Trump says he would put down riots on election night 'very quickly'

[sabra]

Source: The Hill

President Trump said Thursday that he would “very quickly” stifle riots on Election Night if Democrats organize protests against his potential victory, suggesting he would do so by employing a law allowing him to deploy active-duty troops domestically.

“We’ll put them down very quickly if they do that. We have the right to do that, we have the power to do that if we want,” Trump told Fox News host Jeanine Pirro when asked how he would stop potential riots on election night should he win.

“Look, it’s called insurrection. We just send in and we do it, very easy. I mean, it’s very easy. I’d rather not do that because there’s no reason for it, but if we had to we’d do that and put it down within minutes,” Trump continued.

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The president’s interview with Pirro was taped Thursday but is expected to air Saturday evening.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/516020-trump-says-he-would-put-down-riots-on-election-night-very-quickly

[ellie]

1. God.

He is such a fake, tough guy.

[Submariner]

2. This part of the "I don't want to cause a panic" approach

sounds like a quick move towards civil war. This f***ing guy is nuts.

[Laelth]

3. Nazi. n/t

-Laelth

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Trump's been the insurrection all along

Notice how America ain't America anymore?

And if he loses the celebration will last for months. What's he gonna do about that?

[Tanuki]

5. "if Democrats organize protests..."

What if his MAGA maniacs "organize protests" when Biden wins?

[Grokenstein]

12. Then he'll just smirk and reject any responsibility.

You know, standard operating procedure for a mobbed-up traitor.

[LiberalLovinLug]

19. Worse....What if his MAGA maniacs "organize protests".....even IF Trump wins?

And by "protests" I mean armed thugs, bursting with confidence now that their Adolf has ensured 4 more years, at least. And them deciding on ridding the country once and for all of libtards, antifa, immigrants, and queers, while they are still on their Trump election high. Counting on their Fuhrer to pardon any of them if charged with murder.

Especially if there is any doubt in the results. They will be allowed to roam the streets with automatic weapons, and work with police, and the armed forces to weed out anyone who has a problem with the results.

[Ingersollman]

23. And

don't forget us atheists. They'll be gunning for us, too.

[LiberalLovinLug]

30. Amen brother!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. There'd be a march on DC within days like never before. Would that qualify as a riot/insurrection?

[groundloop]

7. In tRumpland, yes it would.

[SWBTATTReg]

8. Again, full of BS as usual. And I laugh because he wishes that his victory would happen. It won't.

He'll go down w/ one of the biggest losses in election history. Maybe closer in EC numbers (but still losing) and definitely losing by popular vote by bigger margins.

Good joke (but of course, w/ Pirro, who's a joke all by herself).

[Javaman]

9. he's such a cowardly piece of shit. nt

[Moostache]

10. I got news for Trumpy Bear...

Just fucking try it asshat.
You'll get yourself bitch-slapped like Billy Bob Thornton in "Tombstone".

Go ahead, skin that smoke wagon and see what happens....
(slap)
Tired of your gas, now jerk that pistol and go to work...
(slap)
I said throw down BOY!
(slap)
You gonna do something? or just stand there and bleed?

Donald Trump THINKS he is Kurt Russell in this scenario...in reality? He is Billy Bob Thornton

[SamKnause]

22. This is one of my all time favorite movies.

I have watched it over 40 times.

Loved Powers Booth.

Loved Val Kilmer.

Loved the language.

I'm Your Huckleberry.

[jalan48]

11. Police, military and the new "paramilitary" will be rolled out to "keep America safe". Sadly, I

think most citizens will accept it as the new normal.

[Miguelito Loveless]

13. He's telling you what he intends to do if he loses

Pay attention people. This is the future.

[DENVERPOPS]

21. Indeed ML

Doesn't this sound exactly like what Dictators/Tyrants do in other countries when ever someone speaks out about them???????

The RepubliCONs and Putin are in lock step pushing Trump towards the devastation of Democracy.........

Trump is already assuming the role daily, acting like a dictator in everything he does, far ahead of being elected.

The RepubliCON party is one millimeter away from becoming a Corporate Fascist Dictatorship and will stop at nothing to make sure it happens.

Katie Bar the Door, people............

WASF

[Miguelito Loveless]

28. Excactly my point

People need to pull their head out of the sand pretending that this scenario cannot "happen here", or that the police/military won't turn on the American people.

The police have already made the choice of sides clear. And the military follows orders.

[greenjar_01]

26. Correct

[moonseller66]

14. He won't chance full riots everywhere. However...

He could easily say he's worried about the voting and have the military confiscate ALL the machines and boxes just before polls close...just for safe-keeping, you understand! /s

[PSPS]

15. "Elect me and I'll guarantee you even more violence!!111!"

[ancianita]

16. He will send in militias to start stuff, then drive off voters to "save" them.

Declare himself winner. Eazy peazy.

