Donald Trump faces four indictments, 91 criminal charges and hundreds of years of maximum prison time combined.

This is a former president who — according to the latest grand jury indictment in Fulton County, Georgia — participated in a “criminal enterprise.” Trump and 18 co-defendants are accused of trying “to unlawfully change the outcome of the election” in 2020. Among the 13 felony charges he faces is one count of violating the Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act and two counts of conspiracy to commit forgery.

Most of those charges are related to a fake elector scheme by the Trump campaign in which a slate of “alternate” electors in Georgia would cast electoral votes for Trump instead of Joe Biden. The president of the most powerful democracy in the world allegedly tried to steal an election.

We can’t say it often enough: This is serious. Americans cannot shrug this off or normalize it, no matter how many times Trump gets indicted. Yet it feels like business as usual. Not only is Trump favored to win the GOP presidential nomination, he’s also neck and neck with President Biden in the 2024 general election, according to a July poll by the New York Times/Siena Poll.

MORE THAN A CULT

Trump’s support cannot only be explained as the product of the cult-like power he has over his MAGA base, which accounts for roughly 40% of Republican voters who believe those indictments are nothing but a conspiracy against him.

more: https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article278265068.html

  • vividspecter
    464·
    10 months ago

    “Americans” also includes the subset that cry “both sides are the same” or are too apathetic to vote. If you don’t vote against the Republican party, then you are supporting what is happening.

      • LoopingRiver
        4·
        10 months ago

        So in your eyes Biden is not a better alternative to Trump? Am I thrilled to be voting for Biden? No, not really. Will I vote for him over Trump? 1000% yes.

    • GodlessCommie@lemmy.world
      434·
      10 months ago

      So no balls to ever vote FOR something? Settle for bread crumbs when you can have the whole damn loaf

          • wagesj45@kbin.social
            52·
            10 months ago

            I didn’t invent our voting system. I just do the best I can within the system. I vote for the best person running in the primary, then I vote for the best person left running in the general election. “Best” is relative, but it is what it is.