204 points

The fact that he’s free speaks volumes about our failure “justice” system.

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Free is one thing. Fuckin duder is campaigning. Like what the actual fuck…

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He doesn’t deserve the title of Duder, and the title of Duder doesn’t deserve such a stain.

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I would like to issue an apology to all Duders out there. I am sincerely sorry.

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16 points

Not only that…there’s a good chance he is going to WIN again. What the fuck is anything?

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5 points

Yes, and if he was locked up without due process, it would say something else.

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31 points

They lock people up without due process awaiting trial all the time though right?

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Depends, there’s certainly a good argument to be made that the bail system is flawed, etc. But trump was arraigned and is out on bail.

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They lock people up without due process awaiting trial all the time though right?

No. No they literally do not.

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23 points

If he wasn’t wealthy and white he’d be behind bars right now awaiting trial.

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He’s wealthy and orange though.

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Yes, rich people pay bail all the time. We shouldn’t we make a political prisoner because of that.

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Due process does not mean, “scott free until there’s a guilty verdict”, you utter numpty. These aren’t all civil charges.

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I suppose being rude makes you feel good, strong, and right.

I know he’s rich, but a 200k bail is not Scott free. People pay bail all the time.

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12 points

The wheels of justice grind very slowly. The bigger the case, the longer it takes to build.

But yes, I’m getting impatient. There should be consequences for trying to overthrow the government.

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Yes, fair. I want an air tight case, and that takes time. It’s frustrating. But a flimsy case would be worse. Putting him directly into jail would be worse and set a terrible precedent. People seem eager to fall head first into his narrative.

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Not rich people wait in jail while the case is built. They pay outrageously high bonds if they don’t wait in jail. This guy has done neither, and is accused of High Treason

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2 points

“Justice delayed is justice denied”, especially if it’s delayed long enough for the defendant to dismantle the justice system itself.

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He should have been arrested on the spot and thrown into gitmo while the courts decide what to do with the body.

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I just want him to get the same treatment I would get if I committed a serious crime in broad daylight.

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Sure, we’ll all be waiting for a verdict with baited breath.

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3 points

Also about the failure of our national security apparatus.

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It sounds like one or two guys booing…? Falling for news like this is how you grow complacent and not have the voter turnout that you expect.

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Yes, it’s all bullshit and it’s designed in these ways for their target audience. I actually posted another similar one further down on this thread as well.

It’s meant to cause division to drive outrage and profits, and everyone just gobbles it up.

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Someone needs to get their hearing checked. The embedded video in the tweet clearly has many overlapping boos, both men and women.

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1728567448100569088/pu/vid/avc1/480x270/gMMdbNq-v4fYi52Q.mp4

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I heard a mix of boos, cheering, and random noise. So you could make a headline that says either and it would still be “technically” true. The best kind of truth.

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You didn’t report anything that wasn’t already reported. The booing is definitely more prominent.

And saying it was just one or two guys is just dumb.

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Nah, it’s bait news. Getting booed at a football game is not the same as getting booed by a handful of people as you drive through an area near the stadium.

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Voters are voters. Boos are boos. Especially to Trump.

And you still apparently need a schedule a checkup or something.

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Yes one video of Trump being booed will stop thousands from voting for some reason

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Probably not, but it hasn’t really kicked into gear yet. There will be many more. It happened in 2016 did it not?

Also check this out https://www.counton2.com/news/south-carolina-news/donald-trump-draws-cheers-in-nikki-haleys-backyard-at-clemson-south-carolina-football-game/

The current state of news media is garbage. All of it. The intent is not disseminating information, it’s twisting and controlling it to fit a narrative.

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Title is misleading. There are definitely boos, but the headline makes is seem like a majority were boos vs a mix of boos and cheering.

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Video sounded like uproarious cheers mostly. It’s a southern crowd.

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The video inside the stadium was mostly cheers the groups that posted up by the entrance to boo him as he drove in was more boos. It’s a Clemson South Carolina game. It would be absurd to think a majority of people booed him.

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Steven Cheung, a spokesman for Trump, told a Newsweek editor in an email to “step away from your computer on a Saturday night and come to an event sometime to experience the electric Trump effect.”

That troll is so far up his own ass it’s difficult to imagine how he still manages to be up Trump’s ass.

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Imagine being him and thinking, “Mm, yeah. I gotta be his promoter.”

Then again, a former Trump Org finance person broke down in tears last week, because he’s sad they got caught committing fraud, and it makes him stressed that there’s all these lawyers and investigators poking around. Some of these people are beyond help.

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3 points

The kind of electricity you get by putting pennies on a 40 amp fuse.

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A turducken of windbags maybe.

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36 points

The ratio of boos:cheers for any candidate is not worth reporting on.

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The rise of fascism is so passeé! /s

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