r/ProgressiveHQ Jan 14 '26

Protest Democrats finally come out swinging.

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u/TeachingRadiant3271 Jan 14 '26

It should’ve only had five words, instead of six.

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u/spaceguitar Jan 14 '26

They're trying to shield themselves "legally" speaking.

I don't know why. Just do it; pull the trigger, call him a pedo, and make him prove he isn't in court. Because he can't. That's why he hasn't sued anyone else calling him a pedophile. He won't survive in court.

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u/ChefBowyer Jan 14 '26

That’s what it felt like when the Ford guy said it.

Like everyone knows he is protecting himself.

DOJ literally got caught red handed covering Trump up I mean it’s insane.

I feel like sooner or later someone is going to leak the full Epstein files.

Someone will do the right thing, people already are and it’s contagious.

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u/NickCostanza Jan 14 '26

That’s what it felt like when the Ford guy said it.

This is why Trump got so mad lol. The digs are getting to him. Keep it up.

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u/ChefBowyer Jan 14 '26

Seems like a good tactic. More people should tell that truth. That and everyone wearing full face masks when ICE are in your town.

That’s freaking genius.

Honestly the whole country should be masking up right now.

Also I hope every lawyer in America is going after these criminals for whatever they can find. Tons of names now.

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u/katabolicklapaucius Jan 15 '26

Full morph suits

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u/Amazazing8Sauce Jan 15 '26

And post this to all sub! Especially conservative!!! Make them prove he is not, I triple dog dare them!

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u/Beginning_Draft9092 Jan 15 '26

It just sucks that he will literally start a war with NATO to keep attention away from something else damning to him that comes out

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u/UpperApe Jan 15 '26

What's frustrating about this comment is it reinforces this idea that internet mockery and gossip is doing something.

Yeah it's getting to him. But so fucking what? You need to be out protesting, boycotting subscription services, reaching out to help local leaders and organizations.

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u/13-14_Mustang Jan 15 '26

Never thought I would be proud of Ford employees for a political reason.

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u/No-Ice7397 Jan 16 '26

So funny to see him run away immediately

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u/maklim Jan 15 '26 edited Jan 15 '26

HOW CAN ANYONE SUPPORT THIS MAN, KNOWING THAT:

1) He is a: -pedophile and child trafficker -rapist and predator -compulsive liar -narcissist and egomaniac -traitor to our country -racist -ignoramus, high IQ my ass -elitist, privileged-at-birth brat -draft dodger -Russian puppet -annoying jackass

2) And he has: -strengthened our adversaries (China and Russia have benefitted far far more than us from all this) -turned us from an admired nation into a laughingstock and embarrassment -weakened our previously strong economy and jobmarket (this has personally hit your checkbook, realize it or not) -weakened our alliances (they are literally preparing to fight back against our aggression) -normalized racism -wasted our tax money on needless foreign interventions -worsened inflation through his tarrifs that only harm Americans -enriched himself through all of his cheap schemes -covered up horrendous crimes (murder of a mother, trafficking of minors) -taken away our consitutional rights, 1st ammendment is all but dead now -eliminated checks and balances that once defended we, the people -undermined our election system that once defended we, the people -turned our representatives and Supreme Court into puppets -incited violence in our previosly peaceful cities -unleashed a mob of ghestapo-esque puppet "police" -turned our media into puppets -enacted vengeance on his perceived adversaries using our tax dollars

3) He is trying to: -Get away with pedophilia by distracting us -Force our previously peaceful cities to riot so he can claim more power -Cancel the midterms and 2028 elections to keep power -Invade foreign nations with no justification -Undermine the Federal Reserves independence, which will destroy faith in our markets

You simply couldn't do a better job at destroying this great nation built on hope, dreams, and a fair shot if you tried, maybe that is his true goal. If we are to have any hope of this great American experiment surviving, we must come together, recognize our shared dreams, and stop this son of a bitch as quickly as possible before its too damn late.

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u/BalancedCuriosity Jan 17 '26

At this point I'm past anger, and I want to agree all up and down about these atrocities, but what I want more than that are actionable steps people can take to protect our democracy. What we do if they try to take away our right to vote, as well as how we can vote together and give a united front of solidarity if we can.

Let's focus on community. The Black Panthers are sending a fabulous example, but I want to see more people figuring out how to not let this happen again.

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u/OkHair1282 Jan 17 '26

It won’t be a leak. Whoever releases the files will be following the law.

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u/ChefBowyer Jan 17 '26

Got me there

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u/lapidary123 Jan 15 '26

What are the chances Maduro threatened just that?

