Summary

Merrick Garland’s failure to swiftly prosecute Trump for inciting the January 6th insurrection allowed Trump to run for president again in 2024.

Garland’s slow-walking of the investigation undermined the seriousness of Trump’s actions and normalized him as a Republican front-runner.

Garland’s inaction contributed to the current state of the republic, where Trump is poised to return to the White House.

  • GreyYeti@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    To this point- Biden is still the president for 62 more days. Trump has shown what he plans to do with power, and what is Biden doing? The headlines from today were going to the rainforest and awarding CHIPS act money. Not rallying the resistance or doing anything to meaningfully protect us. It’s hard to imagine Biden doing it, but I could see a more energetic and youthful leader actually trying to be a speed bump for Trump. What a shame we’re here.

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      Yeah, Biden was the exact wrong president for this era.

      The US and indeed the world needed someone bold to take decisive and transformative action to right the ship.

      Instead we got an ancient creature of the establishment rearranging the deck chairs and yelling at people to shut up about the icebergs.