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The verdict undermines their claims that the U.S. Department of Justice has been “weaponized” against Donald Trump and his supporters.

Several prominent Republicans said they were not impressed by the guilty verdict against President Joe Biden’s son on Tuesday, complaining that the government should have busted him for worse crimes. 

A Delaware jury found Hunter Biden, 54, guilty on three counts related to a gun purchase in 2018 when he was addicted to crack cocaine. Hunter Biden’s crimes carry a prison sentence of up to 25 years.

“This trial has been nothing more than a distraction from the real crimes of the Biden Crime Family, which has raked in tens of millions of dollars from China, Russia and Ukraine,” Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Donald Trump’s Republican presidential campaign, said in reaction to the verdict.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 176 points 5 months ago (3 children)

You can't win with these people because Democrats are "the enemy". They don't want to compromise they want to rule.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 111 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Oh come on, it's not like there are recordings of a Supreme Court justice saying exactly that.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I hate that I know exactly what you're referring to.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean or we could just link to this thing instead of weirdly mentioning it cryptically

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/11/politics/supreme-court-recordings-alito-wife-roberts/index.html

And if that’s not what is being referred to, please link. “Ooh that spicy thing is so spicy” isn’t a good way to educate potential voters on who they should be voting against.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I thought it would be obvious since Alito or his wife have been like a third of the political news for the last couple weeks.

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can't win with these people because ~~Democrats are~~ Democracy is "the enemy"

FTFY

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Yep. Republicans will abandon democracy before they abandon conservatism

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 130 points 5 months ago (2 children)

“This trial has been nothing more than a distraction from the real crimes of the Biden Crime Family, which has raked in tens of millions of dollars from China, Russia and Ukraine."

Wait wait wait... Didn't the trump kids secure 2.something billion from the Saudi government?

[–] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 56 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes, which is exactly why Republicans are making those crazy claims.

When the Saudi deals resurface in the public spotlight Republicans will point to those baseless claims and say "How is what the Trump kids doing any worse than this!?!?!?" and their followers will accept it at face value and say "See both sides are doing it, it's bad but no worse than what the other guy is doing"

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Another tried and true republican tactic.

Accuse the other side of imaginary crimes, so when their real crimes come out they can go "Oh this is just evil democrat retribution! Obviously its not real/bad/etc!"

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

The Saudis are not China nor Russia nor Ukraine. They are ultra-cool chads who we love because of their traditional family values and based fossil fuel empire.

The Ukrainians are woke, soy, and gay, so you're not supposed to make money from them. The Russians are Evil Communists who want to Destroy America (except when they're chads we love because they're Trad Orthodox Christian or based fossil fuel guys). And the Chinese are China, which is the worst of the lot.

This is all very obvious to a person who knows things. If you don't know these things, you're probably also woke and gay.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 125 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Lol their worst accusations are over tens of millions of dollars?

Trump's son, who was actually involved in the government despite being grossly unqualified, was enriched by 2 billion dollars from Saudi investors.

[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 51 points 5 months ago

Lol their worst accusations are over tens of millions of dollars?

Tens of millions of dollars they can't even prove exists. And they literally tried for 3 years. Hearing after hearing, tens of thousands of documents, and they came up with nothing.

But the sad thing is, they've successfully conditioned about 30-40% of the voting base to just believe whatever they said without question and dismiss anything that contradicts their statement as "fake news" from the "deep state".

[–] Delusional@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Also forced through a security clearance for Jared when literally EVERYONE said he is compromised and a motherfucking security risk. But then again so is trump and republicans worship the fat lazy useless narcissistic child rapist.

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[–] Lulzagna@lemmy.world 74 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Aren't the Republicans the reason why this began?

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 53 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Of course they are. What they wanted wasn't what they got though. What they wanted was for hunter to walk. Since that didn't happen they have no position to whine about it and of course they are whining about that.

[–] Lulzagna@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Reminds me of my zealously religious family members, they can take any argument and twist it into supporting their beliefs.

