Republicans

[de_valmont]

Trump supporters sent pipe bombs to prominent Democrats.

They ran down marchers in Charlottesville.

They killed Black Lives Matter protesters in Wisconsin.

They murdered 23 people in El Paso.

And they recently conspired to kidnap a sitting governor.

Yeah, so, which party has a law and order problem?

I second that. But I know arguments and facts are no longer a means of convincing others. Right wings all over the world just aim for power, to END any discussion. On the way they might use facts or lies when either seems suitable, but they don't have a conviction nor a conscience. So, save your breath.

 

[Perfectly_shaped_buttocks]

A Trump supporter who spoke at RNC arrested for shooting woman in the stomach

Amy Ford, a West Virginia woman was invited to speak at this year’s Republican National Convention.
She ignored Trump's reckless and dangerous behavior and the way that he shirked his responsibilities it came to COVID-19 and told the nation to ignore the advice or doctors, nurses and medical experts and played golf while millions of Americans became infected and tens of thousands of us died and instead she praised Donald Trump for his administration’s COVID-19 response.

You might think that there was something wrong with her for her bizarre words of praise for a man whose irresponsible behavior had led to the deaths of over 215,000 Americans, and you'd be right to think that.

She was arrested on Saturday after shooting a woman in the stomach in Williamson, West Virginia.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nurse-spoke-rnc-arrested-shooting-124612077.html

 

[allison22]

All The President’s Men
Looking back at four years of MAGA terror.

“LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” Trump tweeted in April in a show of support for the armed protesters gathering outside Michigan’s state Capitol to protest Whitmer’s COVID-19 lockdown measures.

In the weeks that followed, these supporters would march into the state Capitol carrying long guns. They stood along a balcony and looked down menacingly at legislators. Among them were some of the 13 militia group members arrested this week.

Whitmer blamed Trump for the plot to kidnap her, telling reporters Thursday that the president’s rhetoric “incites more domestic terror.”

Scholars of fascism, who have long warned of this link between a leader’s rhetoric and the violence committed by his followers, agree. Jason Stanley, a professor of philosophy at Yale University and author of the book “How Fascism Works,” told me once that hateful speech from public leaders, left unchallenged, can become normalized.

“And then violence occurs like five to six years later,” Stanley said. “Look at Myanmar, look at Rwanda, look at Nazi Germany. You have some years between the onset of the hate speech and the normalization of violence and mass violence.”

In fascist movements, Stanley said, “there’s always a relationship between the rhetoric and the unofficial militia. That’s what we’re looking at right now.”

America’s unofficial militias, its white vigilantes, have been feeding off Trump’s hateful speech for years now. He launched his presidential campaign in 2015, after all, by calling Mexicans “rapists.” That same year he called for a “complete and total shutdown” of Muslims entering the U.S.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-terror-trump-militias_n_5f832f7ec5b62f97bac42a7c

 

[KeithD]

Yes, Donald Trump is a domestic terrorist. Even the board Trumpettes know that. He's also an espionage asset of Vladimir Putin.

 

[JackLuis]

McConnell bashed for ‘laughing like Confederate Voldemort’ about coronavirus during Kentucky debate: ‘Ain’t a damn thing funny’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was blasted following Monday’s night’s U.S. Senate debate in Kentucky.

McConnell began laughing when the Senate’s failure to pass additional COVID-19 stimulus was criticized by Democrat Amy McGrath.

“The House passed a bill in May and the Senate went on vacation,” McGrath noted.

“You just don’t do that,” she continued, as McConnell began laughing.

Public Enemey #2 is laughing now, but will he in November?

 

[jaF0]

Is Ernst gone? I hate polls, but they seem to be conflicting here.

 

[KeithD]

Nobody's gone until January.

 

[jaF0]

RCP shows:

SC tied ... Bye-Bye Graham?
ME going D ... Bye-Bye Collins?
AZ going D ... Bye-Bye McSally?
GA2 going D ... Bye-Bye Money Bimbo?

 

[Ziggins]

Will Trump's Arpaio pardon cost him votes in AZ? It went red the past few presidential rounds, but it looks evenly split down ballot.

 

[SevMax2]

Will Trump's Arpaio pardon cost him votes in AZ? It went red the past few presidential rounds, but it looks evenly split down ballot.

Arpaio is largely viewed as a crook, a racist, and a grifter in Arizona. There is a reason that he hasn't won another election of any consequence since being voted out of office.

 

[jaF0]

RCP's got JoMala up by 5 over all in the Battlegrounds and up by 7 in PA and MI

 

[SevMax2]

RCP's got JoMala up by 5 over all in the Battlegrounds and up by 7 in PA and MI

That's much better than HRC had. Maybe you can chill now. Have a beer. Smoke a bong. That kind of thing.

Also, remember, large numbers of votes are already locked in now. Millions have already voted. Most of them for Biden.

 

[jaF0]

No chillin' til Feb to see if the asshole leaves or has to be escorted out.

That's IF things go right in Nov which is far from a sure thing.

 

[SevMax2]

No chillin' til Feb to see if the asshole leaves or has to be escorted out.

That's IF things go right in Nov which is far from a sure thing.

Fair enough, but if he tries to stay in, I don't think that the people will take it lying down.

 

[YDB95]

Is Ernst gone? I hate polls, but they seem to be conflicting here.

She's trailing in the polls, but don't count your chickens before they hatch.

 

[FescueFan]

Fair enough, but if he tries to stay in, I don't think that the people will take it lying down.

The left does have a serious problem with democracy when they don't get their way.

