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Monica Lewinsky calls for constitutional ban on presidential self-pardons (thehill.com)

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

What “personal power”?

I really thought it was obvious, but you're the second to ask...

Being President of the United States of America...

I guess I overestimated people on a politics sub, but I really didn't think I needed elaborate that being a world leader also makes someone personally powerful...

Or that being the first woman to hold that office would make someone remembered for the future of our country. Kids would be learning her name 200 years from now assuming the country still exists. Now at best she'll be a footnote for a decade, likely only mentioned as the person who lost to trump.

I'd feel bad if she also wasn't the main reason Trump was even in the general to begin with

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works -1 points 9 months ago

You realize she lost, and will never hold public office again, right?

I'm talking about currently. People acting like she's some kind of puppet master behind the scenes pulling the strings.

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