If you thought the 2024 presidential cycle couldn't get dumber, you thought wrong. Following a visit to a Pennsylvania grocery store, Democrats are accusing Donald Trump of committing a new crime.
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It was a nice moment and came across as pretty standard fare for a presidential campaign. It's certainly not the first time a nominee has walked into an establishment and paid for something. Trump has routinely bought food for people at campaign stops as well. Leave it to Democrats to try to ruin everything, though.
The logic here is as stupid as it sounds. By giving the mother of three money, Trump supposedly broke federal laws surrounding vote buying. Of course, the woman never indicates that she is going to vote for the former president because he helped buy her groceries. Even if she had, though, it'd still be insane to try to make an issue of something like this.
Here's the language of the statute.
Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and
Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
So not only are Democrats saying Trump committed a crime, but they'd also have the woman who accepted the money thrown in jail.
Am I the only one exhausted with this stuff? Republicans breathe and left-wingers want to charge them with a federal crime. Meanwhile, actual corruption and possible criminality by Democrats are ignored. It's mind-numbing. It's also disturbing in that it shows just how deranged the modern left is. These are people with zero boundaries who will do whatever it takes to retain power. If that means prosecuting their political opponents, then so be it, as evidenced by the fact that they are doing that right now.
Will normalcy ever return to the political world? I don't see how.