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riversedge

(70,305 posts)
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 07:50 AM Aug 2021

This 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. He’s been inciting violence since he was running to be the Republican nominee. Apparently, they thought it was just rhetoric. But, his supporters know better, don’t they?



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This popped up in my memories on FB. He's [Trump] been inciting violence since he was running to be (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2021 OP
Every time I see something like this... essaynnc Aug 2021 #1
Our Justice system goes after the biggest fish last ??? KS Toronado Aug 2021 #3
It always has localroger Aug 2021 #11
He does shit like this and when called out... KS Toronado Aug 2021 #2
We keep making excuses why we can't reign in this type of behavior. hadEnuf Aug 2021 #7
History repeats itself Wednesdays Aug 2021 #18
I know. We've fought wars with people who started out just like Trump has. hadEnuf Aug 2021 #22
Many DUers asked about his calls to his terrorists malaise Aug 2021 #4
"Bingo!" goes to Malaise. jaxexpat Aug 2021 #13
"...he would have been if he were African-American or Muslim." IrishAfricanAmerican Aug 2021 #16
Thank you ! Another I heard from a certain crowd was let him talk it brings more votes for Hillary luckone Aug 2021 #24
If you're going to bucolic_frolic Aug 2021 #5
He was such an evil monster in the 2016 campaign and I will never not be mad about how he LymphocyteLover Aug 2021 #6
He has always Snackshack Aug 2021 #8
Oh yes, I remember that well PatSeg Aug 2021 #9
When Sharron Angle was running for the Senate in Nevada.... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2021 #10
I remember this like it was yesterday. Niagara Aug 2021 #12
++ llashram Aug 2021 #15
from the very first llashram Aug 2021 #14
To bad the Covid didn't take him out. CrispyQ Aug 2021 #17
+1 nt LittleGirl Aug 2021 #20
I will never forget the time when he first ran 2Gingersnaps Aug 2021 #19
Dog whistle to his followers. StarryNite Aug 2021 #21
People pretended to be surprised when his supporters committed violence this whole time IronLionZion Aug 2021 #23
Nov 2020, anonymous senior Republican official: "What's the downside of humoring him?" tanyev Aug 2021 #25
Guess he has the answer now malaise Aug 2021 #26

essaynnc

(801 posts)
1. Every time I see something like this...
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 07:54 AM
Aug 2021

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.....

localroger

(3,631 posts)
11. It always has
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 09:02 AM
Aug 2021

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)
2. He does shit like this and when called out...
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 07:59 AM
Aug 2021

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)
22. I know. We've fought wars with people who started out just like Trump has.
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 10:55 AM
Aug 2021

People still think it can't happen here even when it is happening right in front of their faces.

malaise

(269,158 posts)
4. Many DUers asked about his calls to his terrorists
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 08:19 AM
Aug 2021

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)
13. "Bingo!" goes to Malaise.
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 09:31 AM
Aug 2021

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.

luckone

(21,646 posts)
24. Thank you ! Another I heard from a certain crowd was let him talk it brings more votes for Hillary
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 11:11 AM
Aug 2021

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 didn’t support calling him out on hate because let him say this stuff it’s so horrible that it’s getting votes for the Dems

bucolic_frolic

(43,291 posts)
5. If you're going to
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 08:24 AM
Aug 2021

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)
6. He was such an evil monster in the 2016 campaign and I will never not be mad about how he
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 08:25 AM
Aug 2021

fucking got away with it

Snackshack

(2,541 posts)
8. He has always
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 08:44 AM
Aug 2021

been doing this and as with everything else doesn’t 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 wasn’t 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)
9. Oh yes, I remember that well
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 08:45 AM
Aug 2021

He usually pretends he was just kidding afterward, a frequent and convenient copout when he crosses the line.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,791 posts)
10. When Sharron Angle was running for the Senate in Nevada....
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 08:51 AM
Aug 2021

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!

llashram

(6,265 posts)
14. from the very first
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 09:47 AM
Aug 2021

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.

2Gingersnaps

(1,000 posts)
19. I will never forget the time when he first ran
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 10:19 AM
Aug 2021

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.

IronLionZion

(45,530 posts)
23. People pretended to be surprised when his supporters committed violence this whole time
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 10:59 AM
Aug 2021

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)
25. Nov 2020, anonymous senior Republican official: "What's the downside of humoring him?"
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 11:22 AM
Aug 2021
Speaking about President Trump’s and his legal team’s myriad and baseless claims of massive voter fraud, an anonymous senior Republican official offered a rhetorical shrug.

“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. It’s not like he’s plotting how to prevent Joe Biden from taking power on Jan. 20. He’s tweeting about filing some lawsuits, those lawsuits will fail, then he’ll tweet some more about how the election was stolen, and then he’ll 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.
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