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EndlessWire

(8,103 posts)
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 08:51 PM Jul 2022

If Donald Trump announces plans to run for President on the Fourth [View all]

then I will vomit.

I must say, it won't surprise me. He is very theatrical, from trying to impress from in front of the Presidential monuments (Mount Rushmore) to his stunt of driving around the hospital while he was being treated with medical treatments that only he could get. But, that doesn't mean I will be amused.

He might be doing it because of timing, you know, getting ahead of others. This would be because of the recent talk that he will not be welcome to a party candidacy. Maybe because of DeSantis.

Or, and IMO most probable, he has it in his head that he can't be indicted if he is running for President. He is coming off the heels of a devastating hearing enumerating numerous criminal acts from a credible witness. He would probably like to be able to spin it that he is being harassed due to some mythical holy state of candidacy. Maybe he can convince DOJ that to indict him would be some kind of travesty against tradition.

We have all been through this before, during the two impeachment hearings. It is kind of settled that, technically, he can be prosecuted while in office. This is post term, he is being investigated and found out, and there is that. I don't know what other position he could run for in Midterms; I think it is too late for that. So, if he announces for the Presidency, there will be the inevitable "I am President, You can't imprison me now" argument. Or, "I am running for the Presidency, you can't touch me now." And, then his Personal Supreme Court can legislate in his favor. How, I don't know, but that hasn't stopped them from twisting our system.

Our system allows any criminal to run for the Presidency, even from a jail cell. That is the truth. So, if he announces, that is his right, and he can spend Republican donor money on it. If we got lucky enough to convict him, we would probably have to send him to Gitmo, just to make it really hard to run a campaign from there.

I dunno about you, but I think an indictment of at least Donald Trump is in order. If DOJ fails to act for whatever reason, then I personally will feel that there is no more justice of any kind left in our system.

It seems like it is going to be all on Garland. I like quiet, understated heroes that do their duty without fuss. So far, all is well. But then, that's what I thought about the Mueller Report.

I want to see DOJ kick Donald's rotten ass, not just Georgia, although I appreciate all Georgia Peaches and am grateful that pursuit of that angle is ongoing. But, we have to indict Trump as a nation. His fall guys notwithstanding, it will not work if he gets to throw them under the buses and walk away whistling.

Please, G-d, don't inflict my country with Trump as President. Not again, never again, no more. Amen.

If he announces, we'll just have to suck it up and laugh it off. I wouldn't put it past Red States to elect a criminal as their President. We just have to do something NOW and not let it get that bad again. Please, Dems, do something.

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Trump will be imprisoned. LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #1
he can still run and win from prison nt msongs Jul 2022 #2
I know. LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #3
But, did you know EndlessWire Jul 2022 #9
Yes, but my feeling is that LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #10
Except if he is convicted of sedition. A HERETIC I AM Jul 2022 #22
in the unkujeky event that trump id trued, convicted, and imprisoned rampartc Jul 2022 #25
It depends on what he is convicted of. fightforfreedom Jul 2022 #28
Yes, you are correct? Why? Trump has committed crimes, and no one is above the law, even Trump Stuart G Jul 2022 #5
I look at it this way. LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #6
You are only not above the law EndlessWire Jul 2022 #13
he must be indicted before the 2022 election rampartc Jul 2022 #26
LOL! EndlessWire Jul 2022 #29
+1 rampartc Jul 2022 #30
No he won't. former9thward Jul 2022 #16
You wouldn't exactly be flush with cash if I lost the bet. LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #24
No he will not, bookmarked! Nt USALiberal Jul 2022 #18
How long do you think it will take? Polybius Jul 2022 #20
Not for a conviction, but possibly for an indictment. My opinion only. LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #23
he needs money. mopinko Jul 2022 #4
Well, that may be so. EndlessWire Jul 2022 #7
he raised $250m on this lie. mopinko Jul 2022 #8
He's just not the official candidate yet. EndlessWire Jul 2022 #11
I read $9 million raised March-April and only $19,000 May-June. Native Jul 2022 #17
but you can never trust numbers reported by trumpists. rampartc Jul 2022 #27
If he does it would be great kacekwl Jul 2022 #12
Well, we'll all be wearing black that day, so... Baitball Blogger Jul 2022 #14
I'd be happy if he went to prison on July 4th. That would really honor ideals we espouse. captain queeg Jul 2022 #15
You just made me think... Ivanka's shady surreal Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2022 #19
Best scenario. usonian Jul 2022 #21
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