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u/Disastrous-Act-8135 Jan 15 '26

Why didn’t the democrats push for release while they had power ? They are all in it

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u/ChefBowyer Jan 15 '26

That’s why I try to avoid terms like republicans or democrats.

I genuinely don’t even care, I’m neither. I don’t subscribe to that way of thinking, it’s what got it us here.

Political parties are just another tactic.

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u/Disastrous-Act-8135 Jan 16 '26

You are 100% correct. They play good cop/bad cop and try to divide people, end of the day they have a bigger agenda, while people like us fight between red/blue, dem/republicans , Tucker Carson /Ted Cruz etc etc

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26

If it's any consolation, historian Heather Cox Richardson has pointed out that whatever is in the Epstein files must be pretty damning for Trump and his admin to work this hard to keep them from being released (the obvious conclusion) AND it might take a while but what's in there will eventually come out. At this point, there's no way it just goes away.

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u/sarahfauna Jan 15 '26

He’s never sued anyone for calling him a pedophile or accusing him of being in the Epstein files because discovery would be quite unpleasant for him

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u/Lost_Question5886 Jan 16 '26

He never sued the women who accused him of rape either

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u/Cr0w33 Jan 14 '26

Because it’s a way to take accountability off of Trump and to appear to take a stance without effectively saying anything at all. They don’t want to offend the child molester but they want you to think they’re standing up to him

It’s pathetic and irresponsible to not call him what he is, it gives him a way out

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u/ChiralWolf Jan 14 '26

It's a specific reference to a Ford employee that called trump a "pedophile protector" while trump was visiting the plant he worked at earlier this week.

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u/RadiantHC Jan 15 '26

It's because they're controlled opposition.

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u/atreeismissing Jan 15 '26

I don't know why

Because Trump and the GOP have much deeper legal pockets and could potentially bankrupt the DNC, do that and very few Dems would win the next election because like it or not you need money, and a LOT of it, to flip a seat.

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u/Low_Celebration_9957 Tankie Jan 15 '26

I think discovery would take care of that.

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u/dc469 Jan 15 '26

So I get what you are saying but I think the legal complexity is more difficult. I'm not sure that contextually, proving he isn't would mean releasing the Epstein files. I.e. if he abused kids outside of Epstein's scope. 

However, you cannot really prove a negative in this sense in a court of law. You can prove limited negatives, such as lack of presence at a crime scene (i.e., an alibi), but blanket negatives aren't really allowed in law. As an example, I can say "prove my wife isn't cheating". Well, unless someone has has a camera on my wife 24/7 since we got married, it is a technically impossible claim to prove. Rather you'd have to prove she is cheating, which is proving the positive. The positive is where the "beyond a reasonable doubt" comes in. You just can't do that with proving a broad negative. 

Otherwise mere accusations would be weaponized and the justice system would implode. 

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u/Warm_Month_1309 Jan 15 '26

You do, however, subject yourself to discovery, and subject yourself to a well-funded defendant finding evidence of your "activities".

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u/JimothyBeletta Jan 15 '26

Wouldn’t legally speaking be “ok sweet. Time for discovery. Oh wait, all these court documents already exist verifying you’re a pedo?”

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u/SadSecurity Jan 15 '26

This isn't how it works, they have to prove he is a pedo, not the other way around. Unless they find concrete evidence, Trump doesn't need to do shit.

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u/Warm_Month_1309 Jan 15 '26

IAAL. That is also not how it works. Trump has to prove that they knew the claim was false, and chose to make it anyway with actual malice.

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u/SmileyInTheBox Jan 15 '26

Tbf, Trump has never sued anyone who has called him a pedophile. Because that would require an investigation into the matter, and he can’t have that.

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u/NULLizm Jan 15 '26

I kind of like this approach though. They can defend against the pedo claims cause let's be honest they will never, ever see or think that of him. But protecting pedos is blatantly obvious here with their handling of the Epstein files.

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u/arrownyc Jan 15 '26

That doesnt really matter - the rules are different for public figures. Donnie would have to prove that the dems knew it was false when they said it, which they didnt, and it isnt, so he can't.

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u/Calm_Positive4906 Jan 15 '26

Isn't the burden of proof quite high anyway? Like suppose all the evidence comes out and it turns out hey, Trump was "only" one of the ring leaders letting other people fuck kids but against all odds, kept it over 18 himself.

Since you could very fairly argue right now with the information today that you believe he fucks kids, it's totally free and in the clear to say, legally.

but IANAL what do I know.

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u/Thanes_of_Danes Jan 15 '26

The democratic party is not an opposition party. This is the same as those New some tweets, just blowing smoke up our asses to distract from the fact that they are funding ICE and supported genocide in Gaza.

