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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts) Fri Feb 14, 2020, 01:10 PM Feb 2020

Secretary Clinton: Our democracy is in crisis.

Link to tweet

Hillary Clinton ✔@HillaryClinton

In the last 24 hours, the American president has:

1. Corruptly pressured a governor to drop lawsuits against him to reverse a punitive policy change

2. Claimed the power to personally direct the Justice Department to investigate anyone he wants

Our democracy is in crisis.

12:06 PM - Feb 14, 2020

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Secretary Clinton: Our democracy is in crisis. (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 OP

Trump definitely has the right to intervene in any criminal case! hangaleft Feb 2020 #1

"But her emails!" Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #2

hangaleft

(649 posts)

1. Trump definitely has the right to intervene in any criminal case!

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 11:56 AM

Feb 2020

His tweet said so WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT!

What more evidence of that right do you want or need?

P.S. Presidential POWERS are just that — powers. Not “rights”

What a fuckin’ asshat this maroon is.

Wounded Bear

(58,721 posts)

2. "But her emails!"

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 11:57 AM

Feb 2020

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