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hay rick

(7,605 posts)
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 11:12 AM Apr 2021

DeSantis and Fox are worried about some mobs in America- others not so much.



Choosing his weasel words carefully, DeSantis remarked: “I don’t know what happened with this verdict, but if that’s something that can potentially happen, where you basically have justice made meted out because the jury is scared of what a mob may do? And again I’m not saying that’s what happened here, but that speaker seemed to suggest that that had an impact, that’s completely antithetical to the rule of law.”

The speaker in question was a black activist in New York...
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DeSantis and Fox are worried about some mobs in America- others not so much. (Original Post) hay rick Apr 2021 OP
Yep, DeSantis knows American history Dan Apr 2021 #1
The right only makes nice which is why the same people... hay rick Apr 2021 #3
They are each adding a brick to their cocoon of alternate reality. Baked Potato Apr 2021 #2
People like DeSantis are the lowest of the low. hay rick Apr 2021 #4
They are aghast that people prejudged Chauvin as guilty, but not at those who declared him innocent. Midnight Writer Apr 2021 #5

Dan

(3,550 posts)
1. Yep, DeSantis knows American history
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 12:24 PM
Apr 2021

There are so many cases of the Left lynching people, scaring people.

Whereas, as we all know the Right only makes nice.

hay rick

(7,605 posts)
3. The right only makes nice which is why the same people...
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 12:52 PM
Apr 2021

are really upset about "critical race theory."

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
2. They are each adding a brick to their cocoon of alternate reality.
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 12:49 PM
Apr 2021

Republicanism has quickly evolved to just pushing outright boldface lies. They are dangerous lies, though, because it involves safety and security. They are trying to create an alternate United States where Democrats don’t exist.

hay rick

(7,605 posts)
4. People like DeSantis are the lowest of the low.
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 12:56 PM
Apr 2021

He is happy to help construct a cocoon that he personally wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole, but it's good enough for the people he needs to support him at the polls.

Midnight Writer

(21,745 posts)
5. They are aghast that people prejudged Chauvin as guilty, but not at those who declared him innocent.
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 03:00 PM
Apr 2021

If we are talking about public remarks that could have tainted the jury deliberations, shouldn't we be addressing the Right Wing Media hordes who have been daily proclaiming that Chauvin is innocent and that Floyd deserved what he got?

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