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https://politicalwire.com/2018/05/01/crimes-are-no-longer-disqualifying-for-gop-candidates/Crimes Are No Longer Disqualifying for GOP Candidates
May 1, 2018 at 6:32 pm EDT
By Taegan Goddard
Former New York congressman Michael Grimm (R-NY) is a felon who has admitted to hiring undocumented workers, hiding $900,000 from tax authorities and making false statements under oath. To hear him tell it, thats a reason Staten Island Republicans should vote him back into office, the Washington Post reports.
Grimm has uncovered a new reality in the constantly changing world of Republican politics: Criminal convictions, once seen as career-enders, are no longer disqualifying. In the era of President Trump, even time spent in prison can be turned into a positive talking point, demonstrating a candidates battle scars in a broader fight against what he perceives as liberal corruption.
Grimm has uncovered a new reality in the constantly changing world of Republican politics: Criminal convictions, once seen as career-enders, are no longer disqualifying. In the era of President Trump, even time spent in prison can be turned into a positive talking point, demonstrating a candidates battle scars in a broader fight against what he perceives as liberal corruption.
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Crimes Are No Longer Disqualifying for GOP Candidates (Original Post)
babylonsister
May 2018
OP
Crooked American Oligarchs, banksters and corrupt politians are everyday
democratisphere
May 2018
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democratisphere
(17,235 posts)1. Crooked American Oligarchs, banksters and corrupt politians are everyday
normal for the GOP. Apparently 27% of Americans think this is OK and good for our country.
SamKnause
(13,108 posts)2. They haven't been for quite some time.
Darrell Issa has quite a criminal past.
That is only 1 example.
RainCaster
(10,884 posts)3. That went out decades ago
Roy Moore is a fine example of that
Or
Dick Cheney
Or ...
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)4. Of course not...
being a convict is a the same as being a made man. You get standing ovations at the Christofascist fund raisers for being a made man (scooter libby).
Hell it is a prerequisite to be employed in the Trump admin and you have to be a convict to receive a Medal of Freedom from a GOP Pres...
(snark)