• Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    See how easy that was? Now why is it so hard if there’s an R next to their name?

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      Because someone in the media whispers to them “hey yeah but wouldn’t in be fun if instead you spent the next 6 weeks trying unseat your own nominee” and they go “TAHTS’ SUCH A GOOD IDEA” and get busy on it

      No one intervenes if the system goes after a Democrat, so it can all just happen as normal

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    4 months ago

    Wait, so politicians can be held accountable for their crimes? When did that change?

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    4 months ago

    He’s still a sitting Senator and won’t resign despite the NJ Governor Murphy calling for him to do so. The Senate will have to expel him, and then Murphy will appoint a replacement.

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      4 months ago

      Do it. Do it now! Grab some media attention showing Democrats getting rid of their unethical members while the Republicans are celebrating theirs.

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      4 months ago

      True story… when my kid got married and bought a house 5 years ago, I gifted them an ounce of gold. $1,800 then. $2,470.32.

      So +$670.32! Yay!

      But over 5 years? :(

      $134.064 / year.

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    Excellent… regardless of what party any politician is in, we need a full scale investigation on corruption for call local/state/federal politicians and agencies.

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    4 months ago

    “Robert Menendez … …serving as the senior United States senator from … … member of the Democratic Party, …”
    Gosh !

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      And? Throw crooks in prison, regardless of party. What, did you expect Democrats to defend him? Nah, circling the wagons is what Republicans do.

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        Hi @kescusay,
        100% agree with you : Crooks should go to prison. Still, i was disappointed because i didn’t know which party that crook belong to so i searched and i was hoping to find that he was from the Republican… but, allas, no.

        P.S. : Retrospectively there was about 50% ways of misreading my above comment and maybe 95% of all readers here have misinterpreted it. Go figure !