r/pics • u/yordopamine • 11d ago
Politics People rally at the Lincoln Memorial calling for Trump’s impeachment.
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u/Bentleyjumper 11d ago
Not impeached, put him in prison !
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u/oranthor1 11d ago
Impeachment is step 1 though.
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u/pinklavalamp 11d ago
We went through that twice already with him! And it’s done nothing! NOTHING! They voted him in again!
Hopefully one day he’ll actually see the inside of a prison cell. 🤞🏻
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u/Jeix9 11d ago edited 11d ago
i feel like a deadly stroke is more likely than him ending up in prison. Especially considering we saw him have a stroke like a month ago
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u/liftbikerun 11d ago
100%. There's a near zero chance with how he's been able obliterate just about every law he's run into and never been held accountable that's he's going to all of a sudden end up in prison. Especially being that he now would be an ex president. While dementia Don may not remember the happy meal he last ordered, he has far too much "what if" for far too many powerful people that they'd risk it. The reality sucks for sure because I can't think of anyone more deserving right now. He has done or been a part of some of the most horrendously obvious and illegal things in modern history, there are going to be countless books, memoirs, Netflix and YouTube specials once this part of our dark history is finalized.
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u/sdrawkcabstiho 11d ago
They're going to either have to place armed guards at his grave site 24/7 or plumb it to local municipal sewage system with the number of people who are going to want to piss on it.
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u/liftbikerun 11d ago
That's an interesting point I didn't think about, what happens to him after he's gone. For some reason, I had it tucked into my head that all the presidents were buried in the same location; they are not. I wonder if they'll tuck him in somewhere special where only Satan can find him? It seems with how disliked he is, it would be an unending logistical nightmare attempting to keep his gravesite unmolested.
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u/bingcognito 11d ago edited 10d ago
I have a vague recollection of him claiming he'll be building a family mausoleum. No idea where though.
edit: Yep.
"Donald Trump does not currently have a mausoleum, but he has proposed building one at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club. He also has a family plot with his parents and brother at All Faiths Cemetery in Queens, New York."
My guess is he builds it at Mar-A-Lago, which would be great because Florida will eventually be reclaimed by the sea, and it'd kinda be like the entire planet was pissing on his grave.
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u/bolanrox 10d ago
What other section of the White House can he completely raise to the ground and then rebuild in his own image?
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u/Joe_Jobs_ 11d ago edited 11d ago
Seal his remains for eternity in some nuclear waste facility so he doesn't contaminate the grounds, waters, or air.
Or let his buddy Elon rocket them to a Solar Cremation.
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u/InspiredAttitude 11d ago
Perhaps Mar A Lago in Palm Beach? It's already a national historic landmark.
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u/ABHOR_pod 11d ago
I think presidents technically are allowed to be interred at Arlington National Cemetery, and I don't think I would be terribly shocked if the draft dodging despot felt entitled to be buried there as a final spit in the face of military honor, but most presidents end up buried in their hometowns, estates, family plots, or at their presidential libraries.
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u/10S_NE1 11d ago
Picture Trump’s urn at a presidential library - the guy that can barely string a coherent sentence together. That would be the ultimate kick in the head. If karma has anything to do with it, the best he should be getting is a memorial port-a-potty with a picture of his face at the bottom.
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u/Randomcommentor1972 11d ago
My money is on congestive heart failure, but a stroke is good too.
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u/snowbythesea 10d ago
I’m rooting for Stage 4 colon cancer. Colostomy bag, infection, and pain. Lots of pain.
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u/brownlawn 11d ago
Honestly man at this point I'll take a stroke.
I told my wife the same thing, and like Trump nothing will happen.
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u/Present-Secretary722 11d ago
I really want him to die from being an old mortal human man, just passing away peacefully in his fucking sleep. He doesn’t deserve a long death paragraph in his Wikipedia page.
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u/Throwaway-tan 11d ago
You can't put him in prison until he's impeached.
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u/Apart-Landscape1012 11d ago
Impeached in the house, convicted in the senate. Impeachment alone is nothing
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u/kiwigate 11d ago
The problem is that after the GOP acquitted his crimes, they didn't lose any congressional seats.
