Minutes after news broke of the verdict in Stone’s trial, Trump took to Twitter to weigh in on what he called a “double standard.” Trump’s criticism of the verdict could be seen as a step toward a potential pardon for Stone.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1262618
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Seems like there’s a wholellotta snowflakery going on right now at 1600 Penn.
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We’re rapidly approaching the singularity that anyone who was ever within 50’ of the orange buffoon is gonna need a pardon.
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Add another article of impeachment.
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When Trump goes to jail, can we have Stormy and Ivana and all the other women smack him with rolled up magazines every day?
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“So they now convict Roger Stone of lying and want to jail him for many years to come.”
Just a reminder, Dickhead …
“They” are Assistant U.S. Attorneys in your administration, a properly impaneled Grand Jury under the Constitution and laws of the United States, and a properly qualified and selected trial jury similarly impaneled and serving under the Constitution and laws of the United States.
But I suppose, to you, they are all “enemies of the state.”
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paRdon StOne! ImpeaCh shifty scitt and hitlary aNd herAcid washEd serVer!
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Ahh, what a slippery slope we have when the liar in charge sets the standard…and wants to also determine who should be punished. Reaping and sowing in abundance!
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So Trump doesn’t read because he won’t, or he has dyslexia? Imagine mixing up lying and loyal.
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It’s a beautiful, yuge double standard. You won’t believe how much double we’re going to have in two to three weeks. We’ll see how it goes!!”
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Donald, you have the power to pardon him. I think you should do that today, right in the middle of Ambassador Yovanavitch’s testimony. Own those libs, bro!
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Lie to congress and intimidate witnesses and you go to jail. Seems like just the one standard to me…
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a Triple Standard? A Double Deluxe? The Super Size Mega Standard (now with bacon!)
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Trump’s right. There is a double standard.
Trump demands to be above the law while other criminals get arrested and then go to court.
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You missed the notation in the Constitution that none of it is applicable if the individual is a Republican (except the 2nd Amendment).
So the laws have no Constitutional basis to apply to them.
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It’s like listening to a rat hiding under a flower pot when the blue heelers have located it and are trying to tip the pot over.
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Ah, so the problem isn’t that there is a double standard, but rather that there wasn’t in this case. How dare they!
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Well, if it wasn’t for double-standards, republicans would have no standards at all.
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Right! Who knew that these particular jurors were going to convict Stone using a “double standard.” Of course, Donald doesn’t have a clue about how a jury is subjected to voire dire prior to being seated.
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