• Ducks@ducks.dev
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    1 year ago

    If only he didn’t try to undo the results of the 2020 election, then maybe nobody would be investigating him for trying to overturn the 2020 election. Really makes you think… if it can happen to him, it can happen to one of us who tries to overturn an election. And what kind of a world would that be?

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      1 year ago

      Unless he’s indicted (for this one), put on trial, found guilty, and incarcerated he and people like him won’t stop. Only full penalty will make people think otherwise about doing what he did. Until then, wealth and the potential upside will override any perceived threat the justice system can offer.

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        1 year ago

        Jail time won’t stop the next one. The only reason they’re even investigating is because he failed.

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        I think that is optimistic even then. Even if all that happens to him, there are still those who would try again.

        Either way, hopefully he can be held truly accountable to all his crimes.

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        Even then, you’re still talking about the sort of people who are so far up their own assholes, they’ll run for president and believe they should win. They’re better, they’re smarter and they’ll never get caught so why worry about the consequences? Those only happen to other people.

        I’m all for burning the bastard (figuratively, feds!) but don’t expect it to deter the next one.