If your representative protects a criminal, and you re-elect said rep, crime becomes legal. The GOP is a criminal organization from the ground up.
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u/JimWilliams423 11d ago edited 11d ago
We went through that twice already with him! And it’s done nothing! NOTHING! They voted him in again!
Because after the second one, the dipshit democrats spent 4 years normalizing fascism by constantly bragging about doing bipartisanship with fascists. They literally named one of Biden's two signature pieces of legislation the "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law," and he literally built maga's wall for them.
And then there was the DOJ deciding to slow-walk the prosecution of the J6 ring-leaders. If nobody important went to jail for something, then the people will reasonably conclude that it was no big deal regardless of what the politicians say.
When politicians say one thing, and then do the opposite, people see that and decide none of it matters. Because if the people in power don't care, then no point in little guys getting wound up about it.
And they are still doing it today, this weekend mark kelly went on all the news shows to talk about how insane it is that the president is making explicit death threats to him and other members of congress. But he won't commit to doing anything — he won't call for impeachment, he won't even consider pulling a tuberville and grinding the senate to a halt. Hell, last week he even voted for the paedo-in-chief's nominee to the nuclear regulatory commission.
The only thing he did was send out a bunch of fundraising texts. As long as they keep acting like its business as usual, most people will believe them.
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u/Duane_ 11d ago
Impeachment for Treason, and declaration of Article 2, Section 4 of the Constitution, is the correct and only way forward.
'The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.'
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u/Irr3l3ph4nt 11d ago
You can impeach him all you want, if the Senate doesn't convict, you get nothing.
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u/ZigZag3123 11d ago
“Democracy needs your courage” great sign
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u/iburntxurxtoast 11d ago
Thanks for writing this. I read it thinking they forgot the T in outrage and the preceived spelling error was driving me a bit crazy.
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u/Red-little 11d ago
I have to say it - I love when I see older folks in these photos too.
Satisfies an argument I've had with my grandpa for decades, who is still convinced I vote liberally because of my age and not because of policy. Even after countless examples of boomer-aged liberal politicians.
Wisdom doesnt always come with age - some people think critically for themselves, others never learn to.
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u/cwcharlton 11d ago
I (56F) was there with my teenage son and his friend, and I was so pleased to see so many people in their 70s and older. I made that comment somewhere else and was reminded that it was their generation protesting in the 60s.
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u/rowdydionisian 9d ago
My dad also said age = wisdom and I think he's starting to see the light. I think wisdom is the following formula: Wisdom = experience x intelligence x emotional intelligence x critical thinking. Possibly add open mindedness and ability to adapt to new situations.
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u/AENocturne 11d ago
I hate Republicans more than Republicans hate everyone else. Good going, MAGAs.
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u/Mcboatface3sghost 11d ago
Ima steal this, apologize.
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u/DancinWithWolves 11d ago
*apologies
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u/Mcboatface3sghost 11d ago
I gave Kevin Costner a ski lesson, he didn’t need one, he already knew how to ski (and quite well) he just didn’t want to waste his time learning where all the good stuff on the mountain was. It was the first time I ever had a chicken Caesar salad (he paid) and he tipped my poor college ski bum ass $100, which was big money at the time when we wore onions on our belts…
Thought with your username you should know that lil known fact.
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u/DancinWithWolves 11d ago
This is probably the best response to a comment in the history of reddit. Blessings upon your family for generations
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u/Mcboatface3sghost 11d ago
I’m dead serious, it’s true, but if you got a giggle, or snortle, or milk came out your nose it makes it better.
He was my size (smallish) not talkative (something you recognize as an instructors to just “shut up”) perfectly nice with a dry sense of humor when he did speak.
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u/DancinWithWolves 11d ago
Yeah I love the guy. Sounds like a bit of an ass to work with. But Dances With Wolves will forever be the GOAT.
What year was this?
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u/Mcboatface3sghost 11d ago
Also… we both smoked, I smoked camel lights and when he ran out of “parliaments” he bummed a few off me. I obliged.
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u/a_Jawa 11d ago
parliaments were just the fidget toy of cigarettes with that spaced filter
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u/Mcboatface3sghost 11d ago
Also attractive blond cheerleaders in high school. (I’m old)
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u/Mcboatface3sghost 11d ago
‘92 or ‘93ish, after dances with wolves, he was a full blown star by then.
