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Did the Left jump the shark with this Mar-a-Lago stunt?

Did the Left jump the shark with this Mar-a-Lago stunt?


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The same conservative base that got their asses whipped in 2020?
Whipped? Do you mean by the tipping state of Wisconsin's electoral votes? One state does not make for a whooping.
 
Actually, it doesn't look that way to me and it is much easier to justify my viewpoint, so I fear you are viewing this with conservative bias.

Merrick Garland has kept everything about investigating Trump as low-key as possible, and in this case, all the FBI agents went in plain clothes, not FBI jackets. He should not have to explain this. Trump shouldn't have taken the documents. If Hillary deserved a critique for the private server, Trump deserves one for this.

The main problem is that so many agents went, but that was because, with only a couple of them, the work would have taken days, and with lots, it took only a few hours, when Trump was away, so it wouldn't bother him.

So far, the only actors to blow this up into something it isn't are: Trump, the media on both sides, and the stupid MAGA crowd outside Mar-a-lago.
Did they raid Hillary's home? How about Patreus's? Maybe Sandy Berger's? How about Obama's? All had national archive requested or classified materials. You are letting hatred of Trump justify a double standard.
 
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Oh, bullshit.

And don't even try to tell me that you wouldn't have tried Obama for treason if this were case. You all actually tried to go after Hillary on this very issue!!!!

And don't forget that Trump made a big deal about increasing jail time over this issue from one to five years in prison!!!

It looks like the Secret Service tasked to Trump's detail noticed some documentation that they felt Trump may not need to have, so they alerted the FBI.

The FBI, under Wray who was appointed by Trump allowed the investigation to continue. And when it came time to get a warrant, they went to an independent judge...also appointed by Trump...to sign off on the warrant.

So, don't give us this partisan-hack-bullshit where Trump and the right are "victims". You just don't like it because your boy may get caught over something he tried to hang around Hillary's neck. And don't even try to tell me there wasn't any hostility from the Trump regime about it. Just don't.

You don't
Reinhart was not appointed by Trump, he doesn't exercise oversight over magistrates as they are appointed by the circuit court judges.


"The announcement of Mr. Reinhart's selection culminates a broad search process that began in August of 2017. The Court appointed a selection panel, comprised of leaders in the legal community as well as non-lawyers in the community, to assist with the selection process. 64 well-qualified individuals applied," the March 14, 2018, statement said.


"The selection panel reviewed all 64 submissions and elected to interview 15 candidates in person. Following these interviews, the selection panel recommended five finalists to the Court. The district judges interviewed the five finalists in November of last year. The Court selected Mr. Reinhart to fill the vacant magistrate judgeship," the document explained.

No disinformation, please.
 
They used flash bang grenades on the African Peoples Socialist Party members house in Saint Louis a couple of weeks ago, got two 80 year old handcuffed up unindicted co conspirators and then left them there after taking everything else. They were nice to the former guy.
 
I'd love to agree, but he really did "overturn Roe v Wade automatically."

And how has that worked out for him and his party? It was the most unpopular move since the 1960s.
 
Regardless of whether or not there technically was justification for raiding Trump's home, it was nevertheless done in a very abrasive & heavy-handed way; it reveals the degree of hostility by the current regime and its supporters, and contempt by these characters towards anyone who isn't just fastened to their vagary, and America in general. So - my question is very simple.
How? Dude probably commited crimes...and would conceal evidence hence a raid happend...how is this weird?
 
Did they raid Hillary's home? How about Patreus's? Maybe Sandy Berger's? How about Obama's? All had national archive requested or classified materials. You are letting hatred of Trump justify a double standard.

Trump refused to turn over the documents they kindly asked for over and over again. There is no comparison (especially Obama who did everything by the book to bring documents to Chicago).

You are letting your hatred of liberals cloud your judgement of a confirmed scam artist.
 
Whipped? Do you mean by the tipping state of Wisconsin's electoral votes? One state does not make for a whooping.

And Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Georgia.
 
