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[-] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago

Surely everyone can see this is a lie? And if it isn't, then it's got to be illegally paying for votes. I can just see the SC ruling - 'everyone should have known he was lying, so it doesn't count as corruption'

[-] DokPsy@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

I think they've made very clear that they use the Nixon rule. If the president does it, it's not illegal

[-] bedwyr@piefed.ca 9 points 1 day ago

We are way past that, we are on to the might makes right rule.

Who is going to stop them? That is the only question that matters to these super-villain gangsters that seized control of the US.

I was hoping at least for like a Scorpio type from the simpsons when that happened, but there is still time.

[-] BlindPenguin@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago

Still waiting for all those badass gun owners being heroic.. any moment now.. just you see...

[-] elbucho@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's a clear violation of 18 USC 597: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597

Couple of interesting things about this: this covers both the supply side and the demand side of the bribe economy; it's illegal to offer the bribe, and illegal to accept it. Both are punishable for up to 2 years imprisonment per count. So if the US actually were a nation of laws, that would mean approximately 360 million years of prison for the fat orange traitor, and up to 2 years in prison for everybody who votes Republican thinking they're going to get $5,000 for it.

Of course, we're not a nation of laws. Clearly. I mean, Trump has violated the law pretty much every single day (sometimes multiple times per day) that he's been in office, and nothing negative has happened to him. We've all just accepted that our president is a traitor, and that's just the way things are.

[-] starik@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah, even MAGA isn’t buying this one. It just reminds them of the promised $2000 DOGE checks they never saw.

[-] mattyroses@lemmy.today 1 points 23 hours ago

wasn't there supposed to be tariff checks as well?

[-] Yew@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Why does it need to be a lie? It conveniently is more money than anyone on SSI is supposed to have in their bank account, automatically resulting in kicking everyone off that program for having too much money.

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