SourHoagie t1_j1j6l4o wrote
Reply to comment by RipTide275 in The Philadelphia Inquirer: What the Jan. 6 report says about Doug Mastriano, Scott Perry, and other key Pa. Republicans by boundfortrees
You realize Republican congressional leadership declined to join the committee right? They were offered a deal to allow them to appoint an equal number of members to the committee and they said no, they had an opportunity to make it bipartisan but refused.
"Well, I think in retrospect, I think it would have been very smart to put [Republicans on the committee] and again, I wasn't involved in it from a standpoint so I never looked at it too closely. But I think it would have been good if we had representation," Trump told Punchbowl News.
"The Republicans don’t have a voice. They don’t even have anything to say," he added.link
RipTide275 t1_j1j9w7v wrote
I understand how it happened. I could of told you the results before the committee met, because they were biased. Just like when next year when there at committees investigating Biden corruption and you all are saying they’re biased and not believing anything the committee concludes.
Rmlady12152 t1_j1jbs9y wrote
Did you see the insurrection? It was on tv. Those crazy republicans are an embarrassment to Pennsylvania and America.
HeyZuesHChrist t1_j1jcy8d wrote
And by Biden corruption you’re talking about Hunter Biden. Because you think Hunter Biden = Joe Biden. And if you can prove Hunter Biden is a piece of shit them it’s the same as proving Joe Biden shouldn’t be President. We know exactly how you think and we all laugh at you because it’s stupid. Terribly stupid.
No amount of proving Hunter Biden is a piece of shit will ever change the fact that Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in an historic landslide for POTUS. And no amount of proving Hunter Biden is a piece of shit means Joe Biden can’t be President.
Nobody cares if Hunter Biden goes to prison. Nobody cares if he committed crimes. He’s isn’t an elected official.
RipTide275 t1_j1jed8e wrote
Not what I meant at all. What if a committee shows Joe Biden is corrupt and has profited illegally from Hunter selling his influence all over the world. What would you think then?
HeyZuesHChrist t1_j1jhq80 wrote
I would think Joe Biden should be prosecuted because that’s what a normal person believes.
That’s not even what is on the table here though. There is absolutely zero evidence that Joe Biden has done anything illegal regarding Hunter Biden or anything else. Republicans accuse people of things first and then expect courts to accept it first without evidence so they can then go find the evidence. That’s completely backwards of how our justice system actually works.
It’s exactly the argument that Trump’s idiot legal team made in 2020. They filed lawsuits claiming election fraud, presented no evidence to the court and then argued that they court needed to take the case and grant them warrants to find the evidence to support their claims.
This is exactly what the right is doing now. They are claiming Hunter Biden broke laws, that Joe Biden aided him and that they need to be granted warrants so they can find evidence to support this claim.
Here is what is going to happen and you can save this comment. The Republican House is going to attempt to investigate Hunter Biden. They’ll form a committee. They will find absolutely nothing other than what we already know. Hunter Biden is a drug addict and likes hookers (why should I fucking care)? They will find absolutely nothing about Joe Biden doing anything illegal. All they will find is what we already know, which is that Joe Biden loves his son and has asked him to get help. They will ridicule Joe Biden for telling his son he will support him if he wants to turn his life around because to the right a father supporting his son is grounds for something. Impeachment maybe.
In the end the Republican led committee will try to convict Joe Biden because his son is a loser and it will result in absolutely nothing. Save this comment so you can apologize to me in two years.
Dark_Prism t1_j1jrdpp wrote
> I would think Joe Biden should be prosecuted because that’s what a normal person believes.
This is such an easy litmus test that these nutjobs fail constantly.
I want to yell in their faces "THE PEOPLE YOU VOTE FOR HATE YOU! STOP ACTING LIKE LOYALTY TO THEM MEANS ANYTHING!" Christ, the entirety of the US government is meant to work for the people who elect them, i.e. the citizens of the United States of America. Every elected official that undermines the rule of law needs to be held accountable to the furthest extent possible. This thing where cops and politicians and rich people get away with stuff all the time drives me insane. We need to hold them all to a higher standard, not a lower one.
HeyZuesHChrist t1_j1khyf9 wrote
The right is simply on a team. They could never comprehend holding someone on their team accountable for anything. Even though I am a Democrat there is no team. If someone breaks the law they should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. That’s how it works, unless you’re a Republican in which case it’s just “Hunter Biden!”
Eyesopen52 t1_j1kwc82 wrote
Saving this. I’m with you 100%. Well said
danappropriate t1_j1q6doz wrote
What you are saying is barely conjecture—we’ve seen Republicans run this exact dog and pony show before with the Benghazi investigations.
HeyZuesHChrist t1_j1q7bf0 wrote
That’s how I know exactly how it’s going to play out.
frotz1 t1_j1ji8sk wrote
Show it. You're comparing hypothetical corruption without any evidence to a very well documented insurrection attempt with evidence piled up in front of you. You don't get to call hypocrisy because we aren't taking your imaginary crimes seriously.
SourHoagie t1_j1jhtfb wrote
Do Jared Kushner next!
BluCurry8 t1_j1js8md wrote
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
drewbaccaAWD t1_j1ksglx wrote
>Just like when next year when there at committees investigating Biden corruption
Oddly, unlike Trump, the Biden family isn't being investigated by any states, the FBI, or any other agency. Maybe because there is no corruption to be investigated? NO, THAT can't be it, it must be a conspiracy.
Given that Jim Jordan and co. are trying to prove a pre-determined conclusion, rather than following any actual evidence? They've already made it clear that this investigation into Biden was a farce and you reacted exactly how the GOP wants you to, to think that just because the GOP runs false investigations like "BENGHAZI!!!" that the Democrats must be doing the same thing.
It's not a fallacy, but if it were, it would be called "appeal to cynicism."
You also deflected from the above comment. The GOP had an opportunity to place people on the committee and didn't. It was clearly unacceptable that they'd place anyone actively being investigated and tied to 1/6 on the committee and that's what McCarthy attempted to do. When that plan didn't work, he refused to send anyone. Being upset about this is like being upset that the defendant's brother wasn't permitted to sit on a jury.
And even before that, the Democrats didn't even want to do this at the congressional level, they wanted to form an independent committee but that was shot down by the GOP as well, at the Senate level.
Eyesopen52 t1_j1kw005 wrote
You really can’t see that Most of us are not as deaf, dumb and blind as you on the right. We actually use our brain cells and not just accept things because we were told to.
RipTide275 t1_j1kykmw wrote
Left is smart. Right is dumb. Got it. I don’t know you at all but I will bet my bottom dollar I’m smarter than you
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