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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis popped up in my memories on FB. He's [Trump] been inciting violence since he was running to be
I do recall #Trumps dangerous comment. damn.
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This popped up in my memories on FB. Hes been inciting violence since he was running to be the Republican nominee. Apparently, they thought it was just rhetoric. But, his supporters know better, dont they?
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essaynnc
(801 posts)I remember back to when the crap and incitement and illegal and questionable crap flowed out of his pie hole ALMOST DAILY!!!
Tell me again why he can't be arrested for anything yet????
Inquiring minds want to know.....
KS Toronado
(17,325 posts)localroger
(3,631 posts)The biggest fish has the best protection legally, so the process always starts with turning the small fish and working their way up the fishery. If they go after the big fish too soon, it's apt to slip away.
KS Toronado
(17,325 posts)him and his followers claim he was just joking or we misunderstood him.
Crap the reQublicOns put out today is unbelievable to any sane person.
hadEnuf
(2,212 posts)History repeats itself.
Wednesdays
(17,409 posts)because no one was listening the first time.
hadEnuf
(2,212 posts)People still think it can't happen here even when it is happening right in front of their faces.
malaise
(269,158 posts)but for the most part M$Greedia and even Democratic Leadership never called him on it. They all thought ignoring it or suggesting it was a joke was the better option. He should have been stopped - he would have been if he were African-American or Muslim.
jaxexpat
(6,849 posts)It happens pretty much all the time. As soon as anybody starts talking sense, spotlighting the outrageous and dangerous rhetoric from the right. The cacophony of irrelevant, confused, oft repeated and baseless epitaphs from their on-staff apologists drowns the media in gibberish from which, for the average listener, there is no escape.
IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,818 posts)luckone
(21,646 posts)when people hear what he has to say.
Yeah so if you are AA Muslim Mexican or some other it was so good to hear they didnt support calling him out on hate because let him say this stuff its so horrible that its getting votes for the Dems
bucolic_frolic
(43,291 posts)grab all the goodies, overthrow the government, suspend all the laws, eliminate all your opposition, guess what? Violence and outright anarchy are your friend. They're still headed there. They see opportunity with COVID even at this advanced stage. There is no turning back for them. Prepare to hunker down.
LymphocyteLover
(5,654 posts)fucking got away with it
Snackshack
(2,541 posts)been doing this and as with everything else doesnt get called on it. Remember the debate between him and HRC it was like he was stalking her on stage being very aggressive and disrespectful towards her the entire time.
I still think he tried his best to infect President Biden at their debate. He had COVID when that debate occurred. He wasnt tested because he got to the debate site to late to test him
Had the insurgents found the Speaker or Vice President on 6 Jan. DT would have stood there in that tent in front of the TV next to his Romba like daughter and done fist pumps in air as the crowd dispatched either or both the Speaker and VP.
I have always pushed back on comparisons between him and Hitler but after this past year seeing the things he has done I have no doubts that given the power and the means to do as he pleased as Hitler was able to do after the fire DT would not hesitate to do a night of the long knives and then a follow on program of cleansing like we have seen in more recent times in Africa and the Balkans.
PatSeg
(47,600 posts)He usually pretends he was just kidding afterward, a frequent and convenient copout when he crosses the line.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,791 posts)She mentioned "2nd Amendment remedies" as a solution to problems that might arise. When challenged to clarify her statement, she would run away. COWARD.
TFG was listening!
Niagara
(7,661 posts)It was August 9, 2016.
This had always been my response.
llashram
(6,265 posts)he promised to pay for fines and court costs. Is he doing this with his mob of traitors now? I truly doubt it. He is THE classic narcissistic sociopath. Only his worthless ass is important to him. GOD!!! This guy is disgusting and a waste of oxygen.
CrispyQ
(36,518 posts)I'm still hoping he'll croakthe sooner the better.
2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)that he tried to incite the crowd to harm Katy Tur of MSNBC and she had to be escorted out for her own safety. Bastard. He was a loathsome toad when he was just a celebrity real estate fraud in New York.
StarryNite
(9,460 posts)He knows them well. He knows this is why they worship him.
IronLionZion
(45,530 posts)from his rallies back in 2016, to boys grabbing girls in school, to Qanon and Pizzagate type violence, all the way through to the Capitol insurrection.
Many of us called it out from the beginning but far too many treated it like a joke.
tanyev
(42,616 posts)What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time? No one seriously thinks the results will change, the official said. He went golfing this weekend. Its not like hes plotting how to prevent Joe Biden from taking power on Jan. 20. Hes tweeting about filing some lawsuits, those lawsuits will fail, then hell tweet some more about how the election was stolen, and then hell leave.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/10/whats-downside-humoring-him-gop-officials-unintentionally-revealing-quote-about-trump-era/
I do hope that anonymous senior Republican official was in the Capitol on Jan. 6 and crapped his (probably his) pants in terror.
malaise
(269,158 posts)He was fomenting a coup - give thanks it was crushed