 

[SevMax2]

The left does have a serious problem with democracy when they don't get their way.

It's not "democracy" when the defeated incumbent tries to hold onto power. It wasn't with Marcos. It won't be with Trump. It's the exact opposite of democracy. It's tyranny.

 

[UnpublishedEroticaWriter]

The left does have a serious problem with democracy when they don't get their way.

Democracy only goes one way. Going the other way is called authoritarianism.

What's the difference between a psychotic homeless person pumped full of drugs and Trump?
a) The homeless guy isn't owned by Russia.
b) The homeless guy has a better healthcare plan. Which just includes any plan at all.
c) There won't be any difference in about 5 years.
d) You'd feel safer with the homeless guy around your prepubescent daughter.
e) All of the above.

 

[FescueFan]

It's not "democracy" when the defeated incumbent tries to hold onto power. It wasn't with Marcos. It won't be with Trump. It's the exact opposite of democracy. It's tyranny.

I never said it was.....you talk about things that haven't happened yet as though they have, it makes you look desperate and crazy.


Trump won in 2016, (D)'s couldn't deal.

 

[FescueFan]

Democracy only goes one way. Going the other way is called authoritarianism.

Authoritarianism is the opposite of liberalism....the word you were looking for is autocracy.

Democracy and autocracy describe how authority of the state is distributed.

Authoritarianism and liberalism are political philosophies that describe how that authority should be applied.

What's the difference between a psychotic homeless person pumped full of drugs and Trump?
a) The homeless guy isn't owned by Russia.
b) The homeless guy has a better healthcare plan. Which just includes any plan at all.
c) There won't be any difference in about 5 years.
d) You'd feel safer with the homeless guy around your prepubescent daughter.
e) All of the above.

None of the above.

Correct Answer: Trump is a republican.
https://media1.giphy.com/media/nEcIv1tN9YGHr5QAEA/giphy.gif

 

[Veroe]

It's not "democracy" when the defeated incumbent tries to hold onto power. It wasn't with Marcos. It won't be with Trump. It's the exact opposite of democracy. It's tyranny.

Especially IF the polls are correct this time around and Biden wins by as large a margin as his lead in those polls show.

It'd be more difficult for Trump to say its illegitimate with such a resoundingly clear loss not just because of the mail in voting, but by the in person ones too. If it was close he could point out discrepencies here and there and Bengazhi it up into a nefarious democrat conspiracy to steal the election. If it's a landslide he still might but it'd really be difficult for him if by any way he wants to split the hair it still shows he lost.

However that is all contingent on whether what the polling show that Biden has a nearly insurmountable lead on Trump nationally as well as in many key battleground states is indeed accurate the way they weren't in 2016 for Hillary.

There is something to be said about the silent trump voter phenomenon but I do not think there's enough of them to help Trump catch up with Biden let alone pass him in the race.

also this conjecturing on my part is all pointless until the voting's been done, then we'll see how all this will shake out.

 

[UnpublishedEroticaWriter]

Authoritarianism is the opposite of liberalism....the word you were looking for is autocracy.

Democracy and autocracy describe how the authority of the state is distributed.

Authoritarianism and liberalism are political philosophies that describe how that authority should be applied.




None of the above.

Correct Answer: Trump is a republican.
https://media1.giphy.com/media/nEcIv1tN9YGHr5QAEA/giphy.gif

What is the opposite of authoritarianism?
Authoritarianism is marked by submission to authority. It is the opposite of individualism and democracy. In authoritarian government systems, the political power is condensed into one authority figure or figures. Generally, they assume power and are not elected by the people. Their power is unrestrained, and they answer to no one.

BTW, your GIFs are super lame. If they were any gayer they'd join Queer Eye.

 

[SevMax2]

Especially IF the polls are correct this time around and Biden wins by as large a margin as his lead in those polls show.

It'd be more difficult for Trump to say its illegitimate with such a resoundingly clear loss not just because of the mail in voting, but by the in person ones too. If it was close he could point out discrepencies here and there and Bengazhi it up into a nefarious democrat conspiracy to steal the election. If it's a landslide he still might but it'd really be difficult for him if by any way he wants to split the hair it still shows he lost.

However that is all contingent on whether what the polling show that Biden has a nearly insurmountable lead on Trump nationally as well as in many key battleground states is indeed accurate the way they weren't in 2016 for Hillary.

There is something to be said about the silent trump voter phenomenon but I do not think there's enough of them to help Trump catch up with Biden let alone pass him in the race.

also this conjecturing on my part is all pointless until the voting's been done, then we'll see how all this will shake out.

Polls have also been improved to adjust to a potential quiet Trump voter.

 

[YDB95]

Polls have also been improved to adjust to a potential quiet Trump voter.

And, perhaps more importantly, to account for the difference education level makes. That's what they failed to capture last time.

As for "quiet Trump voters", I just don't believe there are a substantial number of them. The reason why his cult loves him so much is that he's made it OK to say certain things out loud for the first time in a generation. They also tend to be the kind of people who assume most people agree with them, and think those who don't are beneath their contempt anyway. Not the type of folks who are going to be shy about their support for him.

What I AM hoping for is, in the case of some male Trump supporters, their wives might be quiet Biden supporters, remaining quiet for the sake of peace around the dining room table.

 

[UnpublishedEroticaWriter]

So Trump was saying that there will be such extreme election fraud and 'a lot of ballots were found in a river.' After it was discovered that Republicans in Califonia were putting up fake voting drop-off ballot boxes I'm beginning to think he might have been right.