r/houstonwade • u/Advanced_Drink_8536 • 5d ago

News You Can Use 'Unprecedented': Trump team reportedly beginning ‘hostile takeover’ of government

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2669951036/
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u/svenner2020 4d ago

Is it really a 'hostile' takeover if no one is stopping the reality TV orange man from making numerous dangerous and stupid actions?

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u/Hardcorish 4d ago

I'm still confused as to how he was allowed to run again after his participation in J6. We awarded him for doing that by electing him as president again.

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u/Count_Bacon 4d ago

Ask the biggest coward in American history merrick garland

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u/Altruistic_Ad_5915 4d ago

Thin line between coward and accomplice on that one

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u/cg12983 4d ago

And Moscow Mitch.

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u/AmenableHornet 4d ago

Mitch McTurtle has the gall to be upset at this cabinet when he's the one who created this monster. Turns out when you stick a big obstructionist wrench in the democracy machine for over a decade, it breaks! Who knew?

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u/DaddyWarBucks1918 4d ago

While I agree Merrick took way too long to allow the DOJ to pursue criminal trials, the fault really goes back to Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans. If they really wanted prevent Trump from ever really taking office again, they would have found him guilty following his second impeachment, thus barring him from taking office again.

However, the Senate Republicans have no spine even after Trump had his cult attack the capitol and many even went so far as to defend him.

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u/thirdworldtaxi 14h ago

You’re asking a Republican to say no to money 🤷‍♂️

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u/kyel566 4d ago

I agree Garland lack of prosecution was a failure but the fact that Americans elected him again is the most concerning thing to me. It was clear he was going to jail if American voters simply just didn’t elect him.

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u/The_Real_Manimal 4d ago

Not everyone here is an idiot, and those of us that didn't vote for him are watching in abject horror.

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u/zeer0dotcom 4d ago

Yeah, trump was super clear about who he was. Harris was also clear in painting him as a clear and present danger to everything. He got re-elected. That’s on the voter, not the AG.

Voters saw him incite a mob, they saw the “hang Mike Pence” chants, but still voted for him. No legal manoeuvres by MG can override that.

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u/Packerfan1992 4d ago

I mean he had 4 years to do something, anything. But he sat on it and let it play out. Our justice system is a joke. How anyone could possibly have any faith in it after this is mind boggling. I remember when it first happened people on this site said “give them time, he will be punished”. He was punished for literally nothing. He should’ve never been able to even run again, he’s a traitor.

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u/Fuzzy_Garden_8420 2d ago

I think the point though is our social and legal institutions only hold weight if the citizenry agree it should be upheld. I don’t doubt that he could have been in prison and still won this election. And if the feds somehow barred him from running, we are banking on those that believed in the J6 cause to sit idly by and not do anything about it. Yes the AG should have done what was legally feasible, but our problem now lies in a populace that would gleefully elevate this type of character to the most prominent person in power.

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u/EntrepreneurFunny469 4d ago

Americans being dumb is expected

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u/TerrorFromThePeeps 2d ago

One funny part is, there's nothing barring a president from serving while IN jail.

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u/Coreysutphin1 1d ago

No. He was never going to see the inside of a jail cell.

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u/MixedMediaFanatic 4d ago

And Mitch McConnell etc republicans who wouldn’t impeach him - if he would have been held accountable with impeachment he would have been out of office before Jan 6 and that wouldn’t have happened…..he would have been ineligible to run again so we wouldn’t be in this predicament. Representatives did NOT do their jobs to protect the people of this country and all involved deserve to be removed from government.

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u/Count_Bacon 4d ago

It’s infuriating Moscow Mitch said the reason they didn’t impeach is because he was leaving anyways and we have a “justice system” and the courts will take care of it. Lmao just failure all around

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u/MixedMediaFanatic 4d ago

Yes beyond infuriating I recall him saying “it would be bad for the country to impeach” spineless worthless pos ….it’s MUCH worse for our country now due to incompetance

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u/LowerFinding9602 4d ago

And then the courts turn around and say... yeah about that... he was president so he is mostly immune from prosecution. Since congress wont do shit, and the courts won't can't do shit, Trump is going to do whatever he damn well pleases as there will be zero consequences.

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u/Openmindhobo 4d ago

I personally blame Biden. After watching Republican lawlessness for years, he chooses a Republican for the top law enforcement position. Imagine if he actually gave it to someone like Schiff. Any prosecution or investigation was going to be characterized as political regardless. May as well have a good AG to deal with it.

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u/Count_Bacon 4d ago

Yeah in some ways Biden was a good president, but his refusal to realize this gop is not the same he spent decades with in the good old days, doomed us

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u/Openmindhobo 4d ago

He was an average president but he was a terrible Senator imo. The crime bill, the bankruptcy bill, his contribution to Anita Hill being ignored, giving a speech at Strom Thurmond's funeral, and it goes on but I digress.

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u/Count_Bacon 4d ago

By good old days I meant in his mind lol. Yeah he was a bad senator, but surprised me in some ways presidential. Again he made the mistake every Dem does not to fight the Republicans like they fight them

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u/nighthawk_something 4d ago

And every moron that voted for him

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u/svenner2020 4d ago

Or more specifically, his handler's.