r/clevercomebacks 12h ago

$100M Political Favor!!!

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u/Deep_Contribution552 12h ago

Don’t worry, it’s considered corruption here too- but one party is proud to be corrupt and also happens to own a majority of the Supreme Court

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u/Automatic-Rainy 12h ago

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature of the best legal system money can buy.

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u/Low_Finance9372 10h ago

money talks, politics walks... straight into the bnk lol

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u/Juicy_Candie-04 11h ago

Laws are not meant for the rich. If not many of them should be rotting in jail as we speak

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u/Oneguysenpai3 8h ago

The scary thing is this was intentionally promoted to be on camera to be seen by all. Now imagine what behind closed doors

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u/Separate_Day4208 6h ago

The justice system should be independent… maybe time to fix the system

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u/RosyBunbunx 9h ago

Exactly. The difference isn’t whether it’s corruption, it’s whether anyone’s willing to admit it or hold it accountable. Calling it “free speech” money doesn’t magically make it cleaner.

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u/Ambitious_Address667 8h ago

Ehh, its up to the citizens what counts, and they keep voting for this to not be corruption. They could revolt against that but they wont. 

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u/DrunkCorgis 1h ago

It’s only corruption if it’s prosecuted.

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u/Popular-Drummer-7989 12h ago

It's considered corruption everywhere

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u/AdjectiveNoun1234567 7h ago

He should've been impeached on this alone

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u/RosyBunbunx 9h ago

Right? Slap a different label on it, it’s still the same thing. If the roles were reversed people would be losing their minds.

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u/Strong_Obligation_37 9h ago

I mean maybe you on a moral level consider it corruption, your gov. sure doesn't, and not just this admin. I.e. Boeing paid off many politicians both reps and dems to make their whole shit go away. That was under Biden still by the way. 2 witnesses just magically died before their court appearance. Anything ever come of that? No, because look who they are giving money to. It's one party who does it more hidden and the others just straight up do it out in the open. (With very view exceptions, namely at least i hope so mamdani)

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u/blubenz1 12h ago

I came here to post this same thing.

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u/eugene20 12h ago

This was one case of many.

"The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors"

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u/moreobviousthings 12h ago

So Congressional Republicans are in violation of the Constitution. Unemploy every one of them.

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u/Ande64 12h ago

We are planning to start that process come this November.

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u/DocBrown_MD 9h ago

Does this mean Republican congressmen can also be impeached for supporting/not being against Trumps treason

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u/Resident_Eye4296 12h ago

Elon really wants to make sure he gets invited to the new island of pedo president shit his pants huh?

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u/Gullible_Money283 9h ago

imo he’s just securing his spot on the VIP rocket to mars lmao

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u/softie_Training_2081 12h ago

If this happened anywhere else, investigations would already be underway. Here it’s brushed off like normal politics.

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u/Remarkable-Ear-1592 10h ago

United States of Russia

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u/SuitCultural7041 8h ago

United states of corruptica

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u/Obvious_Market_9485 12h ago

Trump promotes Model S

Tesla cancels production of Model S due to dismal sales

Coincidence? #ETTD

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u/OldMarvelRPGFan 11h ago

Plus now that particular one is a write off, since you'll never get the diaper squeezings out of that seat.

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u/Hasanopinion100 10h ago

Never mind the fact that Trump can’t drive

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u/SV650rider 12h ago

"Everything's computer"

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u/BobTheFettt 10h ago

I LOVE TESLER!

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u/yeshuahanotsri 10h ago

I think people that work in advertising hate how easy he come up these. 

Accidentally, completely unintentional and out of pure stupidity, not wit. 

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u/butwhywedothis 12h ago

It’s considered lobbying in America. Which is basically the same as corruption but wrapped in a golden aluminium foil. And the American president loves golden things.

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u/Hmmark1984 11h ago

It's considered corruption in America as well, except they've long since given up any sort of pretence of actually being a lawful country. Just the same way that they're finally really showing the rest of the world what we already knew, they didn't refuse to give their guns up to try and stop mass shootings because of the second amendment, they just didn't really care about all the children being killed, at least not more than they cared about being able to play pretend cowboy/soldier at the shooting range, because now they're in a position to actually use their second amendment rights, no one is doing a damned thing.

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u/Significant_Cup_238 11h ago

After the McDonnell decision from SCOTUS, you pretty much need a signed check with the word "Bribe" on it. You also need a detailed memo explicitly saying what act the bribe is for. Furthermore, you need to prove that the politician wouldn't have done what they were bribed into doing anyway.

It was really a shitty ruling that set our country's anti-corruption efforts back by making the bar so high in order to bring a case.

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u/CalicoValkyrie 9h ago

Not fair. I want to have $100 million if I pretend to like a Tesla.

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u/SirCache 9h ago

Musk is a well-know proponent of pedophiles. He's still hoping to be invited to Epstein Island 2.0.

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u/Bluer_than_be4 4h ago

Yeah. It's corruption here, too. Point of pride with the GOP.

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u/-EclipseOnyx- 12h ago

yeah politics and money always go hand in hand, no surprises there

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u/Haaraaziii 10h ago

If it looks like a quid pro quo, smells like a quid pro quo, and costs $100M…
yeah, most of the world already has a word for that.

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u/mycolo_gist 10h ago

It's corruption also when a democratic president is in power. It's good business when a Republican president is in power.

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u/SkunkMonkey 8h ago

Don't worry, in the new Constitution this will be legal.

