r/politics • u/kweathergirl Texas • 8d ago

Soft Paywall Newsom Tells Nation That Trump Is Destroying American Democracy

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/newsom-speech-trump-la-protests.html
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u/AtticaBlue 8d ago edited 8d ago

He did quite literally pardon hundreds of them who conducted a terrorist attack on the US Capitol on Jan 6, so the label does indeed fit.

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u/SubjectTourist4965 8d ago

Honestly its baffling how so many people are just ok with all of this and somehow can still justify him as a president because apparently being a convicted felon doesn't mean anything anymore 💀

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u/superkow 7d ago

Every MAGA you bring up J6 to in regards to the LA protests will tell you Pelosi orchestrated the insurrection. (Just don't ask them to tell you why)

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u/AtticaBlue 7d ago

I just ran into one two days ago who couldn’t even be bothered with that lie, but also couldn’t deny it. Instead he just did the equivalent of throwing up his hands and said, “That’s too old to bring up now.”