The people you’re talking about in this post are all different people with different points of view. You’re the only one combining them into a single nebulous idea of a person.

Did you miss the whole debacle of “we’ll never cave without ACA subsidies being extended” immediately preceding caving without extended ACA subsidies? That’s far from the only example of such behavior. In fact, I’d say the only anamoly in that situation was the strong stance Dems took before reverting to their usual cowardly selves.

People don’t click on articles with headlines like “Idiotic People Still Doing Nonsensical Things”

Do you mean the politicians or the voters? The answers are oil and red scare tactics, respectively.

That might be useful information if the left could muster the courage to do something more than talk shit about them on Twitter

I’m not really sure how locality plays into that. If this all happened in DC then there is no state government to handle the situation. Perhaps the state governments of the state that either the congress member or the person threatening them is from could prosecute them but I’m honestly not sure.

I mean, Trump controls all the departments that would be involved in that process so it’s not really a matter of worthiness at all. Criminals don’t investigate themselves with any kind of impartiality. But, if you were to somehow convince the DOJ to follow through and convict these people against Trump’s wishes he would just pardon them. That’s the reality of the situation. The ideal outcome isn’t anywhere near this picture.

Trump would just pardon them anyway

Hey that’s not fair, she’s definitely banging Trump. That’s more than nothing.

Medicare for all is the best option anywhere near the table. It’s not perfect but you’re also minimizing the impact it would have on people. Being able to seek medical care without the risk of financial ruin is a fucking massive step forward, even if there are other steps needed.

Unless you’re 48 and all these people have early heart attacks I don’t think that is very likely

According to him he can declassify documents just by thinking about it. No wrist flicking required. Of course, that only applies to documents stored in the bathroom on his golf course.

They’re edited files that heavily favor Republicans. No doubt about it

Being afraid of interacting with them is what they want. Don’t let them win before anything even happens. To use your example, if Trump did shoot Mamdani on 5th Avenue then it is our responsibility as citizens to respond appropriately. If we can’t decide that something like that is a red line then we might as well stop talking about resistance in any form. Don’t go down that path.

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard that this might be the thing that does him in I would have enough money to bribe the number of Republicans necessary to impeach him

As if anyone needed a personally relevant reason to hate Donald Trump

Hmm, ok

What are you trying to say? I’m not sure how average ages are supposed to factor into a discussion about pedophiles.

I don’t think a 20 year old dating a 17 year old falls into that category but it would fall under the legal definition you’re referring to in many states. That’s the problem with drawing arbitrary lines, you usually end up labeling some things incorrectly. That doesn’t mean you get rid of the line but understanding the context is still important.

That being said, there is no amount of context that will lessen the creepiness of a 50+ year old man serially preying upon 15 year old girls. That’s disgusting and I find Megyn Kelly’s invocation of this defense to be indefensible. She should be ashamed of herself if she were capable of feeling shame.

Is she wrong about that last part? Clearly she’s deflecting and full of shit in general but Biden did have 4 years to do something about this. Why didn’t he?