Within minutes of a shooting at former President Donald Trump's rally Saturday, Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) blamed President Joe Biden and called for him to be prosecuted.

Collins followed up with another tweet calling for the local county prosecutor to “immediately file charges against Joseph R. Biden for inciting an assassination.”

Someone didn’t get the memo from SCOTUS.

  • kingthrillgore@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    If it was Biden, he’d send the Navy Seals. Navy Seals wouldn’t have missed.

    Also, SCOTUS says that’s 100% legal.

  • MyOpinion@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    They will blame anyone but themselves. They are the ones that have made it so every idiot can own a gun. This is KARMA.

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    And so fucking what. What are they gonna do. Are they gonna outlaw the exact thing that SCOTUS decided because it suddenly occurred to them that a sword cuts both ways? No. They just going to make a lot of fucking noise to rile up their own base. We all know where this is going and it’s nowhere good. And the worst part - the worst part? America was able to bail Europe out of the debacle when it happened last time. There’s nobody to bail us out of this cluster fuck.

    • el_abuelo@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      Ummmm you might care to remember that the USSR also “bailed out” Europe.

      You know…in the sense that you were dragged into a war you had no intention of joining, by a foe that had already gone 11 rounds with the UK and Russia.

      The UK spent an entire empire “bailing out” europe. Twice. But we don’t hark on about it.

      But you’re right about one thing - no one is coming to bail you out. You’ve made it abundantly clear you will only act unilaterally. Europe will stay in its lane, quietly hope that Trump has a stroke, but ready to stand on its own for a 3rd time.

  • Emmy@lemmy.nz
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    7 months ago

    To biden: Just do it. They were always going to accuse you. They’ll charge you when you lose. Just actually do it.

    • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
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      7 months ago

      They ruled in a way that didn’t really define what an official act was, so if I’m not mistaken, any act could still be up to SCOTUS to ultimately determine if charges were brought and prosecuted.

      • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
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        7 months ago

        This so what I was trying to argue elsewhere: people keep saying it made the POTUS a king, but if I were POTUS and wanted to do something questionable, I know who I would be running it by first.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 months ago

      Or at least it would have to be shown to not be an official act. And since taking classified documents home with you and showing them around to people after your presidential term is over may or may not be an official act, all bets seem to be off.

  • uebquauntbez@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    So Judas, one of Jesus’ nearest friends betrayed him. History rimes. OK, now we know this, let’s continue like we did 2000 years ago.

    Only thing i would not do, change the cross to a gun next to the 10 commandments in each school class, TBH.

    • enkers@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      Wouldn’t that eventually come back to SCOTUS, though, and have “official” determined by: Republican ✅ Democrat ❌

      • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
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        7 months ago

        Either way, if Biden ordered it, it’s fine unless congress removes him from office as long as the SCOTUS decides it’s an official act.

        FTFY, they left the door open to future interpretations in their ruling.

        Still a crazy, dangerous ruling.

      • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        7 months ago

        I’d imagine Biden has access to lots of government officials who would have the capacity to get much closer to trump then 100m without having to go through security. Also once again the republicans accuse Biden of something most of us know he doesn’t have the balls for. If Biden was half the things the republicans accuse him of being he’d probably be my favorite politician ever.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
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      7 months ago

      An actual trained sharpshooter/sniper/assassin wouldn’t go for a head shot, they would shoot for center of mass.

  • skozzii@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Biden would not have sent a 20 year old Republican to do it, lol…

    These people lack the most fundamental critical thinking skills…

    • dactylotheca@suppo.fiEnglish
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      7 months ago

      It’s a defining feature of conservatism

      Does Lower Cognitive Ability Predict Greater Prejudice?

      [T]here exists a solid empirical paper trail demonstrating that lower cognitive abilities (e.g., abstract-reasoning skills and verbal, nonverbal, and general intelligence) predict greater prejudice. We discuss how the effects of lower cognitive ability on prejudice are explained (i.e., mediated) by greater endorsement of right-wing socially conservative attitude. […]

      Right-wing ideologies offer well-structured and ordered views about society that preserve traditional societal conventions and norms (e.g., Jost, Glaser, Kruglanski, & Sulloway, 2003). Such ideological belief systems are particularly attractive to individuals who are strongly motivated to avoid uncertainty and ambiguity in preference for simplicity and predictability (Jost et al., 2003; Roets & Van Hiel, 2011). Theoretically, individuals with lower mental abilities should be attracted by right-wing social-cultural ideologies because they minimize complexity and increase perceived control (Heaven, Ciarrochi, & Leeson, 2011; Stankov, 2009). Conversely, individuals with greater cognitive skills are better positioned to understand changing and dynamic societal contexts, which should facilitate open-minded, relatively left-leaning attitudes (Deary et al., 2008a; Heaven et al., 2011; McCourt, Bouchard, Lykken, Tellegen, & Keyes, 1999). Lower cognitive abilities therefore draw people to strategies and ideologies that emphasize what is presently known and considered acceptable to make sense and impose order over their environment. Resistance to social change and the preservation of the status quo regarding societal traditions—key principles underpinning right-wing social-cultural ideologies—should be particularly appealing to those wishing to avoid uncertainty and threat.

      Indeed, the empirical literature reveals negative relations between cognitive abilities and right-wing social-cultural attitudes, including right-wing authoritarian (e.g., Keiller, 2010; McCourt et al., 1999), socially conservative (e.g., Stankov, 2009; Van Hiel et al., 2010), and religious attitudes (e.g., Zuckerman, Silberman, & Hall, 2013).

    • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      There’s a reason conspiracy theories run rampant on the right. These people are so gullible, and a big part of it has to do with the fact that they are far less educated on average. As a result they tend to just follow news they want to believe in as opposed to challenging their own biases.