These comments are stupid. Regardless of your opinion of Newsom, no we shouldn’t have politically motivated investigations. Lemmy is full of idiots, man.
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Yeah. I fucking hate Newsom, but the Trump DOJ investigating him is straight up third world dictator shit.
"Third world"? Excuse me? My third world country has public health, effective public transport, free education; and a working, transparent democratic system.
I think you meant to say: "it is straight up dictator shit"
thanks
For real. Y'all realize that celebrating when the government goes after someone you don't like with obviously bogus claims is exactly what MAGA celebrates, right? Like, I don't like Newsom either but we shouldn't celebrate a rogue DOJ under any circumstance.
I'm hoping they're all just tankies which means anything they say is irrelevant.
Trump directs the FBI to act the way he thinks it was directed to act against him.
Problem: He's actually a criminal. The others? Not so much.
If ONLY Gavin Newsom had Pivoted HARDER to the Right this would NEVER have Happened!
Straight up: Donald Trump is a tyrant!
He targets everyone who says anything bad about him. The Projector in chief, who claimed that the Biden administration weaponized the DOJ against their enemies:
Yeah. No.
DJT is the the one who has weaponized the DOJ against his enemies. I honestly don't understand why the congress has not impeached and removed him already, or why jd and Rubio haven't removed him under the 25th amendment.
This two time Trump voter, and 2 time Reagan voter will vote straight blue this November.
Adios, Hotwheels. Adios, Paxton. Adios, Dan Patrick.
This fucking idiot and his ideology have to be stopped. Tomorrow is not soon enough!
This is just a way for Trump to give Newsom some if that DOJ antiweaponization fund money right?
Nobody wants to vote for you Gavin. Fuck you. Get the fuck out of politics.