• It’s still illegal; it’s just that nobody will enforce the law against the orange bastard. The motherfucker was literally convicted of 34 felonies and hasn’t paid any fines or faced a minute of jail time, FFS.

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      22 days ago

      He had a whole goddamn sentencing hearing where they sentenced him to nothing. Explicitly.

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      23 days ago

      Was it illegal for Bernie Sanders to campaign on free medical and college?

      Rather than tilt and rave let’s approach this from another angle: Trump promised funds from DOGE and balanced budgets on multiple occasions and you’re never going to see any of it. He is a liar.

      • Was it illegal for Bernie Sanders to campaign on free medical and college?

        No because that would have been done through normal policy change and actually a thing an elected official should try and do. What is going on in the question (even if it is a lie) is bribery. It’s not even remotely the same, and it speaks volumes of your character that you would even try and equate them.

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          Trump’s and Bernie’s plans would both require congress because the president literally has no access to funds without it.

          I worry about people spreading these lies because it is in fact a great policy stance.

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            If it’s a great policy stance, they should do it now when they know they have control of both legislatures. Why wait?

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                    Right, so what they’re doing is not a great policy stance, contrary to what you said earlier.

                    Bernie didn’t have the power to deliver on his promises without winning the election, Trump already won and has control of all three branches. It’s objectively massively different to Bernie, or any other office-seeking politician, running on a platform of what they would try to do once elected. It’s the difference between, “Here’s what I’ll try to accomplish if I win,” and “Here’s something I could do now but I won’t, I’ll only do it later and only if you vote how I say.” I’d argue it’s closer to extortion than a bribe, but no matter what you call it, it’s a terrible, evil policy stance.