Don't look past Trump's coup attempt

[Schlank]

Imagine the following: There is an arsonist in your neighborhood. He has tried dozens of times to set fire to buildings, including schools and hospitals. The arsonist keeps failing because he does not know how to start a proper fire.

There is a mad bomber loose in your neighborhood. He puts explosives in mailboxes, in packages on the street corner, in public bathrooms and on people's front stoops or back porches. When the bombs "explode" they shoot out confetti. On other occasions the bombs simply make a loud noise. Is the bomber "only kidding"? Is he incompetent?

There is a man who keeps trying to rob banks. But he cannot write a legible ransom note. When he tries to verbally demand money from the teller, he gets nervous, starts mumbling, is scared and runs away.

The police and other law enforcement agents would pursue such a person with great diligence. If that person was eventually apprehended, he could not claim incompetence as a defense. Attempting to commit a crime is a crime in and of itself.

Donald Trump is a political criminal. He is attempting a fascist coup against American democracy and the American people. That Trump and his gang have technically not succeeded in no way means that he and they are innocent of their crimes.

Moreover, the fact Trump has publicly announced his plans to stay in power by any means necessary, however stupid, illegal or ineffective his scheme may be, also does not make him innocent of committing major crimes against the democratic order and the rule of law.

https://www.salon.com/2020/12/11/do...pt-this-is-a-dark-moment-in-american-history/

 

[Tim2run]

Were you a delusional nut job before Trump too?

 

[YesMO]

Imagine the following: There is an arsonist in your neighborhood. He has tried dozens of times to set fire to buildings, including schools and hospitals. The arsonist keeps failing because he does not know how to start a proper fire.

There is a mad bomber loose in your neighborhood. He puts explosives in mailboxes, in packages on the street corner, in public bathrooms and on people's front stoops or back porches. When the bombs "explode" they shoot out confetti. On other occasions the bombs simply make a loud noise. Is the bomber "only kidding"? Is he incompetent?

There is a man who keeps trying to rob banks. But he cannot write a legible ransom note. When he tries to verbally demand money from the teller, he gets nervous, starts mumbling, is scared and runs away.

The police and other law enforcement agents would pursue such a person with great diligence. If that person was eventually apprehended, he could not claim incompetence as a defense. Attempting to commit a crime is a crime in and of itself.

Donald Trump is a political criminal. He is attempting a fascist coup against American democracy and the American people. That Trump and his gang have technically not succeeded in no way means that he and they are innocent of their crimes.

Moreover, the fact Trump has publicly announced his plans to stay in power by any means necessary, however stupid, illegal or ineffective his scheme may be, also does not make him innocent of committing major crimes against the democratic order and the rule of law.

https://www.salon.com/2020/12/11/do...pt-this-is-a-dark-moment-in-american-history/

slept thru June 2016 till TODAY

 

[Adre]

Veteran GOP political strategist Karl Rove said Sunday that Donald Trump’s relentless fight against the presidential election results could end up seriously hurting him — and the nation.

“America likes comebacks, but they don’t like sore losers,” Rove, a former adviser to President George W. Bush, said on Fox News Sunday.

 

[Tim2run]

Rove backed the Bushes and hates Trump. Of course he's piling on and gloating. He's part of the Republican cabal that diligently worked with the Democrats to give us Mr. Joe "Magoo" Biden. Trump represented a real and present danger to the Blue-Blood Republican elite that elevated his [Rove's] stature in the first place. He's the equivalent of the last Senator to put a knife into Caesar's back. He's already salivating over who will hire him for the next election.

 

[Adre]

So America likes sore losers?

 

[Adre]

Texas GOP Chair suggests secession. You like this sore loser?

 

[Adre]

Hilary conceded within 24 hours. At least she could lose.

 

[YesMO]

Hilary conceded within 24 hours. At least she could lose.

and perpetuated the Russia hoax and called him NOT LEGIT

STFU with BS

 

[Dribble]

Texas GOP Chair suggests secession. You like this sore loser?

Give them the option. We have to pass a Constitutional Amendment...or not...we can just let them all go if they ask. It is the only way to prevent the violence that is coming.

 

[Adre]

They’re welcome to leave. But they don’t get to keep the land.

 

[Tim2run]

*groan*

 

[Tim2run]

Hilary conceded within 24 hours. At least she could lose.

Not really, she has spent the time since whining about it like a "good?" loser...

 

[Dribble]

They’re welcome to leave. But they don’t get to keep the land.

Nah...let them keep the land. We can have a free trade agreement.

 

[phrodeau]

There is far more evidence of Trump’s collusion with Russia than there is of US election fraud in 2020.

