Quote (thesnipa @ Jan 11 2021 12:36pm)
id be more in favor of actual accountability, rather than pageantry for precedent.
sadly in this case actual accountability means a Biden DOJ trying Trump for some kind of incitement and likely a slew of other violations when he was POTUS, that just sucks up years of news headlines, costs millions, and puts a few more Trump lackees in jail. all while fueling the trumpian narratives of the deepstate and emboldening qcucks even more.
mostly why i lean towards just ignore him, let his regime end unceremoniously, even if it means he throws a tantrum and incites a few more riots before he's done. then if he does it in private life hit him with the book i guess. or just have the CIA set up a hooker with bad blow in his bed and both of them dead of an apparent overdose from some fentanyl cut boom boom.
Legally speaking, there's no way you can charge him for inciting a riot. The bar for that is EXTREMELY high. Ethically speaking though, he's absolutely responsible. The ethics part is where we really need reform. As President, Trump broke relatively few laws. Part of the reason why Garland was chosen to lead the DOJ is because he's a constitutional scholar. Norms need to be codified, DOJ policy needs to be rewritten, etc. We won't get much accountability from Trump and his enablers but we can try our best to ensure it doesn't happen again. A commission needs to be set up to investigate the enablers in the executive branch and how they were able to do what they did. The government should not touch the enablers in media. Let the free market decide that.
Quote (bogie160 @ Jan 11 2021 12:35pm)
All of whom are vying for political power themselves. Do you see Cruz or Hawley ever giving the nod to Ivanka or Jr?
Trump the last ~1-2 years has been a low-energy shell of his former self. I don't see him running again at the age of 78. There is a huge gap between a 70-year old and someone closing in on 80.
I think Hawley's career is over. He was relatively unknown and now he is tied to this. He'll continue to be elected, but there's no way he'll ever be President. Cruz has a much more established brand and he'll be able to survive. He won't be President either but he'll at least represent a certain brand of conservatism.
If Biden can win at his age, Trump can too. He's wealthy enough to stay relatively healthy. All it takes is having a plurality to win the GOP nomination.