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Whenever Donald Trump is accused of something, he responds by accusing his opponent of that exact thing. The idea is less to argue that Mr. Trump is clean than to suggest that everyone else is dirty. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I mean... there is a reason why it works, US politics are incredibly corrupt. Hell, bribery is legal.

But because of not wanting to get blackballed people with influence can't come out and say "of course they're corrupt, but not as much as you"