• XOXOX@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Putin probably told Trump to pick somebody that’s lower profile and more destructive.

  • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Unsurprising. I still believe Trump throwing his name out there was a way for him to resign and kill the report.

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      5 days ago

      Oh interesting thought, I hadn’t thought of that. I’m not sure why Trump cares enough about Gaetz at this point to do something so…elaborate, but I was wondering if he really needed to resign so far ahead of any confirmation or even the inauguration.

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        Could be a lot of reasons but it would boil down to backroom deals. Maybe mutual assured destruction, maybe manipulated by someone (everyone talks about how easy he is to manipulate), or maybe a foreign leader has his fingers in the pie and told him to. Hell, maybe they’ve got underage women in common and Trump didn’t want it coming out. The guy is one of Florida’s reps and we all know where Trump lives.

        My assumption is that he wouldn’t have had to resign until there was an official confirmation process, and certainly not before Trump is sworn in. Anything could happen between now and then.

    • FarFarAway@startrek.website
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      5 days ago

      Except he resigned from this last term, so, correct me if im wrong, but, I’m pretty sure he’s back in, in January, for the next term he was just re elected for.

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    5 days ago

    Why? The ONLY thing People are saying is he Raped and Trafficked CHILDREN! If he DIDNT then why is he Worried about the Report being Public?

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        Statutory rape? she was 17 and he was… 30? Besides, between the two I’m going to assume the law school graduated, 30-year old knew he was plying a much younger, more naive minor for the sake of sex, even if he did pay for it. He knew what he was doing.

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            He transported a girl from Florida, where age of consent is 18, to Georgia, where age of consent is 16, in order to have sex with her. This is a form of interstate child sex trafficking and is a federal crime. Not going to cite the specific statute because I suspect you aren’t asking in good faith.

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    4 days ago

    He needs to withdraw from life. Just off yourself dude. You have no potential benefit to humanity left, stop using our resources. You are a bloght on this planet.

    (Copy paste to every other Republican tbh)

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    5 days ago

    I’m betting the House GOP leveraged that report staying secret as a way to get him to withdraw.