Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has some sort of financial influence over former President Trump.

In an interview with MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki,” Pelosi said Putin is the “richest person in the world” and has “stiff competition” to being named the most evil person in the world.

Pelosi asked “what does he have on Donald Trump that he’d have to constantly be catering to Putin?”

Her comments came just after Trump doubled down on his criticism of NATO and said he would encourage Russia to attack U.S. allies who fail to reach the alliance’s defense spending goals. Trump has also declined to criticize Putin for the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison last week.

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Just say these words: “If you vote for Trump, you’re voting for a rapist.”

And Republicans will retort “If you vote for Biden, you’re voting for a baby murderer.”

It won’t change a single vote.

If Trump is a rapist, he should be criminally prosecuted for rape. He’s already lost multiple civil lawsuits on the subject. This should be practically trivial to accomplish.

But Democrats have been pussyfooting around an actual criminal prosecution for the last four years. They seem entirely disinclined to put their money where their mouths are and LOCK HIM UP. Instead, its just folks shouting “You’re a criminal!” from one pulpit while their peers on the GOP side retort “No, you!”

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Except that “baby murderer” is what cause Republicans to do so badly a couple of years ago. Abortion has been a big loss for them.

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Republicans still hold a majority of state governors’ mansions and a plurality of legislatures.

Democrats wish they could perform as badly.

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When’s that red wave going to happen?

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The problem with the criminal prosecution for rape is that he’s LONG past the statute of limitations on that.

The only reason E. Jean Carroll was able to go after him at all is because he won’t shut up about it. The defamation is current and actionable, the rape is from 30 years ago.

That ship sailed before Y2K.

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the rape is from 30 years ago

Trump had sexual assault allegations pending against him since the mid-90s. Twenty five recorded incidents in total, from New York ballrooms to the Mar-a-Lago bedroom of his daughter Ivanka.

To date, he’s never been criminally prosecuted. The only claims against him have been civil. No DA has taken a case, much less carried it to trial.

That ship sailed before Y2K.

Allegations against Trump are as recent as 2016, assuming you discount White House staff allegations which run up to 2019.

DAs simply won’t touch him.

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