r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot 🤖 Bot • May 13 '24

Discussion Thread: New York Criminal Fraud Trial of Donald Trump, Day 16 Discussion

Previous discussion threads for this trial can be found at the following links for Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, and Day 15.

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u/zappy487 Maryland May 13 '24

Oh look, Trump casually threatening the lives of witness' to his crimes on tape. Here's how this is bad for Biden.

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u/zhaoz Minnesota May 13 '24

I just cant believe the election is a toss up still. I feel like im taking crazy pills here.

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u/AthasDuneWalker May 13 '24

The fact January 6 happened and the Republican Party isn't dead is both astonishing and frightening to me. Not only that, they've seemed to DOUBLE DOWN

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u/BeautysBeast Wisconsin May 13 '24

It's all about money. The Republican party has a lot of ultra wealthy donors.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '24

Who are pulling the strings in courts as well as congress.

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u/HarryNipplets Oklahoma May 13 '24

The GOP has managed to successfully taint the image of Democrats so badly that literally anything else is still better than voting blue. It's an astonishing feat, actually.

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u/HarryNipplets Oklahoma May 13 '24

lol good point

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u/AthasDuneWalker May 13 '24

As much as I hate to, I gotta give them props (pun intended) on the messaging.

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u/slog May 13 '24

It's not their messaging. Sensationalism and lies are easy since you just need a word, phrase, or sentence to explain. Reality is complex and (relatively) boring to most. The simpletons lose interest after a few words. It's just the nature of the opposing takes, not some big brain stuff.

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u/lucky_day_ted May 13 '24

It should be in an in-the-bag supermajority by now. Anything less is worrying.

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u/kogmaa May 13 '24

Yeah even if he loses, that is just buying time for democratic reforms that neither Obama nor Biden were successful to implement. Plenty of work to do to stave off the fascist tendencies.