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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Will he and his party be seen as one of the worst for enabling and permitting Trump, and not taking the extraordinary steps required of extraordinary times?

Maybe.

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He can still merc that fucker and his homeboy jd. At least according to the highest court of the land. When if they change course, he'll be dead before he faces consequences, so fuck it my guy, piss on the tree of liberty with fascist kidney stones.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That would put speaker of the house Mike Johnson into office... So you'd usher in Christian Fundamentalism.

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We already have that coming. But fuck it, merc him too. At this point who gives a shit? Biden is immune to the law right now, give these fucks a red wedding. The ideal of peaceable transition is dead and a government of/by the people is a Neolithic fossil. He should just go for broke and bring about the reckoning this country has needed since 1865.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Biden is immune to the law right now

People keep saying this, but this isn't true. SCOTUS very specifically made sure that "official actions" are defined by SCOTUS. And they have absolutely no definitions. They get to decide who's king. There's no way they would allow a Democrat the same privileges as their Nazi buddies.

That being said, joe should drone strike Mar a Lago with a tactical nuke yesterday.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I mean technically if we're going that route you could also pick off a few "troublesome" justices as well. I'm just not sure holding a gun to everyone's head is a good path to go down.

Not that I'm happy with the path we're heading down as is.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

I'm just not sure holding a gun to everyone's head is a good path to go down

Until the GOP decides to stop holding a gun to everyone else's heads, we might need to hold a gun to theirs. It's a shit situation but appeasement NEVER works with these people. Force is necessary.

[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'd like him to pardon "illegal" aliens, but that's just me

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Biden has deported 250x more people than Trump. I wouldn’t count on it.

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee -5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Uh... after the way Latinos voted in the last election, I am now against immigration. We don't need more fascist enablers.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Um... Literally all ethnic groups voted for Trump. If you don't want fascist enablers you'll have to delete America off the map or delete the DNC off the map.

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sure, sure. But only three groups had a vast majority vote for Trump. Whites, Latinos, and native Americans. I only give the natives a pass, plus they aren't represented in significant enough numbers to impact the election the way whites and Latinos did.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you have a source? Everything I'm finding says Trump got a higher share of latino voters than other Republicans but the majority still voted for Harris.

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're right, 51% of Latinos voted harris. It was the 54% Latino men for trump figure I was thinking of.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/exit-polls

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

And 60% of white men voted for trump, and 53% of white women. So tell me again what you're trying to say, and how its not racist?

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 1 points 17 hours ago

I specifically mentioned whites as well, boo boo. Maybe focus that impotent anger on improving your reading comprehension.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

I am not Latino nor American so on sketchy ground here BUT Many Latino people are American. You've fallen victim to one of the classic racist blunders.

There are people out there who's ancestors were born in Mexico, and never moved to the US - the border moved over them (California, New Mexico, Texas) - and they continued having families with slightly darker skin, until today.

Plus, the definition of Latino/Hispanic/Chicano/Mexican/South American isn't exactly set in stone, and can mean different things depending on whats convenient at the time.

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 1 points 19 hours ago

I'm not sure where you got the idea I didn't think there aren't Latino Americans, lol. Hell, there's a whole island of Latino Americans that are born citizens. I didn't fall for any racist trope, either, I was partially raised by Latinos. I happen to be very aware of how the poison of religion has caused a conservative bent among many Latinos. Ultimately, that comment was mostly tongue in cheek, I'm not actually against immigration, but I am very disappointed in the Latino community, primarily the men, for enabling the shitshow we have waiting for us in a couple of months.

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not a chance. C’mon, Jack.

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Look here, fat, he and cornpop can still turn this around.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

They're allowed to pardon more than the one? Did The West Wing lie to me?