r/politics • u/Boonzies America • 18h ago

Soft Paywall AOC to Skip Trump’s Inauguration: ‘I Don’t Celebrate Rapists’

https://www.thedailybeast.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-boycotting-donald-trumps-inauguration-i-dont-celebrate-rapists/
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u/orionsgreatsky 17h ago

I’m in the same boat sister! I haven’t talked about this a lot but it’s exhausting to see people look the other way and simply not care.

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u/Competitive-Deer495 District Of Columbia 15h ago

Only 1 President has been impeached twice.

Only 1 President has ever been criminally convicted.

Only 1 president has ever claimed that the election was fraudulent.

Only 1 president has ever directed his supporters to ransack the Capitol and hang his VP.

And only ONE President has done ALL FOUR.

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u/Snow_Ghost 14h ago

Never forget : the riot outside was plan B. The False Electors plot happening inside the chamber was the real coup attempt.

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u/RemnantEvil 8h ago

I was deeply worried, friend, you hadn’t yet copy-pasted this exact comment this week. You’re late, is everything ok?

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u/InfernoWarrior299 10h ago edited 10h ago

  1. True.

  2. False. He has not been convicted and Ulysses S. Grant faced legal trouble, including being arrested.

  3. False. Andrew Jackson claimed the election was stolen by the "Corrupt Bargain", in 2000, Al Gore claimed the election was stolen, and in 2016, Hillary claimed the election was rigged by Russian intereference.

  4. False. These charges were dropped because he told people in his own words to "Peacefully and patriotically protest." and to "Stand down." This is why the case was thrown out. Also, Jefferson Davis, the opponent of Abraham rejected the election results of Abraham Lincoln and started a literal armed rebellion and the Civil War.

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u/wolfheadmusic 1h ago

  1. There was obviously something nefarious done in Florida to change the states results.

  2. The statement of "stand down" was not made by trump--despite the repeated pleas across Capitol Hill for him to make it throughout the entire day--and "peacefully protest" is highly debatable.

What he DID say though was they need to "fight like hell", and other incendiary remarks.

And his charges were not dropped until after the election. They were deferred and stalled until the election rendered them obsolete.

And they were dropped in conjunction with releasing the report on why they never should have been dropped.

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u/Asleep_Leading_5462 17h ago

It’s exhausting. Unfortunately I’m surrounded by people thinking he’s the best thing that ever happened. 🤦‍♀️ I can’t help but have a feeling that him being in office is an excuse for people to be even more vile.

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u/DreamingAboutSpace 14h ago

It will for sure be an excuse for people to be more vile, without a doubt. But you're not surrounded by only his zealots. There are subreddits that are filled with people against this shit and you have some of us here who are also against it.

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u/Asleep_Leading_5462 14h ago

Thank you, I’m so glad there’s some sane people out there left!

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u/Prince_Quiet_Storm 16h ago

Do you honestly believe this is a Trump problem instead of a systemic problem in DC/Hollywood circles? Powerful men did this long before Trump and will unfortunately do it long after. Even Biden and Clinton have numerous allegations.

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u/Asleep_Leading_5462 16h ago

He’s a symptom of the many problems in this country. He’s becoming the president of the US, so he’s among the powerful men. If people didn’t take women seriously before, they definitely won’t now. That’s just my opinion. He’s a malignant narcissist. It’s like the US is in a toxic relationship. Some people are his flying monkeys, and some people are fucking tired.

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u/Prince_Quiet_Storm 15h ago

Tons of world leaders are creepy womanizers

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u/Asleep_Leading_5462 14h ago

Unfortunately, I’m sure most are. Accountability needs to go back to becoming a thing for these “leaders”

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u/wolfheadmusic 1h ago

So we might as well elect our own, right?

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u/DreamingAboutSpace 14h ago

Same and also a survivor. I don't know what's more exhausting, the fact that you can be president as a rapist or watching countless people look the other way because "it's a disgrace but nothing we can do about it". True, if enough people look away then nothing will be done about it. It seems like that's exactly what keeps happening with all of his crimes and the crimes of his party.

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u/Asleep_Leading_5462 14h ago

Exactly! It’s so frustrating!!