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Marthe48

(16,934 posts)
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 10:46 AM Sep 2022

Did 'the adult in the room' ever come forward?

I've been wondering if I missed any sheepish confessions from the flurry of tell all books getting published. Every time I see another person in a responsibility position publish a book, I think: "Why in the hell didn't you do something before people died?"

It is sickening to me that so many people were cowards and went along with actions they knew were illegal, anti-American and dangerous, rather than stop traitor in his tracks.

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Did 'the adult in the room' ever come forward? (Original Post) Marthe48 Sep 2022 OP
Turns out it was one little kid standing on the shoulders... dchill Sep 2022 #1
ha, pretty much Marthe48 Sep 2022 #3
You sure evolves Sep 2022 #7
They sure duck for cover like a prairie dog Marthe48 Sep 2022 #8
Not just cowards - criminals. BlueIdaho Sep 2022 #2
I agree Marthe48 Sep 2022 #4
Long overdue! SheltieLover Sep 2022 #5
THIS. DEFINITELY This. calimary Sep 2022 #6
I agree they need to be held accountable, but... qzwv8j Sep 2022 #9
This is not Nazi Germany. BlueIdaho Sep 2022 #10

dchill

(38,469 posts)
1. Turns out it was one little kid standing on the shoulders...
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 10:48 AM
Sep 2022

...of another little kid - wearing an adult overcoat and a fake mustache.

Marthe48

(16,934 posts)
8. They sure duck for cover like a prairie dog
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 01:40 PM
Sep 2022

but I think the animals have more spine than the humans who aided and abetted traitor.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
2. Not just cowards - criminals.
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 10:50 AM
Sep 2022

There are State and Federal officials that broke the law because TFG told them to. They need to be stripped of their jobs and put in prison.

Marthe48

(16,934 posts)
4. I agree
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 11:06 AM
Sep 2022

anyone who proves to have aided and abetted him, who enjoys the protection of the American justice system, should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

qzwv8j

(87 posts)
9. I agree they need to be held accountable, but...
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 04:08 PM
Sep 2022

In many cases, if not most, they were following orders. They should not have blindly followed and should face consequences for their actions (or lack there of). But the man that gave the order is ultimately responsible. So if TFG continues to remain free, imprisoning these men isn’t really enough to truly satisfy.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
10. This is not Nazi Germany.
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 07:54 PM
Sep 2022

Yes TFG is the kingpin but these government employees, many of them lawyers, knew what they were doing broke the law, violated their oaths of office, and denied people their constitutional rights.

No one was “just following orders.”

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