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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,715 posts) Tue May 19, 2026, 06:59 AM 2 hrs ago

Bill Clinton used to have to walk across the street to use a private telephone to make fundraising calls.

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Sanho Tree
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Bill Clinton used to have to walk across the street to use a private telephone to make fundraising calls so as not to violate the Hatch Act by using public resources for partisan purposes. Trump makes campaign commercials from behind the Resolute desk.

‪PatriotTakes 🇺🇸‬
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· 13h

Trump released a last minute video against Thomas Massie.

He really wants to defeat the guy who forced him to begin releasing the Epstein files.

7:44 PM · May 18, 2026

Bill Clinton used to have to walk across the street to use a private telephone to make fundraising calls so as not to violate the Hatch Act by using public resources for partisan purposes. Trump makes campaign commercials from behind the Resolute desk.
— Sanho Tree (@sanho.bsky.social) 2026-05-18T23:44:14.545Z

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸
‪@patriottakes.bsky.social‬

Trump released a last minute video against Thomas Massie.

He really wants to defeat the guy who forced him to begin releasing the Epstein files.

5:42 PM · May 18, 2026

Trump released a last minute video against Thomas Massie.

He really wants to defeat the guy who forced him to begin releasing the Epstein files.
— PatriotTakes ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡¸ (@patriottakes.bsky.social) 2026-05-18T21:42:45.112Z

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Bill Clinton used to have to walk across the street to use a private telephone to make fundraising calls. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 2 hrs ago OP

Because it's not part of the Presidents duties. Buddyzbuddy 1 hr ago #1

Trump openly had the 2020 Republican convention at the White House karynnj 49 min ago #2

Is there any law he hasn't broken? Ilsa 44 min ago #3

Expand public drunkenness to public chemical impairment RockCreek 9 min ago #4

I remember Al Gore saying the same thing SocialDemocrat61 21 sec ago #5

Buddyzbuddy

(2,898 posts)

1. Because it's not part of the Presidents duties.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2026, 08:17 AM

1 hr ago

He's not doing the work of the People.
No immunity.

karynnj

(61,094 posts)

2. Trump openly had the 2020 Republican convention at the White House

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2026, 08:42 AM

49 min ago

Flagrantly defying the rules and customs and Secretary of State Pompeo gave a speech from Jerusalem. ( Hillary Clinton and John Kerry did not attend the 2012 and 2016 conventions when they were Secretary of State.

Ilsa

(64,567 posts)

3. Is there any law he hasn't broken?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2026, 08:46 AM

44 min ago

I guess maybe public drunkeness if you believe he's a teetotaler because of his brother's alcoholism.

He practically robbed banks with bad debt, even to the point that US FDIC-insured banks wouldn't loan him anything.

RockCreek

(1,501 posts)

4. Expand public drunkenness to public chemical impairment

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #3)

Tue May 19, 2026, 09:22 AM

9 min ago

and he's broken that.

SocialDemocrat61

(8,035 posts)

5. I remember Al Gore saying the same thing

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2026, 09:31 AM

21 sec ago

when he was accused of fundraising from his office for the 96 election.

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