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If I threatened Biden with a dirty look, I’d have secret service at my door. But if Trump says he’ll commit a crime, no one does anything.
This really encourages me to want to not obey laws.
If you're not already, you're not rich enough to start.
I’m not 😭
It just means you're accepting that there are different codes of law for different social strata, which is both unjust and contrary to the propaganda you were taught in school.
Imagine if tiny d won the electoral college, but not the majority (again) and if the majority of the country threw an insurrection like the teabaggers did. How could the teabaggers complain?
Rules for thee, they’ll plea.
To be fair, as an ex-president he has probably already 24/7 the secret service at his door. But I'm hoping that he someday has correctional officers at his (new) door.
$226,300/y
It should be minimum wage, plus those other benefits.