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Zorro

(15,730 posts) Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:25 PM Aug 2020

If Biden wins, the post-Trump corruption purge will have to be epic

It’s widely understood that if Joe Biden wins the White House, he’ll face monumental tasks in digging us out of our spiraling public health crisis and the economic catastrophe it has unleashed, which could get far worse if Congress’ next rescue package falls short, as it likely will.

But an incoming Biden administration will also face another mission: undertaking a full accounting of the Trump administration’s corruption and the damage it has done to our government and institutions.

That is, if the new administration chooses to accept that mission.

A new report from the Democratic-allied Center for American Progress both lays out an argument for why Biden should indeed take on that mission and offers a suggested road map on how to do that.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/05/if-biden-wins-post-trump-corruption-purge-will-have-be-epic/

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If Biden wins, the post-Trump corruption purge will have to be epic (Original Post) Zorro Aug 2020 OP

We must stop blithely ignoring an outgoing presidents corruption. Karadeniz Aug 2020 #1

Truly epic anti-corruption movement is so necessary. empedocles Aug 2020 #2

Bring it on Blue Owl Aug 2020 #3

Biden will have to craft I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2020 #4

It'll take more than one amendment lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #5

Yes I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2020 #6

Karadeniz

(22,486 posts)

1. We must stop blithely ignoring an outgoing presidents corruption.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:36 PM

Aug 2020

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

2. Truly epic anti-corruption movement is so necessary.

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Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:51 PM

Aug 2020

Blue Owl

(50,325 posts)

3. Bring it on

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Wed Aug 5, 2020, 08:05 PM

Aug 2020

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,462 posts)

4. Biden will have to craft

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 08:17 PM

Aug 2020

A new amendment to our consitution to prevent another tyranny of a minority from ever happening again.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

5. It'll take more than one amendment

Reply to I_UndergroundPanther (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 6, 2020, 10:23 AM

Aug 2020

But we have to be extremely cautious to do this only when we've consolidated enough power to prevent the process from being hijacked.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,462 posts)

6. Yes

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 6, 2020, 05:30 PM

Aug 2020

But Dems if they get intolerant about being hijacked they would get stuff done regardless of what republicans want.

They need to call them out whenever they weasel and do it prime time on tv.

Point out thier selfish motives and why they are fucking things up. Expose the dirty hidden shit to the public/ sunlight. Without fear. No more nice guy crap.

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