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[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 111 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A drowning person will often drown a person trying to save them.

Keep flailing Donny boy. We all know your weird ass can't swim.

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

He could probably float since he's mostly blubber.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 1 year ago

That's when all found out, that contrary to scientific principles. Trump who is made out of blubber and hot air, still ended up sinking to the bottom of a kiddie pool.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 8 points 1 year ago

His diaper is full, he will just sink.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 87 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Mark it... the plan is not to win the election.

The plan is to have enough sycophants in enough states to deny the certification of the elections.

If he can get enough Electoral College votes to be put on hold, the "Election" goes to the House where it's one vote, one state. Republicans have more states in the House.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That would make a lot of us "behead the king" angry, I hope.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would hope any elections official denying certification for "reasons" is indicted, arrested, tried and jailed.

https://www.propublica.org/article/election-officials-refused-certify-results-few-held-accountable

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

It's dangerous that the Georgia case was never held before this election. It feels like a very, very bad sign. Our democracy is absolutely in trouble.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I fear most of us would just go to work.

It would go one of two ways. Either everyone would just go back to work, or it would be the straw that finally breaks the wageslave’s back, and we start eating billionaires.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Joe Biden should show us his final form

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean, he tried this in 2020 and it didn’t work, so here’s hoping it turns out the same (minus the riot). Heck even when he tried to pressure the GOP governor and sec of state of Georgia they had a solid wtf no

[–] Zier@fedia.io 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would hope if there was a 2nd riot our police, FBI, maybe even military would come in shooting. And I am sure after Jan 6th, they have a plan this time.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean, they had a plan. The plan was to let them in.

Not that the leadership told the beat cops that. Which is why they had shitty bike-rack-style barricades and not modern insurmountable barricades, and didn’t have nat guard on site, but tucked away… just in case; or use dump trucks and humveees as rolling roadblocks.

It’s going to be entirely different this time.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The great thing about these fascists is, they can't stop failing. And they will fail again.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I hope so, buddy.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

You say they planned to fail, I say they failed to plan. Potato, tomato.

Hanlon's Razor says I win.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

The fake elector scheme was a little different. If they sucessfully fail to certify, that's actually farther upstream than the elector plot.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even if that is the plan, you might as well try to win the election instead of throwing it. The more votes he receives the more legitimate he can make it look.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, he's not interested in making it look legitimate. The whole point is "you can't trust elections."

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago
[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He did say he doesn't like losers.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah he don't care what side the problem is. he will call it out. I mean their last presidential administration was a complete shit show.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Watching from the outside is like watching the proverbial train wreck.

yeah he don’t care what side the problem is. he will call it out.

Too much credit for a person who just rants about people he thinks are "bad" for whatever criteria he's banging on about today (or generally not toeing his line).

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

read the second sentence of my comment.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did, that's the second sentence I quoted.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

um. so. what you quoted starts with my first word of my first sentence and ends at the period of that sentence. My second sentence was "I mean their last presidential administration was a complete shit show." and their last presidential administration was run by....

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You have another full stop in there

I'm also not sure what your actual argument is.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ok sorry. did you read the last sentence.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes.

What is your point? Fretting over me reading your few barely coherent sentences rather than actually expanding on your argument is a waste of your time and mine.

Bye.

alrighty then. most severe reaction I have had to a joke comment.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

No. Don't. Stop.

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah but I bet he can’t do it TWICE as hard!

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

My old dude is absolutely too up his own asshole to be a good president.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago

Failure is one of trumps best assets.

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