Am I the only one who thinks Biden should call up Garland...

[Girard442]

...and demand either an indictment or a resignation by the end of next week.

Yeah, I get that politicizing the DOJ is very bad. Maybe not as bad as a full-on fascist POTUS.

[JohnSJ]

1. NO!!!

[wryter2000]

4. Agreed

The last president interfered with the DOJ. Very bad.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

2. So you want Biden to act like Trump?

Interesting….

[wryter2000]

8. Lots of people here want us to start acting like Republicans

“If they fight dirty, we should, too.”

[AZSkiffyGeek]

11. Which tells me they really don't have a problem with fascism

They just want someone they like in charge.

[wryter2000]

19. I think they've given in to their frustration

Not thinking what that would look like or mean.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

25. That's it.

No action by a president could be more inappropriate than calling up the US Attorney General and demanding the prosecution of his political rival.

Thank goodness we have Joe Biden in the Oval Office.

[emulatorloo]

12. It is getting ridiculous. I am proud that Democrats respect the rule of law and the constitution.

[tinrobot]

17. That just sends the whole country into the sewer

Sometimes doing the right thing is more difficult.

[Kaleva]

3. No. Bad move.

[Raven123]

5. I support Garland.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. I believe 'protocol' says he should just let Garland do his job (nt)

[fightforfreedom]

7. Some DU members have lost all hope, it's depressing.

Be patient, the indictments are coming.

[emulatorloo]

9. No that is a horrible idea. Biden is right to be hands off. And Garland knows what he is doing.

He’s a solid experienced prosecutor.

If you have any spare time, you might want to read this article about Garland and his history and credentials:


THE INEVITABLE INDICTMENT OF DONALD TRUMP

Merrick Garland hasn't tipped his hand, but it's clear to me that he will bring charges against the former president.

By Franklin Foer

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/10/merrick-garland-donald-trump-investigation-indictment/671683/

[electric_blue68]

16. This article did increase my patience with AG Garland

[samsingh]

10. i think he should

[GreenWave]

13. This delay forces GQP to say if they would support a subpoena.

May hurt them to string IQ45 along in many races.

[elleng]

14. Yes. He's doing his job.

You are one of the 'many' who don't see or understand the work of the Department of Justice.

[Ocelot II]

15. A terrible idea! The DoJ is supposed to be independent of the White House,

and this would be the worst and dumbest thing Biden could do - it would be politically disastrous and could ruin his presidency. I can't think of anything Trumpier than threatening to fire the AG unless he immediately prosecutes a political adversary, even one that deserves prosecuting, and it smacks of the worst authoritarian tendencies of TFG and the GOP.

[relayerbob]

18. Absolutely not

Dumbest thing I've heard all week

[we can do it]

20. Yes you are. Biden is not drump.

[claudette]

21. Wouldn't be wise

That’s not part of Biden’s job.

[David__77]

22. He has every right to fire him. He heads the executive branch.

I’m not aware of any law that effectively makes the justice department separate from the executive branch.

[Justice matters.]

26. He will not do that during the ongoing case-building of a slam-dunk prosecution of stolen classified

documents, including some marked Top Secret, the alleged disappearance of some or many of them, and the clear Obstruction of Justice felony about refusing to return them ALL to the NARA.

While the $150,000 rat has been confronted with his own lying-to-the-fbi felony and offered a cooperation deal to reduce the length of his staying in jail for years to come.

Not going to do any impulsive move there. Trust Joe.

[Fiendish Thingy]

23. You are in the company of those against democracy

By supporting Biden demanding that Garland issue indictments (which is actually the role of the grand jury). That’s not how democracies work.

Now, if you feel strongly that Garland shouldn’t be AG, then you should call the WH and demand that Biden fire him.

[underthematrix]

24. NO. I think you should take a H.S. govt class and also visit the DOJ website

Outrage journalism like hate journalism is designed to emotionally manipulate you so you can't see what's really going on. The media wants you to be suspicious of the most professional ethical competent leadership team in the history of DOJ. And this is from someone who respected and admired former AG Eric Holder.

[Iggo]

27. I gave up trying to figure out a wa to filter out "Am I the only one..." threads.

But a boy can dream…

[pnwmom]

28. I disagree. That would be a Trump-style move. It would appear that Biden

was targeting a political opponent.