• Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    “If you actually look at so many of the court cases against Donald Trump, George, this is not about prosecuting Trump for something that he did. It’s about throwing him off the ballot because Democrats feel that they can’t beat him at the ballot box.”

    Note how he isn’t asserting Trump’s innocence, nor does his guilt or innocence even matter. Trump can be an insurrectionist who compromised our national security. That’s fine, and so is a long history of fraud. Not even being a rapist matters. The only thing that matters to this shit stain is that Trump is his party’s presidential candidate. And he’s arguing that it should be all that matters to the courts as well.

    Alternate headline: Senator argues politicians should be above the law, can rape with impunity.

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      9 months ago

      Thank you for bringing up the ballot box, Mr. Vance.

      Trump has never won the popular vote, and he never will, especially now as a convicted rapist and advertised usurper of women’s rights.

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        9 months ago

        * proven rapist.

        He was found to be liable in civil court for a sexual assault that would be considered rape under the definition used by the federal government. It is now a legally established fact that he is a rapist, but he was not actually convicted of a crime.