▲ 44 ▼ Makes sense, America. The court of CNN and Politico thank you for your alliance (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 months ago by mrodri89@lemmy.zip to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 113 comments fedilink hide all child comments Please tell me i'm not the only one who still finds this ridiculous and believes that only a court of law can determine guilt?
[–] toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online 4 points 2 months ago* (2 children) Most senators do make quite a lot of money during their careers. Edit: hopefully the picture works better. But yeah, it's pretty bad. Too many selfish people in charge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 6 points 2 months ago Thank you! I did know it was a paid position, I was hoping it would point out how absurd it is to tie someones financial future to their ability to win elections. Why would they do anything but ensure they stay in office? permalink fedilink source parent [–] velma@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago All the more motivation for Platner to deny there were any more potential scandals even while he knew that this woman believed he raped her. She texted him that he had sex with her without her consent. And he flatly denied that there were any more skeletons in his closet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 6 points 2 months ago Thank you! I did know it was a paid position, I was hoping it would point out how absurd it is to tie someones financial future to their ability to win elections. Why would they do anything but ensure they stay in office? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago All the more motivation for Platner to deny there were any more potential scandals even while he knew that this woman believed he raped her. She texted him that he had sex with her without her consent. And he flatly denied that there were any more skeletons in his closet. permalink fedilink source parent
