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By Professor Marc Murphy of the Brandeis School of Law

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 243 points 11 months ago (5 children)

2016 was worse for America than 9/11.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 173 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Yes. Trump's failure during Covid was killing a 9/11's worth of Americans weekly.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 42 points 11 months ago

give 'em some time. it's still early in the first quarter and he's still getting warmed up

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Republicans preventing the US from joining the first world probably kills more than that every week.

[–] ShooK@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

First, second, and third world country idealogy is outdated.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, the US has joined the second world now, but not in the way that the parent commenter means it.

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Yep, we're now aligned with Russia.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Trump was already responsible for one 9/11's worth of American deaths when he refused to send aid after Hurricane Maria. Then COVID happened.

[–] griff@lemmings.world 60 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Jr Bush/ Cheney laid an awful lot of the groundwork for Trunk One’s malevolence

[–] Trebuchet@lemm.ee 45 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] griff@lemmings.world 35 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Lee Atwater, Newt Gingrich etc etc etc

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Edit. Added a link: You forgot Roy Cohn, the master snake.

The Heritage Foundation, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

As did Reagan and Bush I. And for that matter, a lot of their people cut their teeth under Nixon. Some cancers take a long time to grow.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago

~~Never Forget~~ We Forgor

[–] parody@lemmings.world 6 points 11 months ago

Retrospectively? Would give someone’s left nut for 2016 murca and not fucking bullshit 2025 fucking Russia (the one between Maine/Alaska/Hawaii/Florida under the orange thumb)

Hope your kids never wanted to ski outdoors Heritage Foundation!

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

2000 was worse for America than 9/11.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I'm sure this has been discussed to death but... would Gore have read the memos and stopped the attacks?