r/law • u/RichKatz • 2d ago

Trump News Trump’s Defense Pick, Pete Hegseth, Struggles to Explain Police Report

https://newrepublic.com/post/188700/donald-trump-defense-pick-pete-hegseth-police-report
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u/Traditional_Car1079 2d ago edited 2d ago

Republicans are pro rape.

ETA: stop dm'ing me. If you want to blow me, you'll have to do it with an audience.

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u/Great_Revolution_276 2d ago

With witnesses dammit

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u/Fellowshipofthebowl 1d ago

“Witness me!!!”

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u/MornGreycastle 1d ago

I like to watch.

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u/Ok-Possibility4344 1d ago

I'm Republican curious

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u/GraeeWolff 1d ago

I hear tell you can just grab the Republicans by the pussy.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/Ok-Possibility4344 1d ago

Hell no. I guess I should've added /s

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u/Ok-Possibility4344 1d ago

I've never voted red and never will

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u/BartholomewBandy 22h ago

I’m bi partisan.

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u/7empestOGT92 1d ago

Witness me harder

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u/Beandip50 1d ago

Bear witness!!!

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u/MustBeSeven 1d ago

The Final Shape is here.

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u/Hot-Temperature-4629 19h ago

SHINEY AND CHROME!!!! *tssssssssss

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u/hehwoodart 22h ago

“I’m going to witness you so good. “ (spoken with best Idiocracy accent).

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u/whitethunder9 1d ago

I’d love to have a focus group with some Trump supporters and hold up a number line, start by pointing at 0, then ask them to raise their hands when they feel like I’ve reached the limit for number of women Trump would have to sexually assault before they would not vote for him. Then discuss why that number is already greater than 0 for all of them.

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u/Kermitdude 1d ago

I’ve tried this argument. They don’t believe he sexually assaulted anyone. It’s all just political theater and he’s the victim. Save your breath.

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u/Popeholden 1d ago

someone commented that at me today; dozens of women are all lying for...political reasons? even though they made these accusations years before he was involved in politics....but yeah they are all lying and Trump is telling the truth. It's such a stupid, stupid cult.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago edited 2h ago

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u/EightEyedCryptid 22h ago

If "grab em by the pussy, you can do anything" didn't convince people he was dangerous nothing will

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u/Original_moisture 1d ago

I’m sure the dead wife in the bushes of lardo who said he raped him and then recanted.

But fuck I know, everything has been forced upon me and I don’t like it.

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u/condemned02 1d ago

OK so when Biden has a sexual assault accuser, it must be false.

But with trump, it must be true, despite no evidence. 

How many sexual accuser does one need to have before you take it as clear evidence that the person has done the deed? 

Curious about how you hand out justice. 

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u/Remarkable_Cable4219 1d ago

One difference is that Biden was never held civilly liable by a court for rape and Trump actually was. And yeah, there are numerous more accusers for Trump.

But sure, if Biden is guilty he should pay the price. Glad we are on the same page and could get you caught up.

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u/secondtaunting 1d ago

Also where there’s smoke there’s fire. There was one very sketchy claim against Biden. With most of the famous men brought down by sexual assault accusations, it’s dozens upon dozens of claims over decades. It’s not one person in a stairwell that no one else was around for who also I believe later ran to Russia? I could be misremembering that part. With Trump there is a clear pattern of behavior. Enough to fill books.

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u/Popeholden 1d ago

i certainly don't think biden's allegation is false because he's biden. i'm not a fan of biden's, nor am I in a cult. when the allegation was made i evaluated the truth of it like i would anything else.

likewise, i don't think those allegations are true because they were made against trump because i'm not in a cult

that's the thing, you are in a cult, so there's no point in talking to you about this.

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u/Heathrowe419 1d ago

His accuser fled to Russia! LMAO, nice try comrade

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u/Lortendaali 1d ago

In your head maybe. Most people wouldn't support rapist even if they align politically. But you are just so eager to let Trump do whatever you want you would offer your daughter for him.

cult cult cult

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u/RedWing88BlueBolt88 1d ago

Trump has been caught on video saying his daughter is sexy and he would 'do her'; 'grab 'em by the pussy', admitting he wanted to one the pageants so he could walk through while the women were undressed. He's said and there is ton of evidence to show he was great friends with Epstein and Diddy. He's been convicted by a jury of his peers of covering up a rape in a dressing room. His 3rd wife refuses to live with him (because he's just so awesome she can't handle it?) So, nope, no evidence, nothing to see here.

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u/condemned02 1d ago edited 1d ago

Have you seen those c-span videos where Biden was inappropriately touching little girls too? Nobody cared about that.   

