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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow is it possible we are living in an America where the president provokes insurrection.
Sometimes I feel like Ive fallen down some bizarre rabbit hole and landed in a hall of circus mirrors. If I wrote that people should liberate us from trump, or the American government, the secret service would be all over my ass.
He is at least calling for anarchy, at worst he is calling for the mass murder of Americans in states with democratic governors. These crazed gun toting right wing nuts will feel free to open fire on anyone who attempts to enforce the states closure rules. They will feel that trump has ordained their actions. That they have not only permission but duty.
You can just about hear the sermons being written now in evangelical offices all over the land. They will claim it gods messenger via trump to go out and liberate these democratically run states. Allow, demand, that everyone bathe in covid-19 as is their god given right, even duty.
It seems to me that trump has proven himself beyond a doubt of any sort that he is incapable of continuing his duty as president, that he has proven by his own words and actions to be a clear and present danger to Americans and America. He has by his own words violated, in the worst way possible, his oath of office and the constitution. Protect and Defend the constitution of the UNITED STATES,... all of the states. Not provoke conflict and strife, even insurrection.
It seems to me that any sworn officer should be justified in arresting trump, but in particular the Secret Service would seem appropriate given their access. Hopefully he goes peacefully.
Wow, did I just wake up in a hall of mirrors or what? Whats that hole above my head? Yikes.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)are in some dystopian movie, I think.
NRaleighLiberal
(59,940 posts)shanti
(21,672 posts)All going according to plan.
Chainfire
(17,310 posts)UpInArms
(51,253 posts)When I went to pick up my grocery order...
We passed a house where they were flying a trump flag ... I asked my son if he remembered anyone flying Obama flags ... he said no ...
So it made me start thinking that people fly all types of flags to show loyalty... the US flag, state flags, even sometimes a football team flag ... but ... a person?
It says that they are really equating trump in an entirely different way ...
It frightens me.
DBoon
(22,288 posts)We have over 30,000 people dead, we are digging mass graves in New York City
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE PROTESTING THE ONLY CONTROL WE HAVE AGAINST THIS DEADLY EPIDEMIC
WHAT IS WRONG WITH AMERICA?
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)It seems to me that any sworn officer should be justified in arresting trump, but in particular the Secret Service would seem appropriate given their access. Hopefully he goes peacefully.
Why are the authorities allowing this?
Treat him like any other citizen abd LOCK HIS ASS UP!
This bs of a person's wealth or position making it OK to instigate insurrection is not ok! IDGAF what his title is.
This is how we got to this point!
Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security? Someone in authority needs to stop this!
mobeau69
(11,079 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)They might start thinking twice about the loyalty they have toward their "messiah". Even members of Jim Jones' cult starting doubting him and wanting out at the very end once they realized that they were in a death cult.
Different Drummer
(7,532 posts)There are those among them who seriously feel Trump is The Second Coming.
AirmensMom
(14,600 posts)But actually, I felt like that when we moved to TN, and that was before our wonderful President Obama was elected. Then he was elected and it wasnt so much hell, at least for the country. Now everything is hell.
DEbluedude
(812 posts)This administration is the result of the their plan all along. Forty years of right-wing propaganda being spewed over the airwaves that brainwashed the electorate. Started with st. ronnie. Welfare Queens, the Other taking your jobs, limpballs' femi-nazis, etc. Fast-forward a few years to faux news. O'liely, hannity, ingraham and the rest of that degenerate gene pool. Now, it's two generations that have been dumbed down. It will take generations to change. It pisses me off to no end.