• Janx@piefed.social
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      10 days ago

      I know this is rhetorical but the answer is because *Tim Walz is standing up against lawlessness and fascism.

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        Yeah, I think it’s also that he looks like them also scares the fuck out of Trump It’s ok to him when the browns and the poors are against him but a middle aged white guy? That looks wrong in Trumps head.

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          "Every minute I spend defending my own political interests would be a minute I can’t spend defending the people of Minnesota against the criminals who prey on our generosity and the cynics who prey on our differences.”

          While I don’t pretend to know all the details, he was clearly already not seeking reelection before clashing with ICE.

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      This DOJ isn’t getting convictions as often as they get headlines. A few of their lawyers are getting their cases dismissed for being appointed in the wrong way.

      They couldn’t even convict the alleged sandwich thrower.

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        This DOJ isn’t getting convictions as often as they get headlines.

        You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

        Trump was surprisingly easy to convict once Alvin Bragg started pressing charges. But it was far too little and too late to win a conviction before Trump could return to office.

        Plenty of other Republicans would be easy targets, if the DOJ bothered to press a case.