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SWBTATTReg

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8. If trump can't or won't be held accountable for inciting the riot of 1/6/21, then let the civil law

Reply to Brogrizzly (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2021, 11:04 PM

Feb 2021

suits start up (or go ahead and do at the same time). His words helped incite the violence. I think in a civil lawsuit, the standards might be less rigid and thus more likely to stick.

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Posit this feeling/thought in the lounge, because frankly I don't know what to do with it. [View all] Brogrizzly Feb 2021 OP

I decided a long time ago that I pitied him ... to me it's worse than hating him. 42bambi Feb 2021 #1

The Senate will probably not convict him leftieNanner Feb 2021 #2

The real question is whether the DC courts try him for inciting an insurrection Clash City Rocker Feb 2021 #4

I disagree..New York State courts will get him. The Atty General In New York State will Stuart G Feb 2021 #9

One thing I found out is Turbineguy Feb 2021 #3

I'm kind of in the same place. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #5

Thanks it helps to know I'm not alone in this feeling. Brogrizzly Feb 2021 #6

My mother always told me that life is not always fair. Marie Marie Feb 2021 #7

If trump can't or won't be held accountable for inciting the riot of 1/6/21, then let the civil law SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #8

As stated above, New York State Atty General will get him...Trump may not be legally accountable Stuart G Feb 2021 #10

Thank you and GOOD! Let there be no rest, no peace for trump and his thugs. None. SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #11