They did the only option other than doing nothing. As the saying goes: “you can do everything right and still fail”.
It’s pretty hypocritical to claim you don’t want the GOP breaking laws and performing coups but it’s ok if democrats do it.
You’re the one saying ‘just lock him up’ like it’s a normal case.
An investigation is required first. The insurrection involved thousands of people all of which had their own cases, witnesses and evidence, all had to be investigated before going after one of the most powerful people in the country, Trump, owner of judges.
It was not possible to just lock up Trump and if that was attempted there would be another January 6 with people storming whatever building Trump was held in.
But I think you know that and the intent of your comments is to blame democrats for Trumps actions.
Biden and Merrick did everything they could to charge Trump. Trump blocked the trial using his own corrupt judge.
This is the same talking point used in lemmy.ml and hexbear to try to blame democrats for Trumps actions.
No, definitely not ‘bOtH sIdEs’
This is the type of comment I would expect from some Russian bot who wants to instigate and incite violence between US political parties.
You sure it wasn’t the fascists performing a coup that got us here?
You’re blaming the DNC for Fetterman voting against the party lines.
All while leftist call for the DNC to end closed primaries so we can have more Fettermans and Sinemas.
Just image how many more Fettermans and Sinemas we will get if the DNC removes closed primaries like leftists are calling for.
I’m sure some of it is organic but there have been times when I see a post and read the comments and they are all talking in a way that pushes a similar opinion. Then I see the same post reposted and notice the same accounts using the similar comments if not the exactly same. Often times being overly prepared with links and info dumping like a lot of effort was made to support their opinion. It is very sus.
We may not be able to verify when it is happening but we absolutely do know there are organized efforts to shape public opinion by using multiple accounts to push talking points. And this is done by many different types of organizations, from countries like China and Russia, but also by companies like Monsanto or the fossil fuel industry. It has been happening rampantly for years.
It is tough to say. But there are red flags. Like when an opinion on a post is repeated a lot by different accounts in the thread but are heavily downvoted and an opposing opinion is heavily upvoted.
This is what I would expect to see if bots brigading a thread are using unpopular talking points.
For example, I see it a lot with anti DNC threads with the same accounts posting similar comments throughout multiple reposts of a single post. If I had to assume what views they are trying to promote, I would say they seem to be trying to discourage democrats to vote by sowing apathy aka FUD.
It just has to be proportional. Reports on these bot farms have shown that they absolutely go into small niche areas to influence people. Facebook groups being one of the most notable that comes to mind.
So if a bunch of accounts on lemmy repeat an opinion that isn’t popular with people I meet IRL then that could be an attempt to change public opinion using bots on lemmy?
China, Russia, Iran, North Korea all working together to start World War 3 which would cause more genocide than 10 Gazas.
Withholding your vote will cause more genocide.
Because it is foreign actors that are pushing to stop weapon sales to Israel and that would give Iran and Russia such a military advantage that it isn’t an option.
So you’re saying you think white genocide is acceptable but brown genocide not acceptable.
Whataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhatabout
So the Palestinians just get genocide and that’s alright with you because ends justify the means, cool.
What about the genocide in Ukraine being caused by Iran’s drones and Russias invasion. Just let Iran produce more drones for Russia while Russia entrenches itself in Syria, cool.
The only way to stop the genocide in Gaza is to replace Netanyahu. But the Russian/Iranian bots aren’t pushing that talking point.
A fellow leftist I see
Because I’m a leftist so I refuse to work with other ideologies even if it is in my best interests.
Charging someone with a crime without an investigation IS illegal.
It is not legal to lock up political opponents without an investigation. Also, it normalizes Trumps corrupt behavior.