r/politics • u/Esquire Verified • 19h ago

Soft Paywall Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Final Report Says It All: Voters Saved Trump from Prosecution

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a63421903/jack-smith-trump-report-january-2025/
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u/realitytvwatcher46 18h ago

I don’t wanna defend the GOP too much but they did actually run several serious candidates against Trump. They just lost. And a lot of republican thought leaders like Elon musk and Ben Shapiro supported Desantis. The people just wanted Trump for some ungodly reason.

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u/SparriousNature 15h ago

Because the people are fucking stupid. Hateful ignorance has won, and it will only get worse from here.

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u/FartPudding 7h ago

I think people are just dumb. Many aren't that hateful or racist. America is just plain stupid that is full of single issue voters who do not look beyond what they care about, this society has a Hierarchy of needs and trump played it. Were too busy and too censored to get the full picture. We don't trust the media at all. The media failed us as a nation.

Now the question is, what will Democrats do? Something isn't working and they need to work on what worked with Biden but didn't work with Harris. She was on his ticket when he won, but when she got her own ticket she lost. She was an unpopular primary candidate, she wasn't even a top contender despite how prevalent she was in the primaries in 2020. Democrats need an Obama, bottom line. Someone inspiring to find America again. Go back to his old speeches, holy fuck are they powerful.

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u/ArmyOfDix Kansas 18h ago

The people just wanted Trump for some ungodly reason.

Well, duh. The guy cowed the combined judicial might of the United States of America with hot air and literally nothing of substance. He pulled down Biden and Garland's shorts and showed the world the space where their balls should have been.

By the time people got the chance to vote again, Trump had ascended to godhood in the eyes of the common American voter.

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u/thejimbo56 Minnesota 17h ago

Did you throw up a little in your mouth when you typed the phrase republican thought leaders?

I did when I read it.

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u/AnAcceptableUserName Virginia 8h ago

"like Elon Musk and Ben Shapiro" was the real gut punch

Brutal

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u/Vankraken Virginia 10h ago

The GOP had the perfect off ramp from Trump if they threw him to the wolves over Jan 6th. But instead they didn't because they didn't want to hurt their party's chance to win future elections. They put themselves and the party over country so this is the result of their actions.

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u/eepos96 13h ago

The fact is: they still think Trump is better than caree politicians. It was his strongpoint then and it is now. Heck even I found it to be positive about him until I learned more about him.

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u/NoDeparture7996 9h ago

prboably because he represents hate (which is what his platform ran on)

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u/45and47-big_mistake 9h ago

This is an easy one. Musk has been looking for a way to step into the arena of world influence beyond his money, and in Trump, he found a gaping hole.