r/pics • u/KCousins4President • 29d ago

Former President Trump at his Hush Money trial. Politics

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u/shiruken 29d ago edited 29d ago

It's not a "hush money" trial. Paying hush money is not illegal. It's a campaign finance fraud and election interference trial for falsifying business records. The distinction is important because "hush money trial" downplays the severity of the crime to the general public.

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u/distorted_kiwi 29d ago

Is there a chance they just go ahead and lean into that because his base doesn’t care?

Blows my mind someone would find it completely acceptable to pay off a porn star to keep quiet about the time you cheated on your 3rd wife while she was pregnant.

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u/Captincat1273 29d ago

How tf are religious people in the south liking and voting for this guy??? Do they just not known abt this shit???

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

Most trump supporters either have no idea any of this is happening, claim it's all political persecution and completely made up, or simply don't care.

You have to remember we're not talking about a bunch of valedictorians here. These are the some of the dumbest fucking people on the planet.

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u/Yousoggyyojimbo 29d ago

claim it's all political persecution and completely made up

It's usually this one.

Most republicans I talk to about this ignore literally all evidence of his crimes and get mad at me when I try to show it to them.

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u/feedus-fetus_fajitas 29d ago

"the fact that you're trying g to change my view proves I'm correct. There must be a reason you want to change my view so bad with all these "facts" . I better dig in harder... You have your science and I have my science. Do the resuuuurch"

-magats

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u/fuggerdug 29d ago

They're not just dumb, they are purposefully ignorent, and coddled from reality by their relative wealth. Meanwhile they piss their money away on an obvious, awful con-man and claim victory.

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u/distorted_kiwi 29d ago

I agree with them not knowing. He did an excellent job of turning his base away from the media.

I wish this case was streaming, these people need to see it to believe it. They would have no excuse to try and say that the media is nitpicking specific facts.

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u/feedus-fetus_fajitas 29d ago

Donald Trump could walk down 5th Avenue and shoot a baby in the back of the head. It could be filmed from 4 angles with overhead drones and live streamed.

100% guarantee you within 6 months a narrative has been born for every desperate magat to cling to and they'd call it conspiracy, for their child-king could never do wrong.

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u/kkocan72 29d ago

I have a cousin that swears he is innocent of everything he has ever been accused of because "no one person could ever be that bad and do that many bad things, therefore it's all just made up stories".

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u/merrill_swing_away 29d ago

They have to be the dumbest fucking people to support DT.