Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 22

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He will deny that it is what he meant. It's along the lines of "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"
 
AnonyMoose said:
I think Trump just signalled the gun-toting right wingers to take to the streets and start shooting protesters?

To paraphrase part of his rose garden speech today:

"... using all federal resources, civilian and military...(blah blah).... and to protect the rights of law abiding citizens, including your second amendment rights..."

Why else would he even make mention of the 2nd amendment in this situation? Also when he said "second amendment rights", he added emphasis into his voice to draw attention to those particular words in the same way he adds emphasis when he says "Chy-nah".

Did your president just incite civilian bloodshed by way of people exercising their 2A rights to put a stop to the protests?
Anyone else catch this 2A mention and found it an odd/eerie thing to say?
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Yep. It was a dog whistle to the far right. I also noticed that he mentioned Antifa but, again, no mention of far right agitators.
 
That was surreal. Peaceful protesters attacked by military thugs, all staged for the banana republican and his re-election photo op.
 
varwoche said:
That was surreal. Peaceful protesters attacked by military thugs, all staged for the banana republican and his re-election photo op.
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It is scary. I believe that the elections in November are in danger of a Putin-like assault.
 
Remember how Trump’s apologists on this board would tell us how he wasn’t uniquely bad?
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Retweeted

Dan Bongino
@dbongino
The radical-left formally divorced itself from America last night. They are domestic terrorists and enemies of the United States. They should be treated as such.
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It's exactly this attitude that makes political compromise lethal on the right. The view that ones political opposition are "domestic terrorists and enemies" makes compromise something to be avoided at almost any cost. And now we have a president who encourages such thinking.

We can't get rid of him soon enough. Once his mouth is gone, the far right will be easier to deal with. "Easier" but not easy.
 
Eric Trump Tweets

@EricTrump
So proud of @realDonaldTrump. This is strength. This is leadership. This is the exact backbone we need to stop this anarchy and lawlessness
 
Suspension of Habeas Corpus comes next.

Then Trump will order the military to arrest "enemies of the state." Hell, he's talked about doing it.

Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Clinton, Schiff. If I was any of those people, I'd be damned nervous about now.
 
As Gov. Cuomo said, Trump just used the US military against its own citizens...peaceful citizens... for the first time since 1807 just so he could get a pic of himself holding up a bible at a church. Disgusting.
 
Stacyhs said:
Thank you. But please notice that I can admit when I've been wrong as per the following:

Stacyhs said:
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Wait, how isn't this politically motivated? Do the police not represent the judicial branch? Protesters are essentially advocating for reform and against misconduct and corruption. Is that not a political motivation? Misconduct and corruption negatively affects everyone but effect blacks disproportionately. There is an overarching motivation for racial reconciliation but the greater cause is a political one (to reduce corruption and misconduct).
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I see your point and acknowledge it. I just had to look at it from a broader perspective.
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Thanks. It was posted after I made my post, but it certainly renders the text you called me out on moot.
 
A poster here once had the rank audacity to claim that Trump isn't a violent person. Never mind that he advocated roughing up lawful protesters. Never mind that he advocated roughing up detainees. Never mind that he explicitly encouraged violence against the media.

And now here we are. What a non surprise.
 
SezMe said:
It's exactly this attitude that makes political compromise lethal on the right. The view that ones political opposition are "domestic terrorists and enemies" makes compromise something to be avoided at almost any cost. And now we have a president who encourages such thinking.

We can't get rid of him soon enough. Once his mouth is gone, the far right will be easier to deal with. "Easier" but not easy.
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His mouth will not be gone. He has twitter to continue empowering and inciting his faithful followers... long after he's gone from the Whitehouse.
 
Beelzebuddy said:
The Southern Strategy wasn't focused on people upset about the riots.
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Sure it was. It appealed to those who thought "those people" should appreciate what they have and should know "their place". Some on the far right have even claimed that the slaves were "lucky" that they were brought to America. Basically that's what people who tout the confederate flag are saying as well. Xenophobic fear is a very powerful motivator that to this day Trump uses as the basis of his campaign.
 
Tremendous strength. Thank you, Mr. President. Finally real leadership, unlike that wannabe dictator Obama.

If liberal pussies think our police force is "militarized," wait until they get a look at the 82nd Airborne Division. Shove a boot up their ass.
 
Stacyhs said:
As Gov. Cuomo said, Trump just used the US military against its own citizens...peaceful citizens... for the first time since 1807 just so he could get a pic of himself holding up a bible at a church. Disgusting.
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And what a photo op. Trump standing there holding up the Bible as if he doesn't know what to do with it. "Okay, so now I'm supposed to display this... buck, did you call it? Why's it got so many pages with words? This is boring. I wanna go watch the TV covfefe of police roughing up journalists and protesters."
 
Cabbage said:
Wait, aren't the police part of the executive branch? They enforce the laws, after all.
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No, they aren't - well, except for a few such as federal marshals. Police are almost all employed by the city or county that they serve. They have no connection to the Federal Executive Branch at all.
 
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