Regardless of whether or not there technically was justification for raiding Trump's home, it was nevertheless done in a very abrasive & heavy-handed way; it reveals the degree of hostility by the current regime and its supporters, and contempt by these characters towards anyone who isn't just fastened to their vagary, and America in general. So - my question is very simple.
Given that nuclear secrets were involved, there is nothing egregious or disproportionate about this raid.

In fact, in light of the fact that authorities were reportedly trying to get these documents returned from him for the past 3 months, their response has been remarkably measured and restrained.
 
They convinced a magistrate. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ff-search-warrant-trump-mar-lago/10293403002/

Try and get something right before you attempt to lecture me.
Exceptionally lame, even for you, focusing on the distinction between a magistrate and a federal judge. I am glad you got off on the hairsplitting, but the distinction mattered not one iota to the point I was making. It was a minor point.

It was, however, a great way to deflect from the fact that you could not handle my indictment of you that you were jumping to half-cocked, unsubstantiated conclusions (like this whole thing was political, outside of due process and they raced to a raid when they had other tools at their disposal) yet trying to sell them here with authority that you did not have (you didn't know, but were not sufficiently patient to wait to see how this played out). That is why you were "lectured" Now, an informed, savvy, intelligent poster might point out that subtle distinction (after all a magistrate is a form of judge in the federal court system that do things like review warrant applications) but would still be able to address the substance of my post. You did not.

Sorry you got way out over your skis and took such an awkward spill. Dust yourself off and try again.
 
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Regardless of whether or not there technically was justification for raiding Trump's home, it was nevertheless done in a very abrasive & heavy-handed way; it reveals the degree of hostility by the current regime and its supporters, and contempt by these characters towards anyone who isn't just fastened to their vagary, and America in general. So - my question is very simple.
I just voted NO, and it's foolish to call it a 'stunt', but not surprising coming from someone like you. 🤡
 
Regardless of whether or not there technically was justification for raiding Trump's home, it was nevertheless done in a very abrasive & heavy-handed way; it reveals the degree of hostility by the current regime and its supporters, and contempt by these characters towards anyone who isn't just fastened to their vagary, and America in general. So - my question is very simple.
So basically all of the assumptions in your post ended up being wrong. Have you changed your mind since you wrote this?
 
I voted no because the left didnt do any stunts at Mar-a-lago. The FBI did execute a search warrant though
 
So basically all of the assumptions in your post ended up being wrong. Have you changed your mind since you wrote this?
Prove that my "assumptions" ended up being wrong, then I'll have something I'll be able to use to consider changing my mind.
 
Prove that my "assumptions" ended up being wrong, then I'll have something I'll be able to use to consider changing my mind.
Okay, let's take it one at a time:

1) "Regardless of whether or not there technically was justification for raiding Trump's home..."

There was. After asking for the documents back, and after the collecting it themselves, the FBI learned that he was still holding onto top secret documents, and critically important documents related to nuclear weapons.

2) it was nevertheless done in a very abrasive & heavy-handed way;

The government had already negotiated for the documents back, and even subpoenaed him, and he still didn't return the top secret data. You can only ask so many times nicely.

3) it reveals the degree of hostility by the current regime and its supporters, and contempt by these characters towards anyone who isn't just fastened to their vagary, and America in general. So - my question is very simple.

This is just persecution-complex whining, so there's nothing tangible to respond to.
 
"the left" had nothing to do with it.

Why can you people not understand that the DOJ is supposed to be independent of the politics?
The highlighted above.... 'supposed to be' is a lie. going after political opponents is not independent. And Garland/DOJ is the worst of the worst.
 
The highlighted above.... 'supposed to be' is a lie. going after political opponents is not independent. And Garland/DOJ is the worst of the worst.
Please stop with the lies. Trump's home was searched because he had classified documents that he refused to return. This is totally illegal and the rule of law demanded that these items be returned and they were. There was no politics involved.
 
The highlighted above.... 'supposed to be' is a lie. going after political opponents is not independent. And Garland/DOJ is the worst of the worst.
Bullshit. Are they supposed to ignore crimes because they were committed by a republican?

This is not partisan, it's criminal. He was given the opportunity to return these documents with no penalties and he declined, even lied and said he didn't have any more.

What would you suggest the DOJ do under these circumstances?
 
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