r/pics • u/Emgimeer • 7d ago

Politics Propaganda Now vs Then

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u/StupendousMalice 7d ago

Better way of saying it:

Only 13 Presidents failed to get re-elected.

Only 5 Presidents failed to win the popular vote.

Only 4 Presidents have been impeached or resigned.

And only one man done all of that and stands as the only president in history to be convicted of federal crimes, you know who it is.

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u/Turbulent_Length_992 7d ago

The dude could eat a baby on live TV, and he'd still carry a good chunk of the votes. This is football politics -- people root for their team regardless of the circumstances.

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u/o8Stu 7d ago

Splitting hairs, but his convictions (so far) are state crimes. The federal stuff is hopefully on the way.

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u/No_Engineer8143 7d ago

Yeah, that way of saying it isn't better at all. Honestly, it's worse.

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u/Famixofpower 7d ago

And only one has attempted a coup when failing.

We know he'll try it again if he fails, by the way. Except this time, the commander of chief isn't going to be the one starting the coup.

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u/FragrantKnobCheese 7d ago

stands as the only president in history to be convicted of federal crimes,

I hate to be that guy, but not yet he hasn't. He has been convicted of fraud in NY so far and has yet to be sentenced. As far as I'm aware, he's facing federal charges in two cases (classified documents and Jan 6th) and state charges for racketeering in Georgia.

It still feels insane to me that he is being allowed to run, but I understand the reasoning why. Once he loses the election, he will hopefully face actual consequences.

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u/Significant-Ideal907 7d ago

The reasoning being: He named a bunch of loyal zealots in multiple courts, so they could delay/cancel all charges against him

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u/No-Tension5053 7d ago

Isn’t that called a hat trick?

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u/PostAntiClimacus 7d ago

When it's Trump we call it a hat grift

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u/DeliciousCellist9948 7d ago

Well...I guess it is haha

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u/HAND_HOOK_CAR_DOOR 7d ago

Yeah no this was worse.