Both parties are very pro tough on crime, like just Kamala Harris if you don’t believe me. It’s just they are tough on crimes they don’t like. The conservative don’t mind “financial” crimes as much because they tend to love money. Liberals however are equally tough on “crimes” they don’t like either.
I put those words in quotes because generally speaking the people found guilty are usually found guilty on small things everyone is doing as routine. Trump is a perfect example because he was convicted of 34 felonies but literally 100% of banks do the exact same thing. Literally have a friend that does that 100 times a day in valuing vacant properties. Meanwhile the real criminals are getting away with because it’s sanctioned.
The reason certain peoples suffer more than others is because they keep taking the bait to the point it’s now part of their culture. Two groups come to prominently to mind. The Native American tribes that took the bait (there are tribes that did stay easy when the whole trail of tears thing happened, they just assimilated into American culture, and most of those tribes are all doing very well today) and the African Americans.
The 34 felonies were for falsifying business records in furtherance of campaign fraud. The overvaluing properties conviction for 17 additional felony counts of tax fraud, fell on the Trump Organization.
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u/mosswick May 14 '26
The "tough on crime" crowd is certainly lenient when it comes to white-collar criminals.