r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/mrpeabody208 Texas 1d ago

He didn't lead, he merely incited... then retired to the Oval Office break room to pound Diet Cokes and watch the chaos he caused unfold on TV.

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u/ameriCANCERvative 1d ago

Fine.

I admit defeat in this battle of pedantry. “Incited” is definitely the most appropriate word to be used, but… to be just a bit more pedantic, I think your use of the word “merely” undersells the significance. “Incited” is on the same level as “led.” It’s actually more despicable, because as you say he took the coward’s way out.

We’d likely be a lot better off if he were on camera smearing his feces on the walls of the capitol instead of his degenerate mob, if he were the one packing the zip cuffs, etc.

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u/mrpeabody208 Texas 1d ago

I was shitting on him for being a cowardly stochastic terrorist.

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u/ameriCANCERvative 1d ago

Yeah me too. It’s even more shitty than him actually leading it. Little bitch sitting behind a tv screen watching his mob, blasting out bullshit tweets. Buffalo hat guy is probably the closest to a “leader” they had.

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u/Beldizar 1d ago

Before all the cases got thrown out, it sounded like he and those working for him actively bussed in certain individuals and connected them to people to give tours of the building so they would know where to go. So just giving the inciting speech wasn't all there was to it, at least from what I saw of the evidence presented before it was killed.