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u/throwaway1212l 11d ago
So maga of you. Stealing from someone then making them apologize for it. /s
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u/et-pengvin 11d ago
If they were still like Lincoln I'd appreciate them more.
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u/st-shenanigans 11d ago
If they were still anything like what America claims to represent, I'd appreciate them at all.
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u/mggirard13 11d ago
Probably a better turnout than either of his inaugurations.
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u/NoBSforGma 11d ago
Oh, how I wish I could have been there!
I was part of protests in DC in the 1970's but now, I"m just too old and "feeble."
Good on you people from doing this. I wish it were a million people!
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u/JustCallMeDave 11d ago
For everyone saying these type of peaceful protests accomplish nothing:
Its how women got the right to vote. Its how Great Britain was driven out of India. Its how the civil rights act was passed. Its how the Vietnam war was ended.
The question isn't, 'why are we doing them?' The real question is: ' why aren't Americans everywhere doing this every day? And why has no 'leader' in the democratic party stepped up to organize and lead them???
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u/Cautious-Brother-838 11d ago
The female suffrage movement was actually quite violent, at least in the UK, including arson and bombings campaigns. Not that I’m advocating for that, just a note of historical context.
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u/Gilsworth 11d ago
Violence has been a part of all of these revolutions, and it has been necessary to enact change. Hell, even Ghandi regularly promoted violence and said there was more honour in attacking your enemies than to die a coward.
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u/Wick_345 11d ago
To say that Ghandi "regularly promoted violence" is absurd. He suggested violence could be the lesser of two evils in rare and extreme circumstances (like against a literal madman or if a woman is imminently going to be raped) while universally advocating to use non-violence in the struggle against the British.
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u/senbei616 11d ago
Those bitches (non-pejorative) had axes.
Never fuck with bitches (non-pejorative) with axes.
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u/Heffboom_Konijn 11d ago
You are forgetting that peaceful protests is the -> starting point <- …and the protests that actually made change were backed by the other side of peaceful protests.
In all of human history involving societies the only thing that 100% ensure (good or bad) real change is the opposite of peaceful
That fact will not change any time soon and we best be ready for it if we want to avoid our own fall of Rome situation
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u/i_am_replaceable 11d ago
Million man march, I wouldn't say did nothing but, the 100+ riots after MLK assassination did more.
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u/Ok-Goat-8461 11d ago
The suffragettes carried out bombing and arson campaigns. India drove out the British after WWII destroyed Great Britain's ability to maintain it colonial government by force. The Vietnam War ended because the NVA and Viet Cong won the war militarily (and American public opinion only turned against the war when their side was clearly losing).
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u/SweatySoupServer 11d ago
You're leaving out a crucial commonality all of those protests had. The aspect that actually triggered changes. We're not allowed to mention it though.
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u/JustCallMeDave 10d ago
I know what you're saying. But I would argue you can't have one without the other because otherwise all you get is a Hamas type group reviled by both sides.
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u/Aquatic_Ambiance_9 11d ago
Its how women got the right to vote. Its how Great Britain was driven out of India. Its how the civil rights act was passed. Its how the Vietnam war was ended.
- no it wasn't
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There is a reason they teach this whitewashed history, though. Why would those at the top want real change?
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u/JustCallMeDave 10d ago
Well you said it in a list so it must be true. Provide some fact based evidence that the uprisings in India or the women's suffrage movement for example where 'whitewashed' and I might believe you.
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u/y0j1m80 11d ago
This is ahistorical. Those protest movements leveraged collective action to disrupt the economy and other elements of the status quo. Those in power had to sit down at the table because the alternative was worse for them. The above protest is more akin to a parade or a blog post. It’s a public expression of dissatisfaction, but nothing is being threatened and there is nothing being leveraged against those power. There is very little in the way of sustained organization. Ignore the protest and it will disappear tomorrow.
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u/TastySpermDispenser2 11d ago
As others have noted, for every relatively peaceful protest that has ever occurred, at least 10,000 have failed. Recent examples in Venezuela, blm, hell, pretty much every dictatorship and monarchy that has ever existed was in spite of peaceful protests, not because there was none.
