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[Politics] The 2024 US Election - *MATCH DAY*

Who will win the 2024 Presidential Election?

  • President Joe Biden - Democrat

    Votes: 3 0.7%
  • Donald Trump - Republican

    Votes: 173 41.9%
  • Vice President, Kamala Harris - Democrat

    Votes: 217 52.5%
  • Other Democratic candidate tbc

    Votes: 20 4.8%

  • Total voters
    413
  • This poll will close: .






lasvegan

Well-known member
Jan 30, 2009
2,199
Sin City
Well in a democracy, if you are proven to have committed a sexual assault then yes you should get locked up. He has been proven on the sexual assault, the fact that he hasn’t been locked up is now down to statute of limitations.

The fact that you would support a sexual predator speaks volumes. Where is your self respect.
Is it true, I don’t know, he has obviously denied it. Joe Biden himself has been accused of sexual assault, not to mention sniffing little girls and showering with his daughter. Even his son Hunter refers to him as Pedo Pete.
 


BadFish

Huge Member
Oct 19, 2003
18,194
I’m genuinely interested too, hence asking. What I fear getting back is a response full of “Crooked Hilary”, “Hunter Biden’s laptop” and other whataboutery.

I’m not interested in perceived wrongdoing of others, if there’s been criminal wrongdoing by others then it’s a matter for the courts. If the authorities have looked at it and said “no case to answer” then I’m disregarding it. If they’re investigating then let the investigation take place and those charges be judged on their merit.

Trump has loaded the top judiciary with his buddies, so he has sympathetic ears to hear his complaints. I want to know how anyone can claim to believe in their country’s democracy, stare at the cold hard facts regarding Trump’s actions, and then still truthfully believe that this is an individual who should hold the office of President.

To me, it feels like the logical gymnastics required would tie me in a knot it would require surgery to undo.
It appears the answer was 'yeah, but
Joe Biden' 😂
 


BadFish

Huge Member
Oct 19, 2003
18,194
Is it true, I don’t know, he has obviously denied it. Joe Biden himself has been accused of sexual assault, not to mention sniffing little girls and showering with his daughter. Even his son Hunter refers to him as Pedo Pete.
'Yeah but Joe Biden' indeed 😂
 






BadFish

Huge Member
Oct 19, 2003
18,194
Nonsensical answer
Would you answer this question ?

chickens said:
The fact that so many of these cases are going to trial suggests that there is at least some evidence of potential wrongdoing. Though I believe in innocent until proven guilty, and reserve judgment until each case concludes.

However, Trump’s involvement in inciting the Capitol riots is plain and established as a matter of record. Similarly his phone call demanding that somebody find him “x more votes” - how does anyone who believes in American democracy of either party rationalise those actions, setting apart any irregularities in his business affairs?
 


Zeberdi

“Vorsprung durch Technik”
NSC Patron
Oct 20, 2022
6,909
However, Trump’s involvement in inciting the Capitol riots is plain and established as a matter of record. Similarly his phone call demanding that somebody find him “x more votes” - how does anyone who believes in American democracy of either party rationalise those actions, setting apart any irregularities in his business affairs?
As stated, these things have been noted as a matter of record but Trump hasn’t been convicted of ’inciting’ anything yet so these are just charges which the Federal Court of Washington DC has ruled can proceed. The Washington DC indictment doesn’t actually mention ‘incitement’ or ‘insurrection’ either but other equally serious charges to do with trying to overturn the election on Jan 6:

https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf


Trump has been trying for months to argue that he is afforded Presidential immunity against these charges “ But the three-judge panel said the 2024 Republican presidential primary frontrunner can continue to fight, as the cases proceed, to try to prove that his actions were taken in his official capacity as president.” but the trial would proceed in the meantime.

Now here is the best bit - on the one hand, you have Trump Appealing to SCOTUS that art 3 of the 14th Amendment doesn’t bar him from being on ballots because he was not President on Jan 6 (art 3 says no official who commits insurrection while in office can run for office again) - so, if SCOTUS rules in favour of Trump by saying article 3 doesn’t apply he can stay on the ballots BUT success in the Appeal while allowing him to run again, means he will not logically be able to at the same time claim immunity from prosecution in the Washington DC Jan 6 charges by arguing he was President at the time the District of Columbia will have a Supreme Court decision that Trump was not.

If however, SCOTUS rules against Trump in that he was President at the time and Art 3 applies, Trump will be probably be removed from the ballots of every Democratic States and maybe a few swing ones (but he might be able to convince the District of Columbia at least he is afforded Presidential immunity from prosecution for Jan 6!)

Ooops 😂
 
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A1X

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NSC Patron
Sep 1, 2017
20,524
Deepest, darkest Sussex
So you now get locked up for saying things?
People get locked up for saying things all the time. Abuse, threats, incitement are all criminal activities.
 


chickens

Have you considered masterly inactivity?
NSC Patron
Oct 12, 2022
2,689
As stated, these things have been noted as a matter of record but Trump hasn’t been convicted of ’inciting’ anything yet so these are just charges which the Federal Court of Washington DC has ruled can proceed. The Washington DC indictment doesn’t actually mention ‘incitement’ or ‘insurrection’ either but other equally serious charges to do with trying to overturn the election on Jan 6:

https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf


Trump has been trying for months to argue that he is afforded Presidential immunity against these charges “ But the three-judge panel said the 2024 Republican presidential primary frontrunner can continue to fight, as the cases proceed, to try to prove that his actions were taken in his official capacity as president.” but the trial would proceed in the meantime.

Now here is the best bit - on the one hand, you have Trump Appealing to SCOTUS that art 3 of the 14th Amendment doesn’t bar him from being on ballots because he was not President on Jan 6 (art 3 says no official who commits insurrection while in office can run for office again) - so, if SCOTUS rules in favour of Trump by saying article 3 doesn’t apply he can stay on the ballots BUT success in the Appeal while allowing him to run again, means he will not logically be able to at the same time claim immunity from prosecution in the Washington DC Jan 6 charges by arguing he was President at the time the District of Columbia will have a Supreme Court decision that Trump was not.

If however, SCOTUS rules against Trump in that he was President at the time and Art 3 applies, Trump will be probably be removed from the ballots of every Democratic States and maybe a few swing ones (but he might be able to convince the District of Columbia at least he is afforded Presidential immunity from prosecution for Jan 6!)

Ooops 😂

The Vicky Pollard school of political argument.

Edit: (I mean Trump, not you)
 
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Deportivo Seagull

I should coco
Jul 22, 2003
5,467
Mid Sussex
Is it true, I don’t know, he has obviously denied it. Joe Biden himself has been accused of sexual assault, not to mention sniffing little girls and showering with his daughter. Even his son Hunter refers to him as Pedo Pete.
He lost a court case last year and the judge has said that it did happen. So yes it’s true. Saps ds like he had loads of fun at Epstein gaff.

as for Biden ….. I find it very hard to believe that his son would call him that. where did you hear/see that? Let me guess. From the net, from some bloke in an underground bunker in Montana who believes the worlds flat, chem trails are mind control drugs and Democratic are lizard people.
 




marlowe

Well-known member
Dec 13, 2015
4,289
Is it true, I don’t know, he has obviously denied it. Joe Biden himself has been accused of sexual assault, not to mention sniffing little girls and showering with his daughter. Even his son Hunter refers to him as Pedo Pete.
Well if it was "Pedo" Pete, as you've stated, it was probably nothing more than an innocent reference to his father's fondness for step excercise.
 




Brightonfan1983

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
4,863
UK
It is complicated but as brief as I can: 🙄

1. Caucuses - are meetings organised throughout the State by the political parties in some States instead of State-run Primaries - there are only 5 States which have caucuses. (See ‘Caucus States 2024’ link) The others have State wide elections in March (the Primaries) in which anyone registered to vote, can vote. The purpose of caucuses and Primaries are to decide how many delegates each candidate gets to attend each party Convention - each delegate represents a vote at the Convention - anyone can attend a caucus but only if they are registered party members - they just turn up and basically go and stand near their candidates in a large room - after speeches there is a show of hands. The Democratic caucuses will be decided by all mail in ballots not by casting votes at the caucuses. We have no equivalent unless you count hustings which have no vote but where the candidates address voters/make speeches.

2. Each State that uses caucuses, has caucuses usually every two years - first to select delegates who will represent the candidates. Then caucuses to determine how many delegates each candidate will have going forward to the respective Convention. Each State has different ways of allocating delegates to candidates - winner takes all, proportional representation or minimal threshold of votes to get through - Each State also has a quota of unpledged delegates who go to the Convention and vote freely. Each State has a proportionate number of available delegates/voters allowed to attend the Convention - eg Iowa has 40 Republican delegates available - out of that number Trump won a majority (20?) —all those 40 Republican Iowa delegates including Iowas ‘super delegates’ (ie those that can vote freely) then attend the Republican Party Convention locked into their candidate or if unpledged, free to vote for whomever they want. The Presidential Candidate for each party is the one that has won the most delegates to each respective party Convention from all caucuses and Primaries combined . At the Republican party Convention for example, a Candidate needs to have at least 1,215 votes ( a majority of the votes out of a total of 2,400 delegate votes) to be nominated as the Presidential Candidate

3. The nominee is the Candidate that has won the most delegate votes from the primaries and caucuses (so it is more often than not just a formality), however, if no one candidate has won such a majority, the votes are all disregarded and the Convention votes from scratch. The respective ‘nominee’ is who each party‘s Convention decides will represent their party in the General Election as the Presidential candidate and race to the White House. As it stands currently, Biden and Trump are looking likely to be the nominees for Presidential Candidates based on opinion polls and the lead they have over other candidates. The Republicans have 6 candidates, the Democrats 3. (Biden, Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson - plenty of info on Wiki about the latter two).



Very interesting, thanks for that. Had to read through it twice but it was worth it!

It strikes me as quite the snapshot of America circa 250 years ago and a very logical process for the time. A massive country (geographically at least, quite something to think that the (white) population in 1776 was only about 2.5 million), the founders wanting to create a much fairer system than the one they had left behind, it makes perfect sense that these logistics were a way of ensuring everyone from everywhere felt represented.

Fascinating.
 
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Seagull58

In the Algarve
Jan 31, 2012
8,488
Vilamoura, Portugal
As stated, these things have been noted as a matter of record but Trump hasn’t been convicted of ’inciting’ anything yet so these are just charges which the Federal Court of Washington DC has ruled can proceed. The Washington DC indictment doesn’t actually mention ‘incitement’ or ‘insurrection’ either but other equally serious charges to do with trying to overturn the election on Jan 6:

https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf


Trump has been trying for months to argue that he is afforded Presidential immunity against these charges “ But the three-judge panel said the 2024 Republican presidential primary frontrunner can continue to fight, as the cases proceed, to try to prove that his actions were taken in his official capacity as president.” but the trial would proceed in the meantime.

Now here is the best bit - on the one hand, you have Trump Appealing to SCOTUS that art 3 of the 14th Amendment doesn’t bar him from being on ballots because he was not President on Jan 6 (art 3 says no official who commits insurrection while in office can run for office again) - so, if SCOTUS rules in favour of Trump by saying article 3 doesn’t apply he can stay on the ballots BUT success in the Appeal while allowing him to run again, means he will not logically be able to at the same time claim immunity from prosecution in the Washington DC Jan 6 charges by arguing he was President at the time the District of Columbia will have a Supreme Court decision that Trump was not.

If however, SCOTUS rules against Trump in that he was President at the time and Art 3 applies, Trump will be probably be removed from the ballots of every Democratic States and maybe a few swing ones (but he might be able to convince the District of Columbia at least he is afforded Presidential immunity from prosecution for Jan 6!)

Ooops 😂
SCOTUS simply cannot rule that Trump had absolute immunity as President because it would be the end of democracy in the US. As has been pointed out several times, it would allow Biden to stay in power indefinitely. He can invoke the insurrection act, lock Trump up, cancel the next election and do whatever he wants and needs to do to stay in power. The constitution does not allow that, if interpreted logically. I cannot see even the christofascists on the Supreme Court taking that step. It would also allow Biden to have them removed, locked up, killed or whatever he wanted to do.
 
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schmunk

Why oh why oh why?
Jan 19, 2018
10,341
Mid mid mid Sussex
lick Trump up,
No Way Smh GIF by Amazon Prime Video
 






Lyndhurst 14

Well-known member
Jan 16, 2008
5,241
as for Biden ….. I find it very hard to believe that his son would call him that. where did you hear/see that? Let me guess. From the net, from some bloke in an underground bunker in Montana who believes the worlds flat, chem trails are mind control drugs and Democratic are lizard people.
That's a foul slur on the people of Montana

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