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Great. You’ve shown us the “DoJ Gate” works fine for both sides of the aisle.

Now do the republican traitors.

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Cool. Now do the Clarence twins.

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I see we’re setting up for the next chain of “just one more democrat, they cant do anything until then”

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Dems got a shit ton done in Biden’s first two years, despite having a conservative Democrat as a gatekeeper. But saying they could have gotten so much more done with 50 liberals is just fact.

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They done a lot of canceling out shit. Climate bill with oil and gas drilling boosts, economic gains for only the wealthy executive class while snuffing out collective bargaining, and just total disregard for the poorest Americans, welching on promises of things like healthcare.

Climate change has been accelerated, college continues to drift away as a possibility, inflation prices are racking stagnant wages. Roe v Wade got repealed. Just nothing good has been happening.

And it always gets blamed on the scapegoat. First it was joe lieberman, then manchin, now we’re setting up for the next one.

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It’s not a scapegoat. It’s just stating facts. People don’t realize that not all Democrats are liberals (it was even worse during Obama’s tenure and before). It’s going to keep getting worse unless people vote more liberals into office.

Your examples are all over the place too. From things Republicans did when they were in charge to things that are happening to the global economy to things that have just been happening gradually over decades.

You’re the one looking for someone to blame.

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I wonder what this is really about.

I have no doubt that the corruption is real, but that’s sort of beside the point, since corruption is essentially universal in Washington. There has to be some reason that they focused on him specifically when they legitimately could charge pretty much anyone and everyone. Charging one Washington politician with corruption is sort of like charging one Burning Man attendee with drug possession.

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He’s been tried in the Senate previously for accepting bribes.

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Right, but that doesn’t answer my question. If anything, it makes me more curious, since this isn’t the first time he’s been singled out for doing the same thing that virtually all of them do as a matter of course.

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing - quite the contrary. Charging (and preferably removing from office and imprisoning) corrupt politicians is not only a good thing, but arguably the single best thing we could do as a nation right now. Official corruption is at the heart of virtually every single ill that this country currently suffers.

But it’s notably a thing that’s almost never prosecuted, in spite of the fact that it’s not only widespread, but often brazen.

So again, I’m just curious what’s special about him - why a government that generally turns a blind eye to corruption has chosen to prosecute this particular instance of it.

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Im not sure everyone does this quite like he has.

As this is the second time I suspect that’s the motivating factor. Also NY state is charging him NOT the feds so it might be its because he’s got no protection

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Maybe someone didn’t get their cut so they talked to the feds.

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I’m independent and vote D because that’s the only rational choice. Fuck the republican traitor filth. And fuck this guy too, lock him the fuck up if he’s guilty.

See that, republican traitors? No one should be above the law. Fuck all of you.

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They’re gonna use this to say Democrats think they’re above the law because Fox News, Breitbart and the rest don’t run all of us saying to bring Menendez to justice. Hell, even if they did run it Republicans wouldn’t change their minds.

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Fuck ‘em all. A waste of carbon, the whole lot.

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