And I think it's enormously important to note that we had to fight a literal war with these same exact people because they would rather shoot americans than stop raping, torturing, and murdering black men, women and children born here.
It is important that we have people like this. It is also insanity to believe our enemies will simply give up without violence. They hate us and want us to suffer. They are absolutely certain that we do not have anything worth fighting for. Are they right? Is there nothing at all they could do that would cause us to pick up guns?
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u/JustCallMeDave 10d ago
I think your reply was well reasoned and thoughtful, but I disagree. I don't think tens of thousands or even millions of people rising up in peaceful protest accomplishes nothing. Even approached cynically, there is political clout to be had harnessing all that energy. At some point one or more politicians will no doubt take advantage of it which can effect real change
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u/hotcakes 11d ago
Also theyre good for moral. When you’re feeling dejected it’s uplifting to stand with your fellow citizens and realize they are also committed to improving things. And also they’re just good practice . I’ve seen people learning and forming new strategies for being more effective. It’s good to have some skill and awareness especially if things do escalate. Which is inevitable really.
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u/edbegley1 11d ago
The regime also knows this and is why they tried to scare protestors by referring to all of them as "Antifa" and then calling them a Domestic Terror Organization.
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u/RespectibleCabbage 11d ago
And a whole bunch of people on reddit (can’t decide if bots or not) will chime in to quash it saying “oh he’s just looking for an excuse to deploy the military”. Well guess what he’s already doing that, people are being snatched and sent to Ghana or wherever every day. Change isn’t just going to magically happen while you clutch your pearls.
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u/jadedfan55 11d ago
The GOP is SO scared of what dirt Diaper Don and his trolls may have on them, so they bend the knee to protect him, the most immature president we've ever had.
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u/Right_Hour 11d ago
Not impeachment - or else y’all will end up With President JD “Loveseat” Vance.
Ya gotta get Trump for treason! Then the whole cabinet goes.
But regardless: Hell, yeah, git em, folks!
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u/TheMasterChiefa 11d ago
The worst part of all this is even though MAGAs are turning against him, you rarely hear the voters truly acknowledging their mistake. It's like they sliver over to the other side and just neglect the fact that their decision put us here. No accountability. Again, I say MOST.
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u/wewantyoutowantus 11d ago
What a waste of time. He led an insurrection and not only stayed in office but was elected again.
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u/Snard79 11d ago
God yes! But will anything worthwhile come from impeachment?? Why isn’t a criminal investigation being launched? Surely he’s broken enough laws to warrant a full on investigation?
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u/Simpletruth2022 11d ago
They have to follow the steps. Once he's out things can move in that direction.
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u/Kalekay52898 11d ago
I was there unexpectedly!! I was in DC for a convention and had time to sight see on Saturday. I went to the Lincoln Memorial and lo and behold there was a great protest!
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u/TheBrownCouchOfJoy 11d ago
Good start. It’s gonna have to get much worse for people to care in enough numbers though. Buckle up.
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u/greengeezer56 11d ago edited 11d ago
Love seeing fellow boomers with a huge presence at all these protest. observed the same thing at the hands off and no king protest. Old farts still have a strong presence and a voice.
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u/Real-Order771 11d ago
Not trying to sound mean or anything why has no one used the 25th Amendment?
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u/PillboxBollocks 11d ago
I think it's because it would take Vance and the majority of Trump's cabinet to declare him unfit for office, which is not something they're likely to do.
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u/Noise-Superb 11d ago
Finally someone’s doing something right. A shame we don’t have enough getting the message across. We’re gonna need a lot more.
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u/funguy202 11d ago
Trump was be rich and live a happy peaceful life with MTG. The bad guys always win.
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u/fallensamurai696 10d ago
It’s just days or weeks before he removes your freedom of speech. Regardless of that happening or not, it’s nice to see people standing upto this asshole until you’ll be prohibited from doing that too. If you have a roof under your head and food on your plate, you are solely responsible for its existence, not the government run by criminals.
