Donald Trump faces four indictments, 91 criminal charges and hundreds of years of maximum prison time combined.

This is a former president who — according to the latest grand jury indictment in Fulton County, Georgia — participated in a “criminal enterprise.” Trump and 18 co-defendants are accused of trying “to unlawfully change the outcome of the election” in 2020. Among the 13 felony charges he faces is one count of violating the Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act and two counts of conspiracy to commit forgery.

Most of those charges are related to a fake elector scheme by the Trump campaign in which a slate of “alternate” electors in Georgia would cast electoral votes for Trump instead of Joe Biden. The president of the most powerful democracy in the world allegedly tried to steal an election.

We can’t say it often enough: This is serious. Americans cannot shrug this off or normalize it, no matter how many times Trump gets indicted. Yet it feels like business as usual. Not only is Trump favored to win the GOP presidential nomination, he’s also neck and neck with President Biden in the 2024 general election, according to a July poll by the New York Times/Siena Poll.

MORE THAN A CULT

Trump’s support cannot only be explained as the product of the cult-like power he has over his MAGA base, which accounts for roughly 40% of Republican voters who believe those indictments are nothing but a conspiracy against him.

more: https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article278265068.html

  • SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org
    81·
    1 year ago

    Yeah I’ve heard this all before. Since I was conscious and reading the news daily, these distortions aren’t important to me and I refuse to argue about them anymore. Just know that a lot of people disagree with this ludicrous spin on reality

    • rjs001@lemmygrad.ml
      18·
      1 year ago

      I just sleep at night knowing I didn’t kill thousands by pretending Covid was just a flu like Fauci and the CDC did. Covid was far far worse than a Flu is

    • rjs001@lemmygrad.ml
      110·
      1 year ago

      Disagree with Fauci’s spin on reality where he downplayed Covid? Yeah, most people do

        • rjs001@lemmygrad.ml
          18·
          1 year ago

          Where did I mention the science? You are a fucking liar who didn’t read my comment. The science was valid but he misrepresented the science and lied about what the scientific evidence was and pretended Covid wasn’t a threat. Go back to your Fox News where you can pretend “it was just a flu”

          • SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org
            71·
            1 year ago

            Lol yeah you’re right, I definitely don’t hate Fox News with every fiber of my being. Keep on spreading hate about fauci though, that’s in no way on board with Fox News at all!!! ;)