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/Main_Tomatillo_8960 1d ago

Which is absolutely baffling…if normal jobs won’t hire most felons, why on earth are we accepting a felon in the highest office in the country? That’s insane hypocrisy.

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u/ThatsGenocide 1d ago

Because then the ruling party just makes being one of their political opponents a felony and never loses an election again.

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u/Main_Tomatillo_8960 1d ago

That’s what you think happened to Trump? He was targeted as a political opponent even though it was proven in court that he was guilty of the crimes he was accused of?

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u/Impastato 1d ago

They never said they thought that’s what happened to Trump. But that is the justification for why felons are allowed to run for office.

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u/ThatsGenocide 1d ago

No. That's not even close to what I said.

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u/forever4never69420 1d ago

The crime of inflating the square footage of his condo?! My God....

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u/Main_Tomatillo_8960 1d ago

How about the crime of raping a 13 year old child? Is that cool man?

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u/forever4never69420 1d ago

Making shit up or was there a court case I missed??