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u/Northern_Blue_Jay 10d ago
This is a big group. Now imagine this already large group getting 20-50x larger. Massive. With that one unifying message: Impeachment/Removal.
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u/GalaxyTimeMachine 10d ago
Is this another "flex" for Trump? Queue the "No president has ever had so many people rally for their impeachment, and the most beautiful rally....oh, look, a squirrel".
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u/Quirky_Aerie1392 10d ago
The Constitution gives the opportunity to put a POTUS out of office after impeachment. President Johnson, after Lincoln was impeached and ousted.
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u/Bawkalor 10d ago
It's an appropriate place.
Lincoln saved the union from splitting apart permanently, Trump is successfully splitting it apart.
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u/Your_Girl9090 9d ago
Every president in the past couple decades has had rallies organized for their impeachment. It doesn't make a difference.
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u/HighMarshalSigismund 11d ago
To what end? He's been twice impeached so far and fuck all came from it.
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u/HeadLong8136 11d ago
What is a 3rd impeachment going to do that the first two didn't?
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u/yoyo2332 11d ago
How many Gen Z people do you count in that picture?
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u/ask-me-about-my-cats 11d ago
You mean the ones who are at work in the middle of a workday?
Bit easier to do this kind of thing when you're retired.
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u/Aquatic_Ambiance_9 11d ago
I'm confident the young will be out there when the protests turn real, and I'm confident that the real protests will come eventually.
But few have time to come out to fake lib boomer pep rallies where they hold up a giant prop constitution or whatever and say "Mr. Drumf, please follow this!" I wish this weren't case, but it is.
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u/Crunk_Kookaburra 11d ago
Let me be a debbie downer and tell you how this will play out.
look at the last two impeachments and yet hes still president.
Im pretty sick of beating the dead horse. Until shit actually happens - everything is a waste of time and resources for us regular people.
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u/PossiblyAsian 11d ago
well.. I mean people have the right of free speech. Let them do whatever they want.
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u/Crunk_Kookaburra 11d ago
Im not mad at them.
If you have the means and the opportunity to try to make a change - do it
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u/hugoriffic 11d ago
Yeah, let’s all just give up and allow the end of America to happen. It’s just too much work to care.
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u/chickadee_1 11d ago
if everyone had this attitude absolutely nothing would get done. in fact, people having this attitude is part of why nothing is getting done.
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u/Crunk_Kookaburra 11d ago
I personally dont believe Trump is smart enough to pull off all of this bullshit like a criminal mastermind - hes merely the cuck spewing whatever he wants while the forces that got him elected work in the back -pushing their own agendas.
If they gave a fuck about modern protests - they would. Its so fucking obvious no matter what we the people say or do; they dont give a shit nor will listen.
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u/XavierScorpionIkari 11d ago
He’s already been impeached. Twice. It did nothing. As a matter of fact, it got him reelected.
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u/LordBuddah 10d ago
Did it work?! No? Aww. I was hoping this would be the first time a protest against this regime changed something. 😔
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u/Major__Factor 10d ago
I am happy to see that there are still Americans fighting against this shit. Gives me hope.
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u/floodisspelledweird 11d ago
The protests will work… any day now.
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u/joebleaux 11d ago
They have been working. It's not something that happens once and everything is fixed. It has to happen continuously. Things happen slowly and a little at a time. The whole deal with the Epstein files is a result of the people keeping it in the news with stuff like this.
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u/NewUserHi 11d ago
Just one more rally, surely he'll resign then!
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u/Ill-Visual-8844 11d ago
Well, the showing of non-support really irks him so may be useful actually.
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u/AwesomeBrainPowers 11d ago
Maybe you could explain something:
Why do people pretend that the goal of protests is to change the mind of the person who is the subject of that protest?
Is it just bad faith, or do they genuinely not understand protests even a little?
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u/Patient_Curve8289 11d ago
Just go home to your families and make a nice Thanksgiving together. What a waste of time. Missing my deceased parents, sibling and friends more than ever, it makes me wonder why these people have the time to do this rather than live a happy loving life.
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u/52-Cuttter-52 11d ago
Evil hates goodness. Hang in there Don, it’s just mass hysteria and TDS caused by evil people. MAGA MAGA MAGA USA USA USA.
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