AOC speaks out after Hunter Biden verdict on Republican claims of ‘two-tier’ justice
www.independent.co.uk
The New York congresswoman, who is known for her liberal stance and activism, blasted previous accusations of a ‘two-tiered justice system’ from the GOP
  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
    113·
    8 months ago

    The GOP is right, there is a 2 tiered justice system. It tilts in their favor at the moment. Look at all the shit Trump has gotten away with. Look at the light sentences handed down for a majority of the Jan 6 traitors. And they are still bitching about it.

  • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
    38·
    8 months ago

    Bitch THIS is what the bias news is at work.
    Aoc is dumbing it down way too much but yes it is great that sometimes the system works.

    It is AWFUL it only works when it is in the favor of one side and that side is NEVER held accountable.

    So fucking weird that these Holy Christians are convinced their Christain republican figureheads and leaders are righteous, when everything about our current situation can equally biblically paint them as followers of the antichrist. but what do I know.

  • rayyy@lemmy.world
    32·
    8 months ago

    How about they review FFL applications and see what box Don Jr checked when he bought his guns.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    26·
    8 months ago

    Well yeah…the problem is that the republicans don’t accept when it works. We’ve know this for years now, some dem leader gets accused of something and they most often step down or get charged it was legit. Republicans get accused of something they actually did and praise lawd Jesus Christ sowhatifidid and they stay put.

  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
    22·
    8 months ago

    Is Hunter Biden even relevant to anything political? Are the Dems as a whole actually losing anything by letting him face this conviction?

    • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      8 months ago

      He’s relevant in that this is the first time the child of a sitting president has been convicted of a felony, but I highly doubt that this will dissuade anyone who would have voted for Biden from doing so. Most people who say otherwise weren’t voting for him anyway. NOT letting him face the conviction would certainly have had a negative impact, though!

      • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
        6·
        8 months ago

        Yeah that was pretty much my thoughts on it. He’s already done all the damage he’s going to do to Biden’s rep. Beyond that they don’t lose anything by letting him face consequences. Which didn’t seem too severe for the crime he was charged with from what I read. It’s not really comparable to the situation with Trump considering Trump is the front-runner for the republicans. Not that I think either of them should get off just saying this is kind of a stupid thing to grandstand over.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        8 months ago

        Honestly, him facing it very well could win votes I expect. It shows that he isn’t using the powers of the presidency to interfere with this, which is something Trump accuses him of, and also we all know Trump would do. It makes Biden the candidate of allowing the law to apply to people near the president and Trump the candidate who will use the office to protect himself and his “friends.” He’s already used it to pardon many who do his bidding.

    • kandoh@reddthat.com
      7·
      8 months ago

      Only thing I can think of is among low information voters it sort of looks like both democrats and republicans are charging one another with crimes

    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
      3·
      8 months ago

      Not this election.

      Last election Hunter’s laptop was leaked containing an email that possibly incriminated a presidential candidate. That story was then falsely labeled as Russian Propaganda by the FBI directly influencing the election

      But this election there is nothing linked to Joe except for family ties.

  • Jojo, Lady of the West
    21·
    8 months ago

    Since when are all politicians just three letter abbreviations? AOC, DJT, MTG, where did this come from I hate it

  • Lightsong@lemmy.world
    10·
    8 months ago

    Dems: if our representative is guilty, get rid of them! Repubes: if our representative is guilty, forgive them!

      • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        While not convicted of a crime, I still believe that Al Franken did commit some non censual sexual acts, unwanted sexual advances and generally unprofessional conduct. He’s a funny and ascerbic comic, and I celebrate that, but I think I have a higher standard for someone who would advocate for everyone in my particular geographic region. Regrettably, he might actually be better than all the politicians in my whole state. That’s a sad thing to say.

  • Beaver@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    8 months ago

    Meanwhile maga republicans still cant accept that trump is a felon

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
      21·
      8 months ago

      Where are the business collusion charges then?

      Likely where the mishandling classified documents charges for Trump ended up.

      The gun charges should have been brought years ago

      Or not at all, because they’re bad laws that are capriciously enforced by Police/DAs/Judges more interested in chasing the media spotlight than any kind of public safety standard. Hunter go thrown to the wolves in order to prove the court system is fair, because he was any serious safety risk.

      people who listen to mold like AOC don’t have any brain cells either.

      The fixation on trashing a junior house rep with good fundraising numbers above any number of USAs, police chiefs, and judicial appointees with actual power is curious. People lose their fucking minds any time AOC gets handed a mic in a way I never see aimed at a Gavin Newsom or Ron DeSantis or Eric Adams.

      One almost begins to wonder if this outrage is manufactured by the Two Minute Hate mass media. Are you in any way sincere in your anger, or are you just passing down what you heard on the AM Radio this morning?

            • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
              7·
              8 months ago

              Why do you think the guy who gave the eulogy at Strom Thurmond’s funeral is farther to The Left than the guy who signed the Mulford Act in California?

              Without double-standards they’d have none at all.

              Tough on Crime Conservatives have been carving away at gun rights for over 80 years. Whether it was the National Rifle Association, condemning the Smith & Wesson Magnum revolver as a weapon that should be exclusively carried by the police or the Klu Klux Klan’s gun-grabbing Jim Crow laws passed in the Deep South, or the Gun Free School Zone Act (what a fucking joke) that was championed and signed by George Herbert Walker Bush in 1990 or the Trump militarization of the US-Mexico border under the pretext of halting gun traffic, Republicans have always staunchly defended the right of state governments to take your firearms.

              Biden might be President of the liberal party, but he’s played up his “centrist” credentials through his championship of conservative gun control measures. He is right in line with the Republican mainstream on this subject.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          7·
          8 months ago

          Why isn’t the NRA defending Hunter Biden against this unjust law? Same or different reason they didn’t defend Philando Castile?

    • Bremmy@lemmy.ml
      1·
      8 months ago

      Do you ever wonder why you almost always have negative down votes? Maybe you should get checked for brain worms

  • Felipe@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    8 months ago

    Or proof they’re willing to throw someone under the bus to further a narrative, they’re all corrupt as far as I’m concerned.

    And those of you down voting are horrifically naive if you genuinely believe the people on top of the heap actually have your best interests in mind, you don’t get into positions of power by being nice.