More than half of Senate Democrats are calling on Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign after he was indicted on explosive federal bribery charges last week.

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    1 year ago

    To be fair both sides did let him slide the last time he was tried for corruption

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        1 year ago

        I was furious as an NJ resident that he wasn’t prosecuted.

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      1 year ago

      To be fair, he is being prosecuted by a Democratic administration and was let slide during the Trump admin

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        1 year ago

        He was not punished by either side. The Senate as a whole dropped the ball.

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          1 year ago

          The legal case failed on a hung jury and the voters chose him again in the primary. What the fuck was the Senate supposed to do