 

[LLCox]

If a bumbling trump could attract such a cult America must be on guard against someone who comes along with smooth talk and empathy who has the same designs as the Orange retard. The repubicans should somehow be punished for trying to help trump turn the election results. America should give thanks for judges in the courts across America that followed the rule of law.
It is not the "radical Left" but the radical right that America must fear.

 

[Adre]

“Last night, I congratulated Donald Trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country. I hope that he will be a successful president for all Americans. This is not the outcome we wanted or we worked so hard for and I'm sorry that we did not win this election for the values we share and the vision we hold for our country.”

 

[WillJ8787]

Imagine the following: There is an arsonist in your neighborhood. He has tried dozens of times to set fire to buildings, including schools and hospitals. The arsonist keeps failing because he does not know how to start a proper fire.

There is a mad bomber loose in your neighborhood. He puts explosives in mailboxes, in packages on the street corner, in public bathrooms and on people's front stoops or back porches. When the bombs "explode" they shoot out confetti. On other occasions the bombs simply make a loud noise. Is the bomber "only kidding"? Is he incompetent?

There is a man who keeps trying to rob banks. But he cannot write a legible ransom note. When he tries to verbally demand money from the teller, he gets nervous, starts mumbling, is scared and runs away.

The police and other law enforcement agents would pursue such a person with great diligence. If that person was eventually apprehended, he could not claim incompetence as a defense. Attempting to commit a crime is a crime in and of itself.

Donald Trump is a political criminal. He is attempting a fascist coup against American democracy and the American people. That Trump and his gang have technically not succeeded in no way means that he and they are innocent of their crimes.

Moreover, the fact Trump has publicly announced his plans to stay in power by any means necessary, however stupid, illegal or ineffective his scheme may be, also does not make him innocent of committing major crimes against the democratic order and the rule of law.

https://www.salon.com/2020/12/11/do...pt-this-is-a-dark-moment-in-american-history/

I agree with this....the trouble will be getting the Biden administration to take it up. Hopefully, they will. I believe the AJ's of many states will charge him.

 

[KeithD]

There is far more evidence of Trump’s collusion with Russia than there is of US election fraud in 2020.

This.

It's time to apply the sedition laws--starting with Donald Trump.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Just pointing out that AJ aka Tim2run aka 9,275 more alts was banhammered again.

 

[Dribble]

Just pointing out that AJ aka Tim2run aka 9,275 more alts was banhammered again.

Lol...why does that not surprise me?

 

[butters]

Just pointing out that AJ aka Tim2run aka 9,275 more alts was banhammered again.

what did the loser do this time?

 

[Just4AFriend]

Texas GOP Chair suggests secession. You like this sore loser?

Secede Texas!! Go for it!!
God bless you after your next Hurricane

And... all the military money moves elsewhere

 

[Just4AFriend]

and perpetuated the Russia hoax and called him NOT LEGIT

STFU with BS

“Hoax” fuck off
They handed the Russians election data
Too dumb to be held accountable

And fucking Barr misrepresented the whole report

And

Finances were kept out of it.., fucking Rosenstein

Justice was mismanaged

And Russians were found guilty

Hoax?? Bullshit Trump word

 

[allison22]

After losing to Joe Biden in the 2020 election by at least 7 million votes, Donald Trump went and encouraged the crime of insurrection by his supporters, including armed paramilitaries, to keep him in power.

Trump's agents (most notably, now-pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn) have publicly called for a military coup to keep the Trump regime in power against the will of the American people. Trump has continued to purge senior officials deemed to be "disloyal" from their positions at the highest levels of the national security state. Trump is also placing loyalists in other positions throughout the government in an effort to sabotage the incoming Biden administration.

Trump never wanted to be president. He wanted to be dictator. And towards that end he's incited violence against governors and secretaries of state in efforts to pressure them into throwing out millions of votes and declaring Trump the winner after Joseph Biden had won.

In America, Democracy is supposed to be the foundation that our society and our government is built upon, however, Trump supporters and other Republican voters are hostile to democracy. And they are very willing to embrace authoritarianism to ensure the continued dominance of white people.

Trump has been counting on that. And while the courts have rejected all of Trump "legal" arguments, Trump's violent supporters have never wavered in their support of Trump. Who cares if Biden got more votes? Trump is an authoritarian ruler who will oppress non-white people! They want him to stay in office!

Come January 20th, Trump will have to leave the White House, but Trump's violent supporters will still be here. They hate Democracy and they love and we can expect a long series of acts of violence from them after Biden is sworn in as president.