The idea that Republicans should get away with criminality, corruption, and treason, simply because they whine loudly that they are getting picked on is ridiculous. We have laws on the books, if you break them, you get prosecuted, no matter who you vote for. Democrat Robert Menendez got prosecuted and found guilty last year, and not one Democrat said that it was unfair.
When have I said the opposite? I never said to let anyone get away with any crimes. But you can’t prosecute people for being members of a party, and you certainly can’t investigate everyone in the current admin without it looking like political persecution. It also sets the stage for presidents to fall into the habit that old papa Joe set of pardoning everyone, meaning now admins have carte blanche to break the law. I fully expect Trump to do it but the next president is one that will need to break these vicious cycles and also give up a lot of their power lest we continue down the path to real tyranny.
Politics is not a fucking team sport. Dems have had opportunity to legislate a better system but instead capitulate to their corporate overlords at every turn. Instead of asking them to persecute republicans ask them to do the shit they promise to do but never deliver. I guarantee that will go better than turning opponents into martyrs.
So you’re saying that democrats should seize power and then use that power to politically persecute republicans?
How does this end exactly?
No, Dems should use their power to indict and prosecute people for actual crimes that they have committed. Political affiliation is irrelevant.
Of course. Same as any government, that’s their job after all.
The idea that Republicans should get away with criminality, corruption, and treason, simply because they whine loudly that they are getting picked on is ridiculous. We have laws on the books, if you break them, you get prosecuted, no matter who you vote for. Democrat Robert Menendez got prosecuted and found guilty last year, and not one Democrat said that it was unfair.
When have I said the opposite? I never said to let anyone get away with any crimes. But you can’t prosecute people for being members of a party, and you certainly can’t investigate everyone in the current admin without it looking like political persecution. It also sets the stage for presidents to fall into the habit that old papa Joe set of pardoning everyone, meaning now admins have carte blanche to break the law. I fully expect Trump to do it but the next president is one that will need to break these vicious cycles and also give up a lot of their power lest we continue down the path to real tyranny.
No, the democrats should let this opportunity go by as they always have been, true to they wimp they really are.
Politics is not a fucking team sport. Dems have had opportunity to legislate a better system but instead capitulate to their corporate overlords at every turn. Instead of asking them to persecute republicans ask them to do the shit they promise to do but never deliver. I guarantee that will go better than turning opponents into martyrs.