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GoreWon2000

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12. Bush brothers and corrupt SCOTUS never held accountable for their 2000 election theft

Reply to lees1975 (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 01:01 PM

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The failure of dems to hold the Bush brothers and the corrupt repug SCOTUS majority accountable for their theft of the 2000 election has emboldened more repug election stealing and a more extreme repug SCOTUS majority which I think has caused a lot of Americans to give up on democracy. Garland's failure to hold Trump accountable for his use of the Bush brother's 2000 election theft road map in 2020 stands on the shoulders of the failure of dems to hold the Bush brothers and the corrupt repug SCOTUS majority accountable for 2000. Let's also ad in the disenfranchisement of 14 million dem Presidential primary voters in 2024 and you see that there's a clear pattern of not defending democracy despite claiming in 2024 to be the party defending democracy. I think enough voters looked at this bad track record and said "why should I bother to vote any more?"

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How many Democratic voters stayed home in November because of the failure to prosecute Trump for insurrection? [View all] lees1975 Saturday OP

Great question. sop Saturday #1

Might have helped if Garland had gone after trump earlier. Garland might have also understood what a chitshow Silent Type Saturday #2

Have you read the report of the House committee? lees1975 Saturday #6

If they stayed home over that they are fucking idiots bottomofthehill Saturday #3

+1000. Paladin Saturday #4

But the failure to prosecute and convict him was a demonstration that one thing didn't matter. lees1975 Saturday #10

Short answer: not enough to make a noticeable difference. hay rick Saturday #5

I don't know about that. lees1975 Saturday #9

People who were upset at Garland's tardy prosecution were paying attention. hay rick Saturday #31

Right Wiz Imp Saturday #11

More likke 89%. 13 million registered voters didn''t vote, and a higher percentage of Democrats than Republicans. lees1975 Saturday #14

Not sure where your numbers are coming from, there was a 64% voter turn out bottomofthehill Saturday #35

Garland is totally at fault Trump should have been eliminated by 2022, gordianot Saturday #7

If he had been convicted - Nigrum Cattus Saturday #8

Bush brothers and corrupt SCOTUS never held accountable for their 2000 election theft GoreWon2000 Saturday #12

+1 leftstreet Saturday #17

i think it was a factor that influenced a lot of people orleans Saturday #13

No. MangoMoose Saturday #15

"I blame Clooney and Reiner and Pelosi and every other dem who forced Biden out.. 3catwoman3 Saturday #21

How many Dem ballots got disappeared? Irish_Dem Saturday #16

Damn 3auld6phart Saturday #18

Probably a non-zero number. There were a lot of reasons to say "to hell with it." n/t malthaussen Saturday #19

Garland. He made them stay home. Just like Hillary made them do it in 2016. Beastly Boy Saturday #20

Stop making excuses for people who didn't vote. nycbos Saturday #22

Failure to prosecute Dave Id Saturday #23

Honestly, there is plenty of blame to go 'round. the_sly_pig Saturday #24

I don't believe that many voters stayed home KS Toronado Saturday #25

It was MAGA repubs DownriverDem Saturday #26

Makes no sense to me. Voters who wanted Trump in prison ... Martin Eden Saturday #27

Those people must not have read the cheerleaders' thoughts on the matter Orrex Saturday #28

Garland's problem was that he seemed afraid DeeDeeNY Saturday #29

Or uniformed and disillusioned by another departure from a clear, simple message. lees1975 Saturday #34

I think you mean the Mr. Musk's chief of staff's legal strategy of delay Tweedy Saturday #30

Makes no sense but that seems to be the character of american voters these day, no sense. nt yaesu Saturday #32

Mostly it was morons who fell for bullshit issues that aren't really issues. CrispyQ Saturday #33

Sadly not a factor pattyloutwo Saturday #36

Talk about short-sighted... Blue_Tires Saturday #37

SC Jack Smith Got a Late Start Investigating Trumpf C0RI0LANUS Sunday #38

It certainly contributed to the general cynicism that people feel toward democracy and politics. Intractable Sunday #39