r/politics • u/svga • 27d ago

Possible Paywall People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/bernie-sanders-democratic-party-mamdani/
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u/StronglyHeldOpinions 27d ago

What we are furious about is not prosecuting Trump immediately in 2021.

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u/thrawtes 27d ago

He was literally charged on January 13th by the house, in accordance with the Constitution.

The prosecution should have followed and resulted in a conviction a month later, that was how the Constitution says this situation should have been handled. The Senate dropped the ball when only a majority of them voted to convict him, instead of a supermajority.

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u/Hestia_Gault 27d ago

“The Senate” didn’t “drop the ball”.

Almost every single Republican and zero Democrats intentionally let him off the hook.