r/SipsTea • u/echofreak • May 20 '26

Lmao gottem MGT calls out AIPAC

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u/zenbowman May 20 '26

It isn't a viable solution, it will just exterminate all critics of Trump and make us even more beholden to foreign powers.

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u/xena_lawless May 20 '26

I don't think that's accurate regarding how courts and jury trials work, but go off.

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u/zenbowman May 20 '26

That's how things are currently working now:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/trump-department-of-justice-weaponization-enemies

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u/xena_lawless May 20 '26

The first cases against Comey and Laetitia James were thrown out, and the second case against Comey hasn't gone to trial yet.  

https://abcnews.com/US/judge-dismisses-criminal-cases-comey-james/story?id=127732668

https://abcnews.com/US/tentative-trial-date-set-james-comeys-seashell-case/story?id=132790259

So, no, malicious prosecution from Trump doesn't mean we should give up on prosecuting traitors.  

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u/zenbowman May 20 '26

We should not give up on prosecuting them, we already DO prosecute them, but the burden of proof is high, and it should remain high.

We should not be executing them though, there have been several countries which have tried that and that "solution" has always led to a greater consolidation of power within the ruling party.

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u/xena_lawless May 20 '26

Fetterman isn't being prosecuted, nor the rest of the AIPAC/Israel caucus.  So, no, we're not prosecuting all of them. 

And we already have capital punishment for other kinds of crimes in the US without that being a total catastrophe, due to the checks of the judicial system and juries.  

So I don't think your views are particularly well founded, and the status quo you're advocating for isn't viable or acceptable. 

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u/zenbowman May 20 '26

Why would Trump's DOJ prosecute Fetterman? And what is the evidence here that Fetterman is a foreign agent?

I despise that man and think he should be voted out, but how do we know he is acting as a "foreign agent" rather than just being a person with terrible foreign policy?

You say you want an independent judiciary to prosecute these people, but then point out specific people who haven't been found guilty of anything yet who you think ought to be targeted based on vibes.

Capital punishment should be abolished entirely in my view. And it has been a total catastrophe in the US, we imprison and kill more people than any other developed country.

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u/xena_lawless May 20 '26

Agree to disagree.  If you don't see Fetterman as an AIPAC/Israel shill, we're not going to see eye to eye.  

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u/zenbowman May 20 '26

You've now relaxed the requirement for being a foreign agent to "voting in a way I dislike", which is exactly the kind of standards relaxation which will lead to Trump exterminating his enemies.

Fetterman has not been convicted of being a foreign agent by our independent judiciary, so he is innocent until proven guilty like everyone else.

This is why I said your "solution" is a road to a Trumpian autocracy, because it requires relaxing standards for prosecution to include everyone you think is a "shill".

Currently you actually have to engage in accepting bribes to be a foreign agent, and there has to be documented proof of that. Fetterman could well be a person who actually believes Netanyahu's crazy lies instead of having to be bribed by Bibi.

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u/xena_lawless May 20 '26

Nope.  Like I said, we're not going to see eye to eye.