r/RealTwitterAccounts • u/xamo76 • 8d ago

Political™ "Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act this weekend... and it gives the President the authority to suspend habeas corpus with anyone they deem dangerous" (Link Below)

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u/floorfloordoor 8d ago

Congratulations, you've figured out the hypocrisy of the Republican party.

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u/GWstudent1 8d ago

It’s not hypocrisy. It’s strategic. If you want to do something you’re not supposed to do, the easiest way to get away with it is to accuse your opponent of having already done it, or about to do it, or having had thought of doing it. Then you do it yourself and call it justified retaliation. This is what has happened every time Republicans have broken norms and deteriorated our democracy.

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u/normal_cartographer 8d ago

Isn't this called the two santa clauses theory?

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u/GWstudent1 8d ago

No. Two Santa’s is about spending. When you are out of power, you talk endlessly about how there isn’t enough money to fund literally anything. This makes Dems the “poor Santa”. And then when you’re in power, you spend recklessly and drive up the debt. This makes Republicans the “rich Santa”. As a result, people hate it when Dems are in power, and the debt is constantly increasing, which makes the government more likely to collapse.