House Republican aims to defund Trump prosecutions until 2024 election
3 years ago by MicroWave to c/politics
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) is proposing two amendments to an appropriations bill that would defund the various prosecutions of former President Trump.
He is adding to the defense of the former president mounted by Trump allies in the House as they circle the wagons in the face of four indictments.
Clyde, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, on Monday announced plans for two amendments to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) fiscal 2024 appropriations bill that would “prohibit the use of federal funding for the prosecution of any major presidential candidate prior to the upcoming presidential election on November 5th, 2024,” according to a press release.
It’s because they are guilty of shit too, and they are afraid of their shit coming to light as well
Even if this was added to the bill, there's no way it would ever reach the president's desk. And if it did, there's no way Biden wouldn't veto it.
This is just somebody signalling his loyalty to Orange Steal so he can swoop in and grab a little of his powerbase when Orange Steal is serving out his golden years in a jumpsuit that matches his spray tan.
I guarantee you, the Biden administration has a planned timeline they want to see this prosecution play out over, and it ends in a conviction before the election. It has contingencies in place for every bullshit delaying tactic conservatives will try to throw at them. He's going to jail for a very long time, and I'd say the majority of people are starting to wise up to this fact.
Doesn't even matter.
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.)
Republicans have shot his bills down countless times because he's mostly a prick to everyone. Nobody likes the guy and he's hardly useful in any capacity to the GOP outside of a warm body who can physically push a "yea" button when they tell him to push it.
He's like MTG who is from the close by 14th district except more irritating to listen to and less well put together. Pretty much exactly what you'd expect from rural Georgia yet just less pleasant in pretty much every aspect than most Republicans.
Not only that, guy is a well known coward. His usual response to difficult things is to do his best impression of Zoidberging out of the situation. Guy is worthless skin who'd run for cover if someone started popping popcorn.
If they're on that team as it is it's because they're: greedy, stupid, cowards, or all of the above.
The New Nazi slogan is: "Wah, ich bin ein Kleinkind! Wechsle meine Windel, frau!"
And their mascot is: https://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/...
Let's hope not, or if so let's hope it's very hard to prove... If Biden has all that planned, it would suggest executive interference and politically motivated prosecution. Don't get me wrong, Trump needs to crash and burn, just saying...
Shouldn't these clowns be charged with obstruction of justice?
Yes, but spoiler alert: they won’t.
Exercising regular congressional powers by introducing legislation that cuts funding to a judicial body, regardless of the intent, isn't obstruction of justice.
When your sole purpose is to use extrajudicial force to subvert justice, how on earth is that not obstruction? Congress doesn't have unilateral authority to undermine the law for their own gain.
I remember when the Republican Senate wanted to delay a supreme court justice selection for an entire until after the elections so the American people could have a say.
2 justices later it's a month before the election and they cram a 3rd down our throats.
Fuck them forever.
Not before an election. During an election. Early voting had already started.
This sums up my feelings quite well. These children are fucking self centered.
Dems:
- Benghazi This is stupid, but we'll sit through all these dumb ass hearings and waste money to appease these shitheads
- Hunter Biden This is stupid, but we'll sit through all these dumb ass hearings and waste money to appease these shitheads
- Whitewater This is stupid, but we'll sit through all these dumb ass hearings and waste money to appease these shitheads
- And so on ...
Republicans:
- Any charge POLITICAL WITCHUNT!! STOP THE PROCESS! OVERTHROW THE GOV'T!!
I really don't understand Republican politicians at all.
They HATE Trump. They are almost all in record taking about about how stupid and unfit he is.
Trump LOST the last election. He hurt them badly in the last two midterms. He is dragging the party down.
I understand they are too afraid of his cult to go after him, but they could have just gotten out of the way and let him fail.
There second impeachment could have been the end of him.
These criminal charges could be the end of him.
All they had to do was say: "these are extremely serious charges, and we're reserving judgement until the judicial system delivers a verdict."
But instead they are pledging to pardon him, pledging to support him even if convicted, and trying to stop the trials.
INSANITY.
The answer is pretty simple. They do not want to set the precedent that any Republican government official, even the President, can be held liable for their crimes. Most were prepared to let him get impeached (but not actually find him guilty), lose his office, and hope he would fall into obscurity. A slap on the wrist and then a return to status quo is perfectly acceptable to them. But to have the audacity to actually bring charges for even blatant crimes? It's just not acceptable at all. What if this accountability thing carries over to the rest of government? What if they're actually held to the law? What if they face consequences for violating the law? What if corruption in government starts to actually be investigated and punished? No no, we can't have that. There won't be any Republicans left.
It's not insane at all.
They know that without the cult they lack the numbers to win any election. They, and their positions, are so frail that they bend knee to the absolute worst humanity has to offer for a chance to feel like they aren't as neutered as they really are. They can't even just let the Trump boot-lickers fade away, those willful idiots will just not vote - they have to win the scared racist vote, they need the wheezing Nazis, they can't survive without the religious who have turned away from their god for Trump.
It's fear, weakness and desperation. It is more sad than insane. Sad and dangerous.
It's theatrical for their stupid base. They have to come up with "evidence" that Biden bad, democrats bad. What better way than to find super scary "evidence" and making up shit that never happened to go along with the grift?
You got some level headed replies so I'm going to put on my conspiracy hat. He is the Russian pick. He also gets along well with China. That is who the career Republicans are really afraid of crossing. You can talk all the shit you want as long as you vote for the right things. Including keeping trump in power.
I mean Obama pardoned someone that literally committed treason to earn points with the LGBTQ community. Politics and politicians, on both sides of the isle, are out for themselves .
Lost 2016 by 3m, 2018 lost 41 delegates in the house, 2020 lost by 7m. He's a political loser, but the republican part wont cut him off cause they got nothing left to entice voters.
So, Obstruction of Justice?
Oh look someone wants to defund the police
No no no not like that
How does everyone healthily cope with all this modern day political stuff?
It feels hopeless sometimes... All of it. Cost of living, social divisions, unbelievably unprofessional everything from cops to politicians, safety, mass shootings, education, jobs, jobs that pay, medications, unhealthy-food/water, weather....
I get caught in the loop easily. And in my personal reality, yeah I have it better than a lot of people in this world.... But it's like it doesn't mean anything because in this culture I feel like ...cut off from soul and the essence of what life is.
This. I look forward to this. Almost every day.
Revolutionary optimism. The contradictions are intensifying and the system is falling into crisis. We make the world turn, and we will prevail!
Maybe, but a lot of us are already dying avoidable deaths; epecially with climate change.
This would require some sense of personal accountability, which is clearly missing amongst many of our so-called leaders.
That would require elected officials to act in good faith. Used to be you would want your elected officials to uphold the law even if it conflicted with party interests. Nowadays the law only applies to the minority party.
dems hold the senate and the white house. Republicans barely have the majority at all and we both know that the pubies only hold the house because of partisan gerrymandering.
at the end of the day minority means a group of people that's smaller than the largest group of people.
Republican proposes legislation that has no chance of passing. More real not fake news at 11.
It sounds like an effort to obstruct justice in furtherance of an indicted criminal enterprise.
The boot licking is strong with this one.
the only defense for him
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