[ret5hd]

17. So, uhhhmmm...what about the riots if you lose?

[CrispyQ]

18. IMO there's gonna be violence regardless of who wins.

More if Biden wins, but if the Con "wins" there will be protests & the right wing provocateurs will show up armed, agitated, & ready to kill. It's gonna be ugly. I hate that I'm such a pessimist, but we have been heading down this road since Palin riled up the racists with her rhetoric back in the 2008 campaign. The GOP should have shut her down & when they didn't, the media should have shamed them, but of course the GOP has been cultivating the racists for decades & the media is in it for the ratings, & here we are.

[DENVERPOPS]

48. I couldn't agree more Crispy

I feel that no one, and I mean NO ONE in this country is prepared for what I fear will come down on Nov 3rd and 4th, and from that point forward..............

[mysteryowl]

20. ONLY if the riots are because he was re-elected.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. Unless it's his people rioting

[greenjar_01]

25. This website will be shut down, and its owners imprisoned

Anyone they can identify from this site will be tracked down, and possibly tortured and imprisoned.

Some of you folks are living in a fantasy world. Trump and his people are fascists. If he wins, they're going to hurt you. Not metaphorically.

[ExtraGriz]

29. Not gonna happen.....I disagree with you. n/t

[roamer65]

38. I have some guns that say otherwise.

There will be no Argentina style stuff for me.

[greenjar_01]

40. Good luck with that, friend

[roamer65]

46. I refuse to be dropped out of a plane over the Atlantic.

That is what the Argentine military did to dissidents.

[Codeine]

43. Oh good grief. nt

[ExtraGriz]

27. As he hides in the bunker from a few million people.

Good luck when you try to stop them.

[beachbumbob]

31. will trump do the same if its his supporters are rioting due to a Biden victory

and why aren't the MSM aking that?

[davsand]

32. I'd think the military would say no.

I'm no expert in this, but the military can say no to illegal orders. I thought it was a pretty well established thing that only National Guard could be used in-country, and even that was dependent on a request made by local (state Governors or maybe municipality) or an act of Congress.

Here's the Wiki article on Posse Comitatus:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act


Hope a legal type can confirm or deny this, actually. I seriously think he was jerking himself off on TV when he said this one.




Laura

[DENVERPOPS]

49. I really wouldn't put a single

F***ing thing past this group of "new" RepubliCONS.

Just look at all the Rules of Law they have violated and their complete ignoring of the constitution.

[Kris Mac]

33. Dog Whistle for Civil War

If by chance he does win and the people of this country do not rise up, we will be done.
If he does not win and he tries this bullshit, hopefully the military will not be used as pawns.
The cops on the other hand, you can bet your ass they are all in and will do his bidding

Either way, enjoy these next 50 plus days, something tells me this is the calm before the storm.

[bluestarone]

34. Code words to his BLACKWATER scums!!

That's the way i see it!! If THIS election is stolen like Hillary's, The shit better hit the fan!!! I am willing to die first before these fuckers succeed!!!!!

[AngryOldDem]

35. All bets will be off if he "wins"

What we’re seeing with these pro-Trump groups in the streets now is a warmup to what will happen if he “wins.”

This is why I have trouble imagining life after Election Day if Biden doesn’t win. It’s unfathomable to me.

[roamer65]

36. And we have the god given right to...

...enuff said.

[truthisfreedom]

37. He'd better send out the troups to put down the trumpers.

Because he’s going down.

[FelineOverlord]

39. 0. Trump says he would put down riots on election night 'very quickly'

We might not even know the winner on Election night because of the mail-in ballots.

Trump may be leading on Election Night because of in-person voting.

And that will change as the mail-in ballots are counted.

[Miles Archer]

41. He was aroused by Kim's story of murdering his uncle with an anti-aircraft gun...

...Trump has constant fantasies of hurting people. I'm sure he'd like nothing more than to assemble another vigilante militia and send it in to "take down" anyone protesting a stolen second term.

[Baclava]

42. "Potential victory" What's he gonna do when he loses???

[ConnieAZ1]

44. very quickly indeed. like he does everything

to those of you who think this will have a happy ending, you're kidding yourselves.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

45. Liberals have guns too.

[Oneironaut]

47. The planned mass riots on election night are being invented by Trump.

That, or Fox News. I haven’t seen any Democrats saying this, but it’s been running on Fox News for days.

They want there to be riots so that their strongman daddy can finally get the chance to “own the Libs” violently. It’s a fantasy they’ve been having that they badly want to turn into a reality. It also plays well with the right-wing gun heroes who believe they would be out there too, finally having the chance to “stop a bad guy” with their guns.

Fox News is pushing dangerous delusions. Our country is going through a massive LARPer phase with the right wing, and it’s reaching the President. We’re supposed to be working together, but how do you work with a party that is increasingly losing its grasp of reality in favor of gun hero fiction?

[tavernier]

50. He meant to say he would Start riots Very Quickly.