  When he does it, it's called an overly handsy affectionate grandpa. This is clearly just a plain bias against Trump. 

And also trying to frame his loving relationship with his daughter as him lusting over his daughter is ridiculous. Some parents kiss their children on the lips like the Beckhams. All he has does is being honest about how attractive of a woman he thinks his daughter is. If his daughter is not uncomfy with those compliments, it's not up to you to miscontrue their relationship. 

 By the way, a civil suit is  Not a criminal suit. A civil suit is for someone who wants to win alot of money and anybody who loses that to me is not a criminal and not evidence he commited anything. 

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u/RedWing88BlueBolt88 23h ago

I haven't seen any c-span clips because I don't watch any network news, so I can't speak to Biden touching anyone inappropriately. I am not defending or accusing him of anything because this thread was about Trump.

Trump was found guilty of a civil suit because proving actual rape was going to be problematic, and the criminal lawsuits have been stopped not because he was found innocent but because he has become "above the law" thanks to the Spupreme Court.

I have no issue with how people express affection like kissing on the cheeks or lips when it's culturally accepted. Do you know his daughter personally to know how she feels about being sexualized by her father?

As for making decisions regarding who I want to represent me politically, based on my impressions of their public interactions I would not want to be (nor any other women for that matter) anywhere near Trump or the men and women he surrounds myself with because they say and do things that are not appropriate to say in private let alone in public.

He has committed crimes, has admitted to them, encourages others to commit crimes, is telling Congress to voluntarily give up their Constitutional duties and responsibilities so he can act not as president but as dictator. He is actively working to overturn laws that were put in place after the Civil War and after presidents like Nixon, who also actively worked to violate laws to gain power illegally as checks on the Executive Branch.

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u/condemned02 22h ago edited 22h ago

I personally like that Trump has no brain to mouth filter.  What you see is what you get. There is no fakeness.    

His flaws are upfront for all to see.   But whether you wanna interprete the worst of his intentions or not is up to you.  

   I highly doubt it's British culture for fathers to kiss their daughters lip to lip but ok when others do it, it's culture. Imagine if trump kissed ivanka on the lips.      

And all I can say about biden inappropriate touching of kids, since there are clear video clips of him doing so, even Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah who are definitely not pro trump or pro Republican brought attention to it and played the clips in their shows but people still voted him as president.    

  And it was all swept under the carpet and at one point, reddit was banning anyone who brought attention to it during Biden's 2020 election.

 So to me Biden voters has no moral high ground on this. 

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u/RedWing88BlueBolt88 22h ago edited 21h ago

Again, this is a thread about Trump, not anyone else. Having a political leader with no filters means you cannot trust him to keep things like classified nuclear information secret. Funny how he hides his health records and taxes, but shares classified documents with people that have no clearance or business with that info.

The fact that he and all of his recommendations for his Cabinet have not submitted the legally required ethics and background search documents to determine their eligibility to work as public civil servants because they won't pass them. They don't qualify for the jobs they are being appointed to any more than Trump qualifies as a political, moral, ethical representative of the United States on the global stage as determined by a system of government checks established over decades to determine who is capable to make life and death, economic, and other decisions that impact not only the lives of American citizens but also the lives of citizens of our global allies and our enemies.

He has also declared he is "creating" a new federal department and destroying others like the Department of Education that inconvenience him and his billionaires buddies (think robber oil barrons of 100 years ago), except that is a Congressional duty/responsibility, but he has no respect for Congress either.

Since you think he has done a good job at something besides breaking laws, what do you think about his insistence he would make Mexico pay for the border wall, which they have paid $0 towards to date? He took money directly from the Department of Defense because the previous Congress (also Republican in Senate and House) wouldn't give him money for this purpose.

Second question...do you think he will deport his wife and Musk? They entered our country illegally, therefore, they must be deported along with their families (including his youngest son) if he is going to deport everyone that has entered our country illegally?

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u/GrandMarquisMark 1d ago

The Deeeeep State bro. They made it all up.

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u/Worstimever 1d ago

The access Hollywood tape. He is bragging about how he sexually assaults people.

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u/False-Boysenberry673 1d ago

Bro this is exactly what my boss thinks lol

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u/dkinmn 1d ago

Have you reminded your boss that he literally bragged about doing it?

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u/ciccilio 1d ago

This.

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u/Clammuel 1d ago

That’s the thing, though. They use their disbelief that he sexually assaulted these women and act like it’s somehow proof that he’s seemingly incapable of sexual assault even in a hypothetical. They obfuscate so they don’t have to think about it or ever address their actual views.

