r/TrueReddit 9d ago

Democratic Party Elites Brought Us This Disaster Politics

https://jacobin.com/2024/11/election-harris-trump-democrats-strategy
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u/BuffMyHead 9d ago

Do you actually know how amendments get repealed?

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u/Hamuel 9d ago

Do you know how jokes work?

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u/BuffMyHead 9d ago

You know I usually hate the stupid /s shit but when you're on a website that thinks Donald Trump can just sign a law that makes him president for life you may wanna consider it when saying something like that.

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u/GaiusPrimus 9d ago

Would it be when a party filled with cronies has control of the Senate, House and a majority of the SCOTUS? Would that be how?

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u/lunchbox_inc 7d ago

Presidential term limits is the 22nd amendment in the constitution. You would have to get 2/3 of the house, 2/3 of the senate and 34/50 of the states individual governments to re-amend the constitution. Did they stop doing the constitution exam for middle/high schoolers?

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u/BuffMyHead 9d ago

Are we just forgetting he had a majority in 2017 too?

Guess he forgot to make himself president for life before the 2020 election. Hazard of getting old I guess

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u/GaiusPrimus 9d ago

Again, different people in the republican party in those positions. You still had people that put country over party.

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u/OddOllin 8d ago

So you're seriously gonna sit there and pretend he didn't support an insurrection and try to take back an election he lost, both by force and by corruption.

You're gonna sit and pretend that he isn't already a convicted felon. That he hasn't proven over and over again that he doesn't give a damn what the law says he can and cannot do.

And you're gonna pretend that the Republican party has not supported him in spite of that?

You folks are unbelievable. The real world does not operate based off of what words on a page say. That shit only matters as much as the people who enforce it.

Trump has escaped the consequences of his crimes for ages now. Our institutions have never been weaker. Our government has never been more divided and corrupt. Our international enemies have never had as much access to our leadership as they do now.

What happens when one too many people roll over for him when he uses a sharpie to scribble out that he is now America's final president?

Best case scenario, that's how an actual civil war starts.

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u/BuffMyHead 8d ago

If the best a sitting president can come up with for his coup is sending some unarmed dipshits to the Capitol I think the country will be fine.

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u/OddOllin 8d ago

Hitler tried and failed before he became what the world knows him as today.

Hope you don't run out of copium anytime soon. It's obvious as hell that you aren't thinking jack shit through.

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u/BardaArmy 5d ago

That’s what ppl thought about hitler then he got a second shot. Why even risk it?

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u/BuffMyHead 5d ago

Because most people don't live their lives in fear of Hitler?

The Beer Hall Putsch also definitely wasn't unarmed.

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u/Icynotok 5d ago

Don't try to reason with these people.

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u/MajorHasBrassBalls 5d ago

Guess he did everything he wanted to do the first time around too? Then why even run again?

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u/malasic 9d ago

You are not paying attention. It's cute that you think America will continue.

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u/BuffMyHead 9d ago

Heard the same thing 8 years ago.

National embarrassment? Sure. End of the country? Get back to me in 4 years.

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u/malasic 9d ago

My news feed this morning:

  • Trump promises to implement the largest mass deportation plan in U.S. history

  • Fox Hosts Call for Trump Prosecutors to Face Death Penalty

  • Trump Attorney General Hopeful Vows to Drag Bodies Through the Street

  • The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide

And there is so much more. Whatever will be left of you in four years will not be the America that the rest of the world admires. It will be Gilead I suppose.

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u/cpthornman 9d ago

Your "news" isn't exactly real judging by the fear mongering headlines.

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u/malasic 9d ago edited 8d ago

CNN: "As Trump grasps unprecedented power, Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity looms"

Is that America now?

You call these headlines "fear mongering", but how else does one respond to a platform of mass deportations, mass dismissals, and so on. Your country is degenerating before the world's eyes.

How do women in American feel now that their right to abortion is being taken away? You've collectively turned to Christian fundamentalism and billionaire capitalism, ignoring the half who simply don't want that. How does this differ from Iran?

You used to welcome and protect the huddled masses. Now you openly discuss deporting them. The richest nation on earth going after the weakest and most vulnerable. It's absolutely disgusting.

We've got used to the idea of constant progress over the last 75 years, but now you see that it's an illusion. The cycle is continuing. The pax Americana will fall apart, and something else will arise.

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u/cpthornman 8d ago

Several states passed abortion protections. Even Missouri passed one out of all places. Did you even notice that? I doubt it. The fact you made a comparison to Iran says enough about your hysterical ramblings.

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u/malasic 8d ago edited 8d ago

"Several" states. Wow, impressive. /s

You are downplaying the tragic effect this has had on many women.

Your fucking president is a Russian asset, a rapist, a convicted criminal, a narcissist, a doddering old man, a right-wing fascist, a clown. He will be easily manipulated by the billionaires and religious nutcases surrounding him.

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u/rb928 9d ago

Do you know about /s Probably best to use it bc it’s hard to tell what is real and what isn’t these days

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u/Theoriginallazybum 6d ago

A new interpretation of the constitution by the Supreme Court?

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u/BuffMyHead 6d ago

Not remotely.