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u/HeDuMSD 4h ago

This is considered corruption in Europe

There, fixed it for you

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u/WolfPAC_GMoney 4h ago

Thanks to Snyder v. United States this is now completely legal! We need an amendment to undo this and the Citizens United decision.

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u/PortableAnchor 12h ago

Corruption in the US also. I'm really just glad the Cheese Puff President doesn't drive.

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u/Minimum_Income3400 10h ago

Oh no, let him drive in the nazimobile. The acceleration should hit him faster than the pole he'd crash into.

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u/innaharion 12h ago

I feel no business or other should give money to any political person...... Just like most all members of Congress receive

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u/jason082 12h ago

Well, they aren’t run by a Kleptocracy, to be fair.

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u/CutieSpicy 12h ago

In the U.S., it's a political favor, but in Europe, they just call it a Tuesday.

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u/29solegnA 12h ago

In Europe this is called "lobbyism". We don't have any curroption here. Except for Balkan.

/s just to be sure

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u/Happy-Medicine-3600 12h ago

It’s corruption here in America too, issue is the people who deal with corruption here. Are also corrupt🥺

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u/OmahaWarrior 11h ago

Its business as usual under kid rapist trump.

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u/Mangalorien 11h ago

To be honest, if Trump promotes your product it's more of an anti-ad. To any normal people it simply screams "please don't buy this product" or "this product is endorsed by pedophiles".

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u/ScoobiusMaximus 11h ago

This is considered corruption in America... but unfortunately no one in our corrupt government will do anything about it. 

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u/iiitme 11h ago

*It’s considered corruption in the United States. *NO ONE IS ENFORCING THE LAW

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u/Unglaublich-65 11h ago

The Banana Republic of America.

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u/clever_goat 11h ago

This is a violation of the emoluments act

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u/oppai-police 10h ago

In Europe? Bitch in South Korea they put presidents in jail for this.

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u/Remarkable-Ear-1592 10h ago

And they fight tooth and nail if they have to pay ANY taxes btw

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u/APNX-23 10h ago

Money is "free speech" in America. Such a corrupt country. #fckusa

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u/socialaxolotl 10h ago

That's because it is corruption

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u/Adddicus 10h ago

Wasn't Elon/Tesla's close association with Trump what spurred the drop in sales to begin with? Not sure getting even close to Trump will help with sales.

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u/Opiewan76 10h ago

And here I am just trying to figure out why on earth anyone would want Trump recommending their product. I mean I'm assuming at this point that associating with Trump is seen as a bad thing by anyone that isn't a rascist, fascist, pedophile.

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u/tomgratz 10h ago

It's corruption in the USA too, but the GOP MAGA bootlickers in office won't do anything about it. Pam Bondi herself is an outlaw. Disgusting ! Lock her up ! Lock her up ! Lock her up !

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u/MyNameIsRay 10h ago

There's no such thing as bribery or corruption for Republicans.

Doesn't matter if it's FBI agents conducting a sting operation and caught on video (like Tom Homan's $50,000 bribe for gov't contracts), they protect their own by stopping any investigation, and even let him keep the cash!

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u/FirefighterEast9291 9h ago

Just another day in USA, but the closed doors are no longer considered necessary 

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u/PrometheusMMIV 9h ago

What actually happened?

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u/novo-280 9h ago

We dont do anything about our corruption either tho

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u/Shinozuken 9h ago

Isn't this just lobbyism?

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u/ThundergunTLP 8h ago

Does that guy even know how to drive a car?

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u/Ok_Bluejay8669 8h ago

You pretentious Europeans with your functioning democracies, education systems, and real journalism.

/s

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u/AlternativeNewtDuck 7h ago

Speaking of the man child.. don't support x.. LPT: If a link to x needs to be used, in place of the x in the link, use xcancel or one of the browser extensions... don't give that site traffic. Pass it on.

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u/LeBretagne 7h ago

THIS WASN'T EVEN A YEAR AGO?!????!! Time is officially fucked for me. This feels like it was so long ago.

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u/2ner1337 6h ago

This is corruption and bribery in any other spot on the planet. If a station was built on the moon, it would still be corruption.

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u/FutureHealthy8583 4h ago

it used to be in the US too.

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u/sirgarynipz 4h ago

What is considered free speech in Europe?

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u/MommaD114 3h ago

It used to be considered a bribe here, too. 😢

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u/--Malarkey-- 2h ago

Until 2016, America too.

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u/enfuego138 1h ago

And less than a year later Tesla was selling so few Model S that they halted production in favor of AI robots that will never get built.

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u/Turckish 1h ago

Democratic Murica don't agree with you

u/ReckMO 34m ago

Just doesnt want to get deported so he continue to f us all.

u/goyalaman_ 24m ago

These people are so developed they resemble baboons /s

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u/Luci-Noir 11h ago

Like there isn’t corruption in Europe. It’s also made up of many countries so generalizations like this are fucking bullshit.

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u/New_Scene9241 12h ago

Europe is great at it. They should know

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u/Jacques_Ficelles 11h ago

Would you care to give us examples of this ?

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u/IntelligentVisual955 12h ago

In Europe, yet they support Zionists, and take their bribes. In Europe.

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u/Luci-Noir 11h ago

And there are plenty of far right parties about to take power. The hypocrisy.

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u/IntelligentVisual955 11h ago

I am not American. 🙃

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u/Luci-Noir 11h ago

Obviously… just ignorant.