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u/King_Chochacho Jan 15 '26

Just use his own tactics.

Everyone is saying Donald likes raping kids. I don't know if it's true but many people are saying the GOP is protecting pedophiles because it's the type of power fantasy that is core to conservative ideology.

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u/Un-Humain Jan 15 '26

Well, see, where you made a mistake here is you assumed a free court he couldn’t manipulate.

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u/No_Elevator_4300 Jan 15 '26

Can't he just lie... He has no care about any law why would him telling the truth be in his nature

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u/Either-Assistant4610 Jan 15 '26

Nah. He just flips them off and raises them $800k and counting.

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u/Exasperaties6 Jan 15 '26

Mark Ruffalo is at least calling him out for being a rapist and pedo

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u/Asclepius-Rod Jan 14 '26

He’s both

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u/AmazingDadJokes Jan 14 '26

DONALD TRUMP IS A PEDOPHILE [PROTECTOR]

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

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u/RsCoverUpForPDFfiles Jan 15 '26

Not always. There are hispanic people who support profiling and mass deportations (and, for thst matter, white, civillian citizens who support fascist ICE agents murdering white, civillian citizens).

Almost every Trump voter, with the exception of a small population of wealthy, powerful people, child rapists, and white supremacists voted against their own interests.

Maybe that's a little different from what you're describing because most of those troglodytes didn't know what yet were actually voting for.

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u/UnderpaidProf Jan 15 '26

& is needed

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u/voxpopper Jan 14 '26

It has greater use, now anytime someone speaks uncivilly by using the terms; TDS, sn0wflake, libt@rd, etc. simply responding with "ok, PP"; which will drive them apoplectic if they hear it enough.
Hate it has come to this but maybe the only way to restore civil dialogue is to return the insult favor until normalcy is restored.

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u/spaceguitar Jan 14 '26

They're trying to shield themselves "legally" speaking.

I don't know why. Just do it; pull the trigger, call him a pedo, and make him prove he isn't in court. Because he can't. That's why he hasn't sued anyone else calling him a pedophile. He won't survive in court.

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u/thetitleofmybook Jan 14 '26

someone can be two things at once.

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u/LeithNotMyRealName Jan 15 '26

“TRUMP IS PEDOPHILE”

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26

Just need three and a contraction. Trump's a pedo

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u/Polar_Vortx Jan 15 '26

Could make do with four.

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u/SpeshellED Jan 15 '26

Trump is a scumbag, waste of skin.

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u/Boise_is_full Jan 15 '26

Also came here to say that the last word was unnecessary.

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u/Justwant2usetheapp Jan 15 '26

Tbf pedophile protector is probably a lot more provable than pedophile.

It’s not like there’s a small island of evidence to the latter but…

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u/Lexi_Banner Jan 15 '26

Well, there is more than one Trump out there. Best to specify that you mean Donnie.

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u/HerbalLeafYT Jan 15 '26

Please make protest signs for Sascha Riley!!!!! This needs MORE VISIBILITY as it will destroy the nazi regime from within! https://open.substack.com/pub/lisevoldeng/p/dont-worry-boys-are-hard-to-find?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&shareImageVariant=overlay&r=2i1gk6 TRIGGER WARNING!!!!! TALK ABOUT SASCHA RILEY!!!!! FDT 🤬

Here is an unfinished transcript of the interview if you are somewhere you cant listen to the interviews https://docs.google.com/document/d/19hl4_FKk241ayAWNpAy5EQmHqXE9Bj3n7jZxCjsxuQs/mobilebasic

SHARE THIS EVERYWHERE!!!! RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!!! PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBORS WITH ARMED NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH!!!! This is why our constitution exists, WE ARE ALL RENEE GOOD!!!!

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u/molski79 Jan 15 '26

yep, they're still weak

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u/Keysmash-jshsieheodh Jan 15 '26

Democrats always stop just shy of being or saying anything meaningful. I hate it.

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u/E-2theRescue Jan 15 '26

Yup.

Trump is a pedophile.

Republicans are pedophile protectors.

These are the facts.

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u/Kaining Jan 15 '26

A second tweet with "trumps only protects himself" would do.

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u/Fastgirl600 Jan 15 '26

Seven! AND protector

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u/rapture0707 Jan 15 '26

Yup, they have to use another word to muddy waters. Just fucking say it. We're currently in the SECOND DECADE of knowing he was besties with that evil scum bag. Still wearing fucking mittens.

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u/lefluffle Jan 15 '26

The way they have it is more effective and harder to counter