Trump Tweets Video Declaring That 'The Only Good Democrat Is A Dead Democrat'

[turbinetree]

By Cristina Cabrera
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May 28, 2020 10:01 a.m.

President Donald Trump early Thursday morning retweeted a video of one of his supporters declaring that Trump’s political opponents ought to be dead.


“Thank you Cowboys,” Trump tweeted with the video posted by Cowboys for Trump, which shows Couy Griffin, the group’s leader, ranting about Democrats in violent terms during a gathering at a New Mexico church on May 17.

“I’ve come to a place where I’ve come to a conclusion where the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat,” Griffin said as the crowd cheered.

The Trump supporter insisted he wasn’t talking “in a physical sense.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-tweets-video-saying-that-the-only-good-democrat-is-a-dead-democrat

Hey assholes it is against the law to threaten someone, anyone with physical violence..........and that asshole with cow boy hat is threatening a lot of people...............and you and him should be thrown in jail...........and then trying to walk back the comments don't fucking fly.....................LOCK HIS ASS UP.................

[samnsara]

1. can we sue him somehow?

[SCantiGOP]

2. You can sue anybody

This suit would last about 15 seconds in court.

There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of comments here advocating that trump supporters get together, go to rallies, attend the RNC convention, etc, all premised on the idea that many will get sick and die. Should all of those posters be subject to lawsuits?

[SoCalNative]

3. C'mon Jack Twitter

remove his post

[katmondoo]

4. So this is his plan: kill over half of Americans and become King

[roamer65]

8. That won't happen.

I guarantee it.

You will see secession first.

[Iliyah]

5. And what does twitter do? . . .

nothing.

[2naSalit]

7. They stand to benefit

so of course not.

[mitch96]

6. So if someone tweets a call for murder it's ok? If the prez does it is its now ok?? nt

[not_the_one]

10. NEW RULES (credit to Bill Maher)

The turd can do anything. And can't even be investigated for it.

Welcome to the NEW United States of Trumpistan.

[SoonerPride]

9. If I posted I wanted trump to die but said I didn't mean it in the physical sense would the SS mind?

that little caveat didn't make much sense to me.

[C_U_L8R]

11. But if someone posted dead Trumps, the idiot reichwing would have a cow

Not to mention someone would get a visit from the Secret Service.

Why do these assclowns get away with death threats???

[Hav]

12. I think this is what some call stochastic terrorism

Put it out there but don't get your hands dirty while you hope that the most unstable part of the population takes it into their own hands.
Trump is doing these kind of things again and again.

[TreasonousBastard]

15. stochastic terrorism is a real thing...

And it's been around for a long time.

[smirkymonkey]

19. It has already cost lives and this asshole is responsible.

I think we are going to see a lot more of it.

[RussBLib]

13. our president is sick, sick, sick

He's already stood by while 100,000 died from the virus, now, presumably, he would stand by while Democrats get gunned down in the streets?

This is our president? November cannot come soon enough.

[SayItLoud]

14. Report him. Everyone with a twitter account that doesn't just enables him. NT

[IronLionZion]

16. But he doesn't have a political agenda, so it's not terrorism

Terrorists never look like this:

[rockfordfile]

40. Another timothy McVeigh

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Couy Griffin, using a CHURCH to push for murder and civil war. Fake christian. . . . nt

[alp227]

32. Tax churches that engage in political activity!

From the IRS:

In 1954, Congress approved an amendment by Sen. Lyndon Johnson to prohibit 501(c)(3) organizations, which includes charities and churches, from engaging in any political campaign activity. To the extent Congress has revisited the ban over the years, it has in fact strengthened the ban. The most recent change came in 1987 when Congress amended the language to clarify that the prohibition also applies to statements opposing candidates.

Currently, the law prohibits political campaign activity by charities and churches by defining a 501(c)(3) organization as one "which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office."

[duhneece]

18. I posted about 'my' County Commissioner

Maybe because this is ‘my’ County Commissioner, speaking in a church (!) “...the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat...”, and I’m running for State Senate, I’m horrified. First when Commissioner said it and now to have trump tweet it. Is this the most open, blatant call to kill Democrats? https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213474444

[ElementaryPenguin]

20. That act alone would destroy most any political career! We have asshole fatigue!!

He's such a monstrous dickhead!!!

[duhneece]

22. But the 'supporter' he's quoting is my County Commissioner

And his supporters love him and his ‘Cowboys for Trump.’ He’s gaining supporters here in south central New Mexico. That’s another reason I’m running for State Senate.

[dameatball]

21. Does this mean he is no longer mad at Kathy Griffin?

[Stuart G]

23. This indeed is one of the stupider things he has done.

Not the stupidest, but quite stupid. Yes, he has broken down..

[DallasNE]

24. This Reminds Me Of Sarah Palin

Pasting gun targets over about 17 congressional districts, including Gabby Gifford's Arizona district and look how that turned out. This is just one example of how inciting can turn out and it IS "in a physical sense". And for the President to be distributing this to 80 million people is beyond the pale. I guess 100,000 dead on his watch isn't enough!

[samsingh]

25. disgusting traitor

[Mr. Ected]

26. Joe Biden - A President for ALL Americans

Because anything less is FASCIST.

[Stuart G]

27. I realized this is it..Reason for republicans to critacize Trump...

[Salviati]

29. They won't though.

[Stuart G]

30. Yes, they will. That tweet goes against all fairness and "correctness" in political campaigns.

[Salviati]

31. Along with every other damn thing this administration does.

There is no straw that will break the elephants back.

The currently elected members of the republican party do not care one whit for fairness or correctness.

I mean, I'd like to be wrong, but I'm not expecting to be.

[stillcool]

38. I'd like for you to be wrong too...

but they're all in, up to their eyeballs. Not one thing has been done that they have been averse to. They're the ones who orchestrate which judges to pick, which regulations to make go away, which agencies to kneecap. Trump doesn't know enough about government, to know what to destroy and what to leave alone...except for his all-things-Obama fixation. The Republican Party, and the mega-wealth that owns them, are all in.

[warmfeet]

28. All hat, no cattle.

These assholes are all bluster, but have no real substance to them. They live in fear and they always will.
Fuck'em all.

[bucolic_frolic]

33. incitement

disloyalty to half the citizens of America, and therefore the State and the idea of the U.S.A. itself

[RainCaster]

34. So- DFT wants to protect us from hate speech like this?

Or only when somebody else does it?

[milestogo]

35. HE IS TOTALLY UNFIT FOR OFFICE.

And the Republicans who support this asshole are as bad as he is.

[randr]

36. I swear to God that if I live long enough

I will piss on his grave.

[Catherine Vincent]

37. That ahole knew what he was saying

Right after, he tries to play it off. Why not just say something like "a good democrat is a political dead democrat", if that's what he meant.

[Cha]

39. BLOTUS is PROJECTING AGAIN!