• Malica@lemmy.zip
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      4 days ago

      Why the fuck not? It’s not like he’s facing any kind of consequences by letting it all hang out. He’s probably right, he could shoot someone on fifth avenue and nothing would happen.

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      3 days ago

      Unfortunately there is case precedent that this wouldn’t count, legally.

      It’s considered fundamentally the same as “our party will cut taxes if we win”.

      Of course the answer is “ok, but then why couldn’t you do it the last two years, and you promised 5,000 for DOGE and 2,000 for tariffs, you never deliver anything except high prices.”

    • theneverfox@pawb.social
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      6 days ago

      Not really… Even if there was political will to hold him to account, he’s got the court giving him blanket immunity

      If they had any balls, the Democrats should be promising $7500. At the point we are in politics, they need learn to play the game with the new rules

      Or at the very least, they should promise to vote for $5k either way. That wouldn’t even be illegal

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        6 days ago

        Democrats would need to follow through, or they’d lose a generation of voters for decades.

        Trump will just never send the money and Republicans will never talk about it again.