An appeals court Tuesday sided with a lower court judge who determined Trump colluded with the Department of Justice (DOJ) in bringing and later dismissing a case seeking $10 billion in damages from the IRS.
Florida-based U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams in July found that the lawsuit that served as the hook for the $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund amounted to collusion as the two parties were never truly averse. She also sanctioned two Trump attorneys in the process.
The president, who sued his own administration in January over the leak of his tax returns, struck an agreement with the IRS in late May to dismiss the case, with the DOJ then creating an “anti-weaponization” fund to provide payments to those who claim to have been wronged by the government.
It’s been 10 years but the 2016 republican primary cycle was absolutely bizarre. Presumptive favorite Jeb fizzling out before he started and the rest of the field of very established politicians being unable to handle an infant of an opponent. It took Russian interference and Comey’s bizzare skullduggery to put the nail in Clinton’s coffin and even then she won the popular vote by over 2%. Sitting in a liberal bubble, I’ve been gobsmacked by his support and his “wins.”
If the Republican party had ranked choice voting for the primary, Trump wouldn’t have had a chance.
During the primaries, my far, far right wing father said if it was between Trump and Bernie in 2016, he would have voted for Bernie. He knew Trump was a piece of shit.
At the time he was a single issue voter. Just gun rights. That’s all that mattered.
The DNC didn’t understand how hated Hilary is on the right or how motivated they would be to see anything win rather than her. Once it was Trump vs Hillary, my dad was a hard core MAGA idiot.
After Trump was elected, my dad was still a single issue voter, but the issue became 100% just Trump.
Dad won’t be voting in the mid terms this time around. If he does, it means someone committed a felony.
No offense to you, but the fact that anyone thinks gun rights is the most important issue could use a second amendment solution for themselves.
The GOP survives off of 2 single-issue groups. Gun rights groups and Pro Lifers are by far the most important single-issue voting groups in the country, and the GOP has a strong hold on them. Not because they hold a majority view (most people want stronger gun control and access to abortion), but because almost nobody is single-issue on the other side.
Imagine a hypothetical world where Joe Biden had been pro-life (because of his Catholocism) and Donald Trump had been pro-choice (because he thinks fetuses are children and murdering children makes him giggle), but their stances on other issues were unchanged versus reality.
Very few pro-choice people would have swapped to voting for Trump. But millions of pro-life people would have flipped to Biden.
It’s similar with guns.