blocked from doing so. Despite at least having a more reasonable case rooted in the actual text of the UE constitution.
- kibwen 2y agoRefusing to accept that you lost an election and then attempting an insurrection to overthrow the candidate that you lost to isn't quite the same thing.
- chrisco255 2y agoJ6 wasn't the first protest Washington D.C. has ever seen, but it was somehow the first they allowed to get out of hand.
- CalChris 2y agoYes, Trump refusing to send in the DC Guard could be considered allowing it to get out of hand.
- chrisco255 2y agoThe mayor of DC is in charge of DC's guard, and Trump did request their presence, but the mayor failed to abide the request.
- CalChris 2y agoThis is a lie.
- acdha 2y agoThis is a blatant lie: Trump resisted sending the national guard and the Mayor of DC had to ask Virginia and Maryland for police assistance. Ultimately Pence pushed the Pentagon to respond, and he’s never been forgiven for it. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/pence-national-guard/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/pence-national-guard...
- CalChris 2y agoYes, and "The Commanding General of the D.C. Army National Guard is subordinate solely to the President of the United States". https://dc.ng.mil/Join-the-DC-National-Guard/DC-Army-National-Guard-Recruiting/ https://dc.ng.mil/Join-the-DC-National-Guard/DC-Army-Nationa...
- kibwen 2y agoDon't worry, Trump pardoned all his cronies, so it won't be the last.
- chrisco255 2y agoBiden pardoned his whole family, from what do you think they were gullilty of?