I am a PROgressive Democrat and Biden supporter who wants Trump held accountable, but c’mon, fair is fair … the Biden incident is more than just the moral equivalent of cash back at an ATM being called a “withdrawal.” Something went wrong and attention is required to ensure full remediation.
In this instance, a better comparison would be Trump committing armed robbery (knowingly taking huge amounts of highly-sensitive TS/SCI classified documents [including nuclear] and making every effort to retain control of his stolen riches) compared to Biden having a bank redirect a deposit meant for someone else into his account that goes undiscovered for some time and when HIS OWN auditors discover the error, promptly notifying the bank and returning the inappropriate deposit. Clearly, the first is a serious problem that is the moral equivalent of DUI vehicular manslaughter while the latter is the moral equivalent of jaywalking. Yes, the second one needs to be addressed, but the two things are not the same. One includes elements of “willfulness” and “obstruction”; the other does not.
The real moral outrage is that the same Republican hypocrites who want to ignore the crimes of Donald Trump now want to investigate Joe Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents?
Republicans want to turn a blind eye, deaf ear and missing conscience away from the serious crimes of Donald Trump, while stirring up fake outrage over non-issues and Trumped-up conspiracy theories against Joe Biden, his children (for activity that had nothing to do with him) and his medical advisors for having the temerity to stand up for real science. As @wildthing labeled it yesterday, it is literally “McCarthyism 2.0” — and that is literally true, from Republican “Tailgunner Joe” McCarthy in the 1950’s to Republican Kevin “15th Ballot” McCarthy in 2023.
From McCarthy to McCarthy: “Have you, at long last, no shame?”
Apparently the Republican Party continues to be shameless.
I am a PROgressive Democrat and Biden supporter who wants Trump held accountable, but c’mon, fair is fair … the Biden incident is more than just the moral equivalent of cash back at an ATM being called a “withdrawal.” Something went wrong and attention is required to ensure full remediation.
In this instance, a better comparison would be Trump committing armed robbery (knowingly taking huge amounts of highly-sensitive TS/SCI classified documents [including nuclear] and making every effort to retain control of his stolen riches) compared to Biden having a bank redirect a deposit meant for someone else into his account that goes undiscovered for some time and when HIS OWN auditors discover the error, promptly notifying the bank and returning the inappropriate deposit. Clearly, the first is a serious problem that is the moral equivalent of DUI vehicular manslaughter while the latter is the moral equivalent of jaywalking. Yes, the second one needs to be addressed, but the two things are not the same. One includes elements of “willfulness” and “obstruction”; the other does not.
The real moral outrage is that the same Republican hypocrites who want to ignore the crimes of Donald Trump now want to investigate Joe Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents?
Republicans want to turn a blind eye, deaf ear and missing conscience away from the serious crimes of Donald Trump, while stirring up fake outrage over non-issues and Trumped-up conspiracy theories against Joe Biden, his children (for activity that had nothing to do with him) and his medical advisors for having the temerity to stand up for real science. As @wildthing labeled it yesterday, it is literally “McCarthyism 2.0” — and that is literally true, from Republican “Tailgunner Joe” McCarthy in the 1950’s to Republican Kevin “15th Ballot” McCarthy in 2023.
From McCarthy to McCarthy: “Have you, at long last, no shame?”
Apparently the Republican Party continues to be shameless.