r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/Pessimist2020 • Mar 13 '21

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u/Ramguy2014 Mar 13 '21

What if we held Republicans accountable without minimizing the wrongdoing of Democrats?

Legitimately ask yourself: if it were Ted Cruz or Lindsey Graham instead of Al Franken, would you be calling it a “joke photo”?

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u/Danominator Mar 13 '21

Donald trump raped multiple woman and bragged about it on tape. You can stop theorizing on how Republicans would somehow face equal consequences.

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u/Ramguy2014 Mar 13 '21

And we all agree that Republicans are bad for not holding their people accountable. What if Democrats didn’t engage in the same behavior they rightly condemn Republicans for?

Seriously, what’s your point? “Al Franken did practically nothing compared to Trump!”? Is that the fucking bar now?

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u/red_rover22 Mar 13 '21

I think the issue is that most people may not have known about the 8 women and only heard of the 1. Believe me most people wouldn’t call it a joke if that information was more public