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[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 139 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is he dating the Epstein files? The fucking president of the country doesn't get the luxury of space, he is beholden to the office to answer to the people. What a joke of a country.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 56 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Politicians are public property. Property doesn't get fucking 'space'.

Johnson just let the world know that he sides with child rapists. May the next Saint Crooks have better aim, and start with Johnson

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

The guy who shares his porn-browsing history with his adopted son and takes his young teen daughter to purity balls is protecting a kiddie creeper?

Sounds about right...

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 105 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It must be so hard suffering the mildest of consequences of your own actions.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 28 points 1 week ago

your own horrific actions

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 66 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He's the president. He doesn't get space. Ever.

That's literally the job of the president. It's not luxury. It's work.

But this jackass in the oval office has never worked a day in his entire fucking life and doesn't understand that concept.

[–] dwemthy@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Even if he does get space: it's not the job of the speaker of the fucking house to give him space from investigations. The house is supposed to investigate!

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

If you add up all the work he’s done throughout his whole life, it might add up to about a day.

[–] henfredemars 48 points 1 week ago

Those children needed space too.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"So-called Christian helps to cover up a giant pedophile ring"

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Isn’t that a fairly normal thing for Christians?

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago

So normal we already know the justification: for the glory of God 🙄

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

They built a huge organisation that's been around for over 1000 years just for the purpose.

[–] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Story as old as religion itself

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The space Trump actually needs is a 3x4m prison cell.

[–] Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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Make that feet and we have a deal.

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago

Trump needs ‘space’ for a specific purpose: avoiding the consequences of his crimes. Republicans are always ready to give him that space.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Awww does the felonious pedophile need space???

[–] moobythegoldensock 6 points 1 week ago

You can’t distance yourself without space.

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am happy to give him space... in a maximum security prison cell, all alone until the very end.

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Haha you almost tricked me into googling « volume of an average coffin in m^3 » on my work computer

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[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Oh, good. For a moment there it almost seemed like Johnson had a spine.

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Never trust anything they say, it was pure posturing. Judge them for their actions, or lack of them. So when one of those inbred sycophants says they are going against Trump, don't believe them until they actually do (which will be never).

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 1 week ago

Last week: "We need to release the files."

This week: "Dear leader said no. I never implied anything different."

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Plenty of “space” on golf course.

Do your job. Oh wait. You are. Protecting yer guy.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago

I think he didn't realize how many of his donors don't want the list released. I bet there's a good number of billionaires on the list.

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 20 points 1 week ago

"Listen bucko, this is Congress, specifically a Republican Congress. We serve two people here, the president and the ownership class. Notice how I didn't mention voters? They can go fuck themselves. Didn't we make that obvious with the Big Disgusting Bill?"

[–] mister_flibble@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago
[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago

The more he runs away from this the more likely that nobody will believe whatever explanation he lands on to dismiss it. Even if there really isn't a list, and he really isn't on it, and they present some evidence that proves it conclusively, there's zero shot anyone will believe it.

The conspiracy vibes are so strong that even reality couldn't kill them.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

he needs ~~space~~ to be spaced

[–] mondomon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Presidents don't "get space".

[–] Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Just so we're clear, he's completely within his rights — per the landmark 1849 case Cowboys v. Indians, which famously established the "time-outs and tag-backs" precedent.

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[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago

Trump needs a kick to the balls, that's what he needs. And then another one, until everyone on earth had the opportunity.

Yes, I agree, Mike. Airlock, it is.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 10 points 1 week ago

There are a couple Republican threads hyper focused on some “Obama written” Russian files thing. And how Hillary’s emails have only “scratched the surface”.

No idea. Except it sounds like they’re grasping at straws of distraction. Even so, the Repub people are eating it up.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"They haven't deleted and scrubbed Trump's name off the documents yet , so we need more time."

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 9 points 1 week ago

I agree with Johnson. Let's eject our rapist-felon president into space.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He should take a one way ride up in a Starliner. Plenty of space for him in there.

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[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Mike Johnson made me loathe christianity. He's a smarmy little cunt germ.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Space to rape more children.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

If by space you mean being thrown into a black hole then yeah. But seriously trumps a child fucker and the GOP is trying to hide it.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 6 points 1 week ago

Aww poor baby is stressed because everyone knows he fucked a child.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Luckily Johnson has a huge gaping space for Trump to release into.

Fuck you Johnson.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

Looks like someone had a conversation with Mikey.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Awww, the National pedophile needs space

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