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muriel_volestrangler

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12. So this is an admission that the "US criminal charges" are just a made-up cover for regime change

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 06:23 PM

Jan 4

If he thinks she's guilty of committing worse crimes against US law, he shouldn't be saying it's OK for her to take over; by judging her on the nebulous (but not criminal-law-related) "what's right", he's admitting he's behaving like an emperor wanting to control a vassal.

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