Welcome to the resistance, Exxon
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 03:22 last edited by
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 03:25 last edited by
Totally hypothetical. He claimed he could, and just threw out Exxon as an example.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 03:28 last edited by
Yeah it’s just so indicative of where we are now
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 03:51 last edited by
Unfortunately, that is President Trump.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 04:15 last edited by
How many people do you think this Tweet went through before posting? I'm guessing at least 15.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 04:53 last edited by
Had to look up the background :
https://www.newsweek.com/it-never-happened-exxonmobil-calls-out-trump-twitter-over-hypothetical-call-company-ceo-1540425 -
Unfortunately, that is President Trump.
wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 05:16 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
Unfortunately, that is President Trump.
So in your mind, it doesn't matter that it was clearly a hypothetical and Trump made it clear himself that the call never happened, you still think we should bash Trump about it as if he had actually claimed the call is real...
And you don't see how silly that is?
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@taiwan_girl said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
Unfortunately, that is President Trump.
So in your mind, it doesn't matter that it was clearly a hypothetical and Trump made it clear himself that the call never happened, you still think we should bash Trump about it as if he had actually claimed the call is real...
And you don't see how silly that is?
wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 05:17 last edited by@Larry said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
@taiwan_girl said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
Unfortunately, that is President Trump.
So in your mind, it doesn't matter that it was clearly a hypothetical and Trump made it clear himself that the call never happened, you still think we should bash Trump about it as if he had actually claimed the call is real...
And you don't see how silly that is?
What Trump described is illegal I think, so Exxon probably just wanted to clarify that they don't do that.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 05:18 last edited by
It's not illegal to ask for campaign donations.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 05:19 last edited by
@Larry said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
It's not illegal to ask for campaign donations.
Not in the way Trump described it.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 05:21 last edited by xenon
I remember learning this when I was less than 10 years old. (fast forward to 1:00)
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 05:26 last edited by
Since his point was not to describe an actual situation and he was just riffing during a rally, it doesn't matter one way or the other.
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Since his point was not to describe an actual situation and he was just riffing during a rally, it doesn't matter one way or the other.
wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 05:30 last edited by xenon@Larry said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
Since his point was not to describe an actual situation and he was just riffing during a rally, it doesn't matter one way or the other.
Which Presidents didn't riff about illegal actions at their political rallies, amirite?
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 05:32 last edited by
What I find so frustrating is that with 3 major scandals going on involving Joe Biden and corruption, one of them possibly the biggest political crime in our nation's history, some ignore that and spend their time continuing to trash Trump.
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@Larry said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
Since his point was not to describe an actual situation and he was just riffing during a rally, it doesn't matter one way or the other.
Which Presidents didn't riff about illegal actions at their political rallies, amirite?
wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 05:34 last edited by@xenon said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
@Larry said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
Since his point was not to describe an actual situation and he was just riffing during a rally, it doesn't matter one way or the other.
Which Presidents didn't riff about illegal actions at their political rallies, amirite?
He wasn't riffing about illegal actions. He was talking about his ability to fund raise. You are the one who decided it was illegal.
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@xenon said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
@Larry said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
Since his point was not to describe an actual situation and he was just riffing during a rally, it doesn't matter one way or the other.
Which Presidents didn't riff about illegal actions at their political rallies, amirite?
He wasn't riffing about illegal actions. He was talking about his ability to fund raise. You are the one who decided it was illegal.
wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 05:36 last edited by xenon@Larry said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
@xenon said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
@Larry said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
Since his point was not to describe an actual situation and he was just riffing during a rally, it doesn't matter one way or the other.
Which Presidents didn't riff about illegal actions at their political rallies, amirite?
He wasn't riffing about illegal actions. He was talking about his ability to fund raise. You are the one who decided it was illegal.
He was describing bribes. (Permits for contributions)
The distinction between lobbying and bribing can sometimes be nuanced. Not in this case though.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 05:40 last edited by
Damn. You can't be this fucking stupid, so it has to be just stubbornness.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 15:26 last edited by
Duh
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@Larry said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
@xenon said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
@Larry said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
Since his point was not to describe an actual situation and he was just riffing during a rally, it doesn't matter one way or the other.
Which Presidents didn't riff about illegal actions at their political rallies, amirite?
He wasn't riffing about illegal actions. He was talking about his ability to fund raise. You are the one who decided it was illegal.
He was describing bribes. (Permits for contributions)
The distinction between lobbying and bribing can sometimes be nuanced. Not in this case though.
wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 15:44 last edited by@xenon said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
@Larry said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
@xenon said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
@Larry said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
Since his point was not to describe an actual situation and he was just riffing during a rally, it doesn't matter one way or the other.
Which Presidents didn't riff about illegal actions at their political rallies, amirite?
He wasn't riffing about illegal actions. He was talking about his ability to fund raise. You are the one who decided it was illegal.
He was describing bribes. (Permits for contributions)
The distinction between lobbying and bribing can sometimes be nuanced. Not in this case though.
You do realize you are making the same point that Trump was making, right?
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@Larry said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
Since his point was not to describe an actual situation and he was just riffing during a rally, it doesn't matter one way or the other.
Which Presidents didn't riff about illegal actions at their political rallies, amirite?
wrote on 20 Oct 2020, 15:46 last edited by@xenon said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
@Larry said in Welcome to the resistance, Exxon:
Since his point was not to describe an actual situation and he was just riffing during a rally, it doesn't matter one way or the other.
Which Presidents didn't riff about illegal actions at their political rallies, amirite?
LOL, I remember one time when Biden was bragging at a rally about getting a prosecutor fired for investigating his son in Ukraine. Good times...
