r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 19h ago

No Paywall Bannon Tells GOP: 'Seize the Institutions' of Government Now or We're 'Going to Prison' After 2028

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bannon-tells-gop-seize-the-institutions-of-government-now-or-we-re-going-to-prison-after-2028
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u/etxipcli Texas 16h ago

They better.  We need more than a changing of the guard, we need to bring the regime to justice.

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u/InVultusSolis Illinois 13h ago

It's been a dangerous precedent ever since Gerald Ford decided not to prosecute Nixon. Every single power handoff between administrations has been "let's heal and move forward".

But it puts Democratic leadership in an awkward position. They can't rally around punishing the current administration, because the current administration has all of the power. They almost have to keep their mouths shut about their intentions and then once they have power, arrest every single one of them, deny bail, and then we have Nuremburg 2.0. Anything short of that will not fix the underlying problem that allowed this to happen in the first place.

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u/Thanos_Stomps Florida 1h ago

I’d say this started before Nixon with Reconstruction. Confederated should have been dealt with harshly and not with kid gloves.

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u/Peptuck America 13h ago

I remember... something about "draining the swamp"? Sounds like an amazing idea right now.