Posted on 09/11/2020 3:17:19 PM PDT by rickmichaels
President