Roger Stone calls for Trump to seize total power if he loses the election

[brooklynite]

Media Matters

Roger Stone is making baseless accusations of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election and is urging Donald Trump to consider several draconian measures to stay in power, including having federal authorities seize ballots in Nevada, having FBI agents and Republican state officials “physically” block voting under the pretext of preventing voter fraud, using martial law or the Insurrection Act to carry out widespread arrests, and nationalizing state police forces.

Stone, a longtime confidant of the president, made the comments during a September 10 appearance on far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars network. On July 10, Trump commuted a 40-month prison sentence that was handed down to Stone after he was convicted of lying to Congress and tampering with witnesses as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into 2016 election interference. Namely, Stone lied to Congress about his contacts with WikiLeaks, which released hacked emails with the aim of boosting Trump’s prospects. In the weeks leading up to the commutation, Stone made a number of media appearances where he asked Trump to grant him clemency and said that in exchange, he could be a more effective campaigner for the president’s 2020 reelection efforts.

Stone’s efforts are now underway, and his aim appears to be to spread conspiracy theories about voter fraud and call for actions that would likely intimidate potential Joe Biden voters.

During his September 10 appearance on The Alex Jones Show, Stone declared that the only legitimate outcome to the 2020 election would be a Trump victory. He made this assertion on the basis of his entirely unfounded claim that early voting has been marred by widespread voter fraud.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Roger Stone is a threat to our democracy.

[Karadeniz]

2. This is fascism.

[Initech]

11. Fascism? I'd say this is borderline terrorism.

[Raven]

3. I think you're too hard on him, Peggy. He's only doing

what any red blooded, all American felon would do for the fellow felon who commuted his sentence.

[7wo7rees]

6. JFC - this guy is a true menace!

It's like a nightmare none of us can escape from, no matter how much good we try to do.

I've always believed love could conquer hate.....
Not feeling certain right now. Very sad for all of us.

[pwb]

4. We pretty much consider the source on this freak. nt.

[harumph]

5. drop like a stone - Stone

[Blue Owl]

7. He's' hitting the meth pipe again

Hard...

[VladmireTrumpkins]

8. How long before

some Jones fan with a gun decides to "save America" from Biden?

Isnt there some law against this kind of shit?

[Initech]

9. Alex Jones is a terrorist. Infowars is now a terrorist organization.

[Thekaspervote]

10. He blabbers worst than his idiot king! He has no legal right to seize ballots or block voting

[crickets]

12. Rudy Giuliani, Roger Stone, and trump himself are pushing conspiracies

and whipping up the populace. It's not election day yet, but they're already inciting voter intimidation and outright riots in real time, right now. It's disgusting.

[honest.abe]

13. This is a good sign.

It means they are convinced Trump will lose.

[superpatriotman]

14. The original Gerber baby

[lindysalsagal]

15. But.Her.Emails.

Seriously: This is the best surrogate the magat can scrape up. He's toast.

[Midnight Writer]

16. It's not "if he loses". He's talking about physically blocking voters from the polls before he loses

[progressive nobody]

17. This is why the weekend before the election I am getting my Mom stocked up with things

she needs and I am going to do the same for my house and Tuesday after I vote. (I am going in person.) and I will get last minute items but I am going into a lock down. around the 4 block radius I saw 3 Trump flags and 1 on my street 2 houses up from ours. Call me paranoid.