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Trump faces backlash for ‘in four years, you don’t have to vote again’ remark
(www.washingtonpost.com)
Wake me up when the backlash is from Republicans zzz
this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2024
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“When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.”
This is only the 500th time but I guess some people are slow learners.
Trump, unlike many other presidents, had good relations with Kim and Putin. That’s quite logical - you wanna have good relations with your idols…
What if he doesn't mean that he's going to be a dictator. What if he means he will purge the country of anyone that doesn't think like him and his followers, therefore they never have to vote again because everyone will be on the same page. J/k...mostly
Imho his back needs quite a lot of lashing. Catoninetails preferred
He continually tells us what he's going to do and we are continually shocked when he does it.
I'm shocked nobody does anything about it
Yeah, you get banned on social media platforms for encouraging people to do things about it.
Well, largely we don't expect politicians to keep promises....
They always keep the shitty ones.
As he should.
I'd be worried if he wasn't getting backlash. Actually, I'm still worried because there clearly isn't enough backlash.
We all know what he's insinuating.
Doesn't even matter if he did mean it in a banal way. He's still the guy who regularly spews fascist rhetoric, and it would be stupid to presume this time was the exceptional case.
It's not my job to sus out the few times the fascist isn't being authoritarian—as if there's some scale or dividing line where fascism suddenly becomes okay.
Not enough backlash? He tried to overthrow the democracy he's now running for and inexplicably isn't in prison or being executed for treason.
We’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote.
How... ambiguous...
TRUMP: "We'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote."
MEDIA: "Oh there he goes again with his ''deliberately ambiguous' phrasing..."
What fucking part of that sentence was ambiguous???
well he's gonna say they're fixing the country so good that you won't feel like you have to vote again or something. this has long been their usual thing, called implausible deniability. it only works if everyone else is dumb. unfortunately for them, they're the dumb ones thinking they're clever with these.
Backlash my ass. If he’s still polling ~ 40% it’s not him who’s the problem, but whoever is part of those 40%
Russian troll farms. There is no sane person flipping to him now. By the numbers, his real voter base should only be shrinking.
The polling isn’t done by counting tweets though
It's cute that you think Americans actually believe in the principles of liberalism when they don't even know what those are.
Concentrated media ownership is the problem. We had rules against it until W Bush and his Republican Congress eliminated them even though everyone said this would happen.
*because
Nailed it.
And nobody will do anything about it. Thanks controlled opposition!
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