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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did Walz benefit from the fraud? Because in Trump's case, the answer is yes, Trump befitted directly from fraud. That is so much worse than having fraud by a few bureaucrats happen on your watch.[/quote]

So is that the rule now?  Unless a politician personally benefits from fraud, the politician's incompetence, turning a blind eye, or cover up are no longer fair game?[/quote]

This is such a boring story. You can do the same for every single state in the U.S., red and blue. Everybody knows that, which is why you'll get zero traction with it.[/quote]
+1  Every state has fraud, including red states.  News is chock full of such stories.

The biggest fraud, however, is Trump.  Everyone else pales in comparison.[/quote]

Please explain.  Also, I thought NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW?[/quote]

No one is above the law, indeed. But Walz is not a criminal here. There is crime apparently happening under his watch, which is in stark contrast to Trump, who is the criminal himself. Get it?[/quote]

Nope. If they tried Trump, Walz should be tried as well.[/quote]

For what? Are there legitimate, substantiated allegations her benefited personally, like Melendez or Rick Scott or Trump and his family? Definately not.  As, Rs love to point out, he doesn’t have many assets. There aren’t millions sitting in his bank account.

Are there legitimate, substantive allegations he interfered with an AG or special counsel investigation, like Trump? No one is saying so.

So, he needs to sit back and let the AG’s office do its job and not insert himself or interfere . Which it seems like he is doing. It’s not actually his job to investigate and try fraud. That’s the aG, which should be independent of the executive. So, it looks like things are working like they should, right?

Trump has been interfering in investigations for so long MAGA thinks that it’s normal.  It is not. The AG/a special counsel should be run investigations independently from the governor.

Also, pandemic money flew freely and without a lot of checks and balances, to get it where it needed to be fast. I’d be shocked if you could find
a without similar allegations. And the governors were a bit busy with vaccines, and closed businesses and closed schools and dying citizen. They didn’t sign every check or oversee every program.

He needs to: cooperate with the investigations (answer reasonable questions, make appropriate records available— I say reasonable and appropriate, because I’m sure Rs could sit him in a room and ask him about every check written by every state agency for weeks— that is not reasonable; I’m sure the could ask for a zillion emails, including his personal correspondence with his minor kids— not appropriate. No weaponizes investigations better than Republicans); not interfere with the investigations by the AG; appoint a special counsel if it’s appropriate under state law and given the circumstances; take appropriate actions, like disciplining state employees, as recommended after investigations; and not be found to have financially benefitted.

Has he done/ refrained from doing these things, as appropriate. If not, cite your source. If so, I’m concerned. Otherwise, I say Kamala is being beaten by her husband didn’t stick, so this is the 10/4 attempts at an October surprise. Can’t wait to see what y’all will come up with on 10/6, when this doesn’t stick either.  :roll:

Honestly, electing a conman, crook, felon, rapist who has personally benefited from his office is one working in your favor here (how much over market value did he charge the secret service to “rent” the rooms they needed to protect him? How much over market value did he charge foreign diplomats to stay at the Old Post Office? How much money has Jared— who help a high level government position— collected from middle eastern nations?)  “There was some amount of COVID fraud and he isn’t personally investigate it, go to court and prosecute it and execute the evil doers” (which isn’t his job— that’s the AG) is such such small potatoes.

Anything you pull out, Trump has also done— but much, much worse. Next time chose an ethical candidate. Then maybe people will stop call your out on your hypocrisy and believe you are operating in good faith.

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