How can Republicans say the Clintons had to testify or be held in contempt, but Pam Bondi doesn't have to testify?

[Chasstev365]

Another example that Democrats must be held to account to the letter of the law, while for Republicans following the law or not is their prerogative.

I'm so fucking tired of this.

[Whip-poor-will]

1. The court

The supremacist court just told Bannon he can still play the system with his Congressional no show so she can count on their backing..

This whole "government" is a criminal enterprise with the child rapist directing the action and controlling the evidence.

[sop]

2. The rule of law doesn't apply to the Trump administration.

[OhioBack2Blue]

6. Stated that way reinforces that idea that Rs don't have to...

...how about:

Republicons use, abuse, and piss on laws, just like everything else they do.

And, since they want a king/ daddy / dictator to tell them how to feel & think, why don't they get back on the pilgrim ship and go back to England/ or sail to Qatar/ Saudia Arabia?
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NB: My god, MAGA really is a White, male, fascist, BDSM, sexualized assault death cult.

[Emile]

3. The power of the magic R.

[Botany]

4. Because they are Republicans. They are without ethics, being bound by our laws be them state or national ..

laws, or bothered by hypocrisy. Steve Scalise got saved by a black lesbian law enforcement agent
from a deranged gunman and he still votes to make her a second class citizen they chased after
Bill Clinton for consensual sex relationship but Donald Trump’s multiple rapes, sexual assaults, and
sex trafficking actions don’t raise any problems for them.

Btw one of the best men I have ever known just a little was the Governor of PA Ray Shafer who was
a Republican. Gingrich, the super rich, Nixon and his shits, and so on have made that kind of Republican
extinct. Trump is an example of what has happened when all the right’s toxins festers.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Easy

Hypocrisy

Double Standard

Do as I say, not as I do.

[LymphocyteLover]

7. just remember-- IOKIYAR

everything Republicans do is legitimate to them, no matter how contradictory, dishonest, dumb, hypocritical or illegal.

But EVERYTHING Dems do is illegitimate.

The GOP is fucking exhausting.

[MadameButterfly]

14. That's the definition of narcissism

In the Republican party you either are a narcissist, or you become one, or you leave. The good ones have left.

[hvn_nbr_2]

29. You beat me to it. nt

[QueerDuck]

8. Hint: It begins with "H" and ends with...

..."ypocrisy"

[SocialDemocrat61]

9. Hypocrisy

[AverageOldGuy]

10. How can they do it?

Easy.

They are Republicans. It's what they are.

[Joinfortmill]

11. The 'Day of Reckining' for the Republicans is coming. The GOP is gonna be deader than a doornail

[Scrivener7]

12. I really hope so.

[intheflow]

13. This is why I said at the time HRC shouldn't have given

her deposition. Republicans routinely ignore them, sitting for them only served to give cover for their performative bullshit.

[MadameButterfly]

15. But she would have been prosecuted.

Dems don't do that to Republicans. That needs to change.

[Martin Eden]

19. Like all the Benghazi hearings, Rethugs figure if they blow enough smoke

A lot of voters will conclude there must be fire.

[surfered]

16. They have different rules for this game. If we do it, it's a crime. If they do it, it's ok, even patriotic.

[modrepub]

17. Wilhoit's Law

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. - Frank Wilhoit

https://slate.com/business/2022/06/wilhoits-law-conservatives-frank-wilhoit.html

[usonian]

26. Thank you for beating me to this!!

Asymmetry is the mark of these hypocrites.

[Martin Eden]

18. "How can Republicans say...?"

In case you haven't noticed, hypocrisy and lies are their stock in trade.

[Chasstev365]

20. Oh, I know it. I'm asking how they get away with it in the minds of voters.

[Martin Eden]

22. Yeah, I knew it was a rhetorical question

The answer is a bit more complicated, but I think it boils down to conditioning. Others here are correct when they say Republicans play by a different set of rules. The corporate media has consistently failed to call out their hypocrisy and lies for so long -- while nitpicking Democrats for every little thing -- that this double standard has become normalized.

Very much like the Bannon strategy for Trump;
Flood the zone with feces.

It gets so overwhelming that his lies and actions that would have spelled the end of any other political career have become normalized.

"Oh, that's just Trump being Trump."
Maybe so, but what Trump IS should be abhorrent to every decent human being and voter with at least half a brain.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. Yeppers.

It boggles the mind.

[Attilatheblond]

23. Seem to recall a Clinton friend or associate who refused a congressional subpeona being jailed for quite a while

One more example of political parties being treated differently by 'the law'.

[MustLoveBeagles]

24. Susan McDougall?

[Attilatheblond]

25. Ah, so I am not the only one who remembers things GOP pols want us to forget

Remind me to buy you a taco sometime!

[MustLoveBeagles]

27. Okay

🌮

[usonian]

28. Wilhoit's Law. See #17

Wilhoit's law.

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

I slept late, for a change!
Thanks, modrepub

[ColoringFool]

30. Rhetorical, Right?

[Chasstev365]

33. Absolutely

[creeksneakers2]

31. Great question!

I wondered the same thing.

[BlueTsunami2018]

32. What do you mean, how?

This is what they do. It’s all very easy if no one ever holds you accountable.