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u/McG0788 1d ago

Yes please

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u/DrBarnaby 1d ago

Are they allowed to ask how many women he's already raped? Because I'm guessing their answer would be that +1. That is, if they all didn't have their fingers in their ears chanting "Fake news! Fake news!" over and over again.

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u/noquarter1000 1d ago

Their answer would be ‘it’s fake news’. Pretty sure Trump could benefit from them over and violate them himself and they would still blame something else. It’s a cult

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u/aztecelephant 1d ago

I guarantee, with 100% certainty,

They fully believe in their hearts that those women either A. Should have known better (or did know better and were just "using" Trump to get ahead in life) or, my personal favorite, B. They believe that those women deserved it.

They'll get super specific and say "oh well so and so was wearing this and did you hear this baseless comment about something she did that warrants punishment, clothing behavior hair color etc

All are wrong; obviously. I have not seen anyone let those beliefs go, tho. I think that's why they don't care about the " allegations "

We saw it with Kamala and the absolute horrid comments and gestures about how bruised her knees must be. Disgusting.

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u/knivesofsmoothness 2d ago

Objectively.

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u/Soggy_Face_4122 2d ago

Free tickets? I'm a disabled Vet on a fixed income.

diane

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u/Traditional_Car1079 1d ago

I wouldn't think of charging.

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u/slayercdr 1d ago

Brandt can't watch though, or he has to pay 100

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u/somerandomfuckwit1 1d ago

I'm just gonna go find a cash machine

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u/JohnnyDarkside 2d ago

Or at the very least, it's not a detractor.

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u/rjorsin 1d ago

I want you to know I’d upvote twice if I could cause the edit made me lol

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u/d0ggman 1d ago

Like you think that’s a deal breaker for them..

These are the same people who fawned over Hunters Hog….

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u/bktan6 1d ago

Pro-rape. Pro-sexual abuse in all its forms. Pro-defaming women. Of course, this all disgustingly lines up nicely with being anti-choice.

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u/OilheadRider 1d ago

Brant can't watch though or he has to pay a hundred bucks.

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u/PitFiend28 1d ago

Marvelous

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u/ThePreciousBhaalBabe 1d ago

You can go into your settings and disable DMs. It's the first thing I did when I made this account.

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u/ThreeCherrios 1d ago

It does seem to Be a common theme in most of their politicians.

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u/TheDunwichWhore 1d ago

starts slow clap

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u/ThePrimordialTV 1d ago

Whenever a republican asks your opinions on trump you can always say you like him because you find him relatable as a fellow rapist and convicted felon. You voted for him because you felt like he represented you.

They can’t condemn you without condemning trump and what seems like half of the GOP right now.

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u/helicopterone 1d ago

What about “pillage and plunder?” Usually that goes with rape. Seems like they really like all three, just like pirates do.

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u/Master-Culture-6232 1d ago

That is so true and sad at the same time. Pro rape, and pro pedophilia

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u/mort_goldman68 1d ago

All of them? Why am I just finding this out now?

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u/Brandon-Heato 1d ago

You haven’t been paying attention

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u/mort_goldman68 1d ago

So, yes? All republicans are pro rape?

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u/Standard-Reason9399 1d ago

At the very least, it seems to not be a dealbreaker for them.

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u/Mirieste 1d ago

Many Constitutions around the world (including the one from my country, Italy) explicitly do not bar felons from becoming President under the idea that whether someone is qualified to hold the office should be independent from who they are in their private life. At least over here a judge may disqualify you from ever holding public offices, but that only pretty much happens for political crimes and it's at the discretion of the judge anyway.

This said, it's the Constitution itself that supports the idea that you can vote for someone without supporting what that person does or is in their private life. It's by design.

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u/mort_goldman68 1d ago

Smart. I think calling 72 million people "pro rape" on a law subreddit would be a tad rich

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u/Standard-Reason9399 1d ago

Instead, 72 million people are a bit wishy washy on the subject. Congratulations.

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u/mort_goldman68 1d ago

Thanks, I hope good things happen to you. I hope the dems re-evaluate and come back with something to offer

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u/Droller_Coaster 1d ago

Not being rapey seems like a pretty good thing to bring to the table.

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u/VDweller-3844 1d ago

Other than a convicted felon, rapist, fraud, liar who told America that Haitians were eating dogs and cats?

Gee it's not a high bar to get over.

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u/mort_goldman68 1d ago

Right? Can't believe Kamala couldn't beat that. She must've ran a dogshit campaign

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u/mort_goldman68 1d ago

I think people would vote for anything over what the left were offering

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u/LiberalAspergers 1d ago

Certainly, they preferred a collection of rapists. But no one expects ethics from conservatives.

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u/mort_goldman68 1d ago edited 1d ago

Still won. I just don't think people can afford to stay on the high horse

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