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[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 70 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I'm such an underachiever. Here is "Sleepy Joe Biden", a doddering fool who even tries to sit where there is no chair, yet who also is the criminal mastermind behind an entire crime family and who easily controls all government and media for his own diabolical schemes. I mean, pick a lane, Republicans!

[–] wanderer@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Fascist societies rhetorically cast their enemies as "at the same time too strong and too weak". On the one hand, fascists play up the power of certain disfavored elites to encourage in their followers a sense of grievance and humiliation. On the other hand, fascist leaders point to the decadence of those elites as proof of their ultimate feebleness in the face of an overwhelming popular will.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism

It's not a bug, it's a feature.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They don't need to pick a lane, their base eats it up either way. My entire life Republicans have said immigrants are both lazy welfare leaches and simultaneously stealing all the jobs.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

both lazy welfare leaches and simultaneously stealing all the jobs

They're half right, and I wanna talk about that.

I've worked with a lot of Romanian kids in I.T, and these people are the most effective, skillful, professional and happy I.T people I've seen. I'm none of those things, some days.

They're stealing jobs by being so fucking heroic, and I know I can't compete.

They represent super well. That's all I gotta say. Hire more Romanian kids for I.T, and I'll be down at the bread line, because der takin meh jerb.

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[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 17 points 5 months ago

They do that with everything. Haha look at these soyboy vegan leftist who can't even lift a GUN. Watch out for these scary leftists, they are dangerous.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 65 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I thought the Right To Bear Arms was NOT to be Infringed? I'm SURE Republicans will be Angry soon enough that Hunter Biden's Right To Bear Arms was Infringed on! Or does Hunter Biden need to murder a classroom full of Kindergarteners before Republicans come to his 2A Defense?

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 51 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Applicability of the 2nd amendment is highly selective. All it took for Reagan to push through gun control in California was the Black Panthers arming themselves.

[–] mister_monster@monero.town 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The republicans and Democrats were all basically pro gun control until about the late 2000s, and particularly so in the 80s and 90s.To give you a prominent example, Texas was a "may issue" state in 1995. That means that you had to have a permit to carry, and the state didn't have to give you one and could refuse you for no reason at all. Practically speaking, only cops and security got issued permits. Even Puerto Rico has more lax gun control than Texas did 30 years ago, and even a few years ago at their peak, they were may issue and you needed a reason to request one, marginally worse than Texas in 1995.

Now gun control is dead in America, but not because politicians saw the error in their ways. To remain relevant they have to pander, and america by and large abandoned gun control.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Poor guy is a victim of dimwitted mob stupidity. Imagine it was you suffering for your father's career. Republicans are absolute shit humans. The whole lot of them are criminal trash.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Poor guy is a victim of dimwitted mob stupidity. Imagine it was you suffering for your father's career.

Christo fascists comparing Trump to Jesus are missing the even stronger parallel with Hunter. 😆

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It must be so exhausting to have being angry and scared as part of your identity.

[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

Lmao they're fucking crybabies. Idiots.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Of course they do. It totally kills the ‘weaponized DOJ’ narrative.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

I think we all know who weaponized the DoJ.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Also, this is a high profile case for making the case to more rigidly enforce the existing gun laws. That also probably upsets them as the dog who caught the tire.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago
[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Biden’s son is 54? Jesus Biden is old

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 39 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Yup, three whole years older than Trump.

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Right? I thought he was like...35 this whole time lmao

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The media keeps talking about him like he's in his teens or early 20s where Joe gets to tell him what to do.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Some parts of society think that's exactly how joe should treat the other countries too.

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

I am sure they are big mad they couldn't milk it for longer.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

“This trial has been nothing more than a distraction from the real crimes of the Biden Crime Family, which we're still trying to find evidence of, but we're sure they've gained a Brazilian dollars from their time in politics"

[–] slowwooderrunsdeep@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

And once again, the goalposts move back…

[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Double secret probation!

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Take the L, losers

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