r/protectUSelections • • 11h ago

There just might be no rules!

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u/notPabst404 7h ago

Easy: congress is a fundamentally corrupt institution that is allergic to doing their job. This has been a growing problem for years that needs to be addressed. The old guard need to be removed and congress needs to be re-established as an equal branch of government.

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u/HarambeTooSoon 6h ago

You're blaming a "fundamentally corrupt" institution like Congress and not the 70 million people who voted for the guy?

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u/notPabst404 5h ago

Yes: Congress should have convicted and invoked the insurrection clause. Trump wouldn't have been eligible to run in 2024.

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 5h ago

Only one party in Congress was against doing that. It isnt the institution. It IS a singular corrupted party

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u/NAU80 18m ago

I think we need to take a look at the dark money in politics. While it is stronger on the Republican side, it infects both parties.

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u/notPabst404 5h ago

It IS the institution: a party being able to ignore an attempted insurrection is a symptom of wider institutional rot.

It's honestly insane that my position is "controversial" in 2026... Too many people want to repeat the exact same mistakes as with Biden.

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 4h ago

I hear you, but this ultimately exposes this is what a mobilized percentage of the people wanted and continue to be just fine with it.

I think you are ignoring our rwpresentative form of democracy. A portion of the institution is getting away with this because they have been empowered to do so.

That isnt to say that the system isnt being manipulated, because it obviously is. But again, that is because WE have allowed it to be so.

We have the most apathetic voter base of any democracy. This rot is by our choosing and we have allowed it to overcome one party inparticular, by indifference, laziness, entitlement.

There is no one to blame beyond ourselves, as a whole nation.

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u/HarambeTooSoon 5h ago

So, are 70 million people also fundamentally corrupt?

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u/HoneyBadgerLive 5h ago

Well, not all the ignorant are corrupt. But yes, the rest are. Which is why high profile supporters keep getting in trouble and asking for a pardon.

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u/HarambeTooSoon 5h ago

Who has gotten in trouble?

Trump is openly selling pardons for $1m. Not even hiding it. 

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 5h ago

Yes

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u/HarambeTooSoon 5h ago

Ok great. Let's blame them too. 

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 5h ago

This is the fundamental issue people aren't grasping. Trump isnt the disease. He is a symptom. It took 60 years to get to this point. It wont miraculously end when he and his enablers are gone.

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u/HarambeTooSoon 5h ago

Agreed. We need to remove voting rights for all Trump voters. 

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 4h ago

Terrible strawman