Originally published at: Trump idolizes Al Capone in lament over multiple indictments | Boing Boing
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…said the man who boasted about being a tax cheat during a political debate.
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TBF, Capone was a lot better at inspiring loyalty, hiding his crimes, and probably keeping his mouth shut.
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I am totally fine with seeing if Trump can hold up as legendarily as Capone did in Alcatraz.
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I would be in favor of reopening Alcatraz for a fair comparison
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I was going to do an impression of his praising Capone, but seeing the quote I acknowledge that satire can’t top reality.
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Finally, he’d have his Trump Tower in San Francisco, with a room on Broadway!
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Gee what a great idea to lump one’s self in with a murderer, a serial bank robber, and a notorious organized crime boss figure during a Presidential Election.
Sure he’s done it before to cry victim but coming out full gangster and proud is just wow. The cosplay is complete.
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Well, he has another one up on Capone, being indirectly responsible for between 500,000 and 1,000,000 people dying of Covid. Capone only managed to kill 200 or so.
What a Bigly Loser!
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Italian-Americans can just start referring to him as “Al Coglione”.
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History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
The fuck does that mean?!—Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire
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Capone was sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion. Do you want to four-up Capone in that way, too? If you insist on a 44 year prison sentence for your crimes related to tax evasion I’m sure the judge will take your request into consideration. [Capone was released after 8 years for medical reasons, so if you only want to ask for 32 years I’d accept that too.]
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And was he crying when he thanked Trump?
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So, it looks like my allusion to Trump as Capone (in The Untouchables) lambasting the courts last week outside the courtroom had legs.
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If only Al Capone were smart enough to run for public office when he knew the indictment was coming, then he could claim “election interference” and avoid jail time.
/s
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Well, Trump’s mentor, the disgraced, disbarred lawyer Roy Cohn, did work for the mafia. Seems like Trump learned a thing or two.
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Trump treats his underlings about the same as Capone also.
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Even that major trial went fairly quickly:
- March 13, 1931 - Capone charged with income tax evasion
- June 5, 1931 - indicted by a federal grand jury on 22 counts of income tax evasion, released on bail
- June 16, 1931 - Capone pleaded guilty to income tax evasion and 5,000 Volstead Act violations (prohibition)
- October 17, 1931 - Capone was convicted on five counts of income tax evasion
- May 1932 - Capone was sent to Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary. Capone was officially diagnosed with syphilis and gonorrhoea. He was also experiencing withdrawal symptoms from cocaine addiction.
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Minus the physical exertion part, of course.
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Just in time for Halloween.
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