Doubling down on public bribery. Bold.
Why the fuck not? It’s not like he’s facing any kind of consequences by letting it all hang out. He’s probably right, he could shoot someone on fifth avenue and nothing would happen.
Unfortunately there is case precedent that this wouldn’t count, legally.
It’s considered fundamentally the same as “our party will cut taxes if we win”.
Of course the answer is “ok, but then why couldn’t you do it the last two years, and you promised 5,000 for DOGE and 2,000 for tariffs, you never deliver anything except high prices.”
Not really… Even if there was political will to hold him to account, he’s got the court giving him blanket immunity
If they had any balls, the Democrats should be promising $7500. At the point we are in politics, they need learn to play the game with the new rules
Or at the very least, they should promise to vote for $5k either way. That wouldn’t even be illegal
Democrats would need to follow through, or they’d lose a generation of voters for decades.
Trump will just never send the money and Republicans will never talk about it again.
Trump will just never send the money and Republicans will never talk about it again.
And neither will the Murc’s Law Media, either, since that’s the narrative - Republicans are expected to be complete assholes and Democrats are expected to be as pure as the driven snow and not have a hair out of place.
Democrats are expected to be as pure as the driven snow and not have a hair out of place.
This is a self imposed limitation on the part of democrats, more than anything
They’re historically unpopular right now because they’re so busy pretending to be the adults in the room that they barely use power when they have it
Hopefully this year brings in a wave of progressives, and I’m not going to measure them by how composed they are. This isn’t a time for composure
I, and I think the country, are going to measure them by their actions. On what they actually accomplish to rebuild trust that the government can affect our lives for the better
Very true… They absolutely should follow through on it. It would buy them a bunch of good will, and it would probably help stimulate the economy
Plus it’s not like the deficit matters at this point… Or at least another trillion or two wouldn’t change anything
I keep offering MAGA dipshits my $5,000 when it comes in if they give me $1,000 now and they won’t go for it. But they still insist he’s going to do it.
It’s amazing how they can repeat the lies but when it comes down to backing their lies and beliefs with cash, they seem to know better.
Are they enjoying their 7,000 in promised DOGE and tariff dividends?
He can probably afford to do it, too. The thing is, he won’t. He’s promised Americans payouts before. There was one for the tariffs, I think around $2000. There was a $1776 promise for the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding. IIRC, there was a DOGE refund as well, but I don’t recall what he promised.
He already owes every American about $5,000, based on previous promises. Maybe if he makes good on those promises before the midterms, I’d say people would be justified in believing him about this promise, but if he wanted to, he would have.
He also promised a phone that was made in America. It’s made in China, and he’s nearly doubled the price. It’s still made in China. Also, the American flag on the back is missing two bars. So I guess in Trump’s America, there were only 11 colonies, rather than the 13 they teach in school. Has he ever said which two did not make the cut? I’m guessing liberal ones in the north. He’s not saying. Maybe he thinks you won’t notice. Maybe he didn’t notice. Wouldn’t that be wild? He thought it would be made in America, but it was made in China. What else does he think he knows that is dead wrong? Probably a lot of things. But if he doesn’t pay you the $5,000 after his party wins, he wasn’t wrong, he was right — he banked on people believing him. He banked on the people he and his donors have paid to come onto social media (including Lemmy!) and tell you that the other side is just as bad, so you should either vote for him, or just stay home. His party has had full control of all three branches of your government for the last two years, and now he’s terrified he’ll lose it. Why? What’s he planning that’s worse than what he’s done so far? Do you want to find out? Better yet, do you think the $5,000 will cover your losses if he does something really bad? Probably best not to find out.
The guy is in the flopsweat stage of utter desperation.
Sure they may be planning on stealing the election, but this guy also wants to be popular, too. And he just ain’t.
If he offers 5k, let the dems offer 10k. Not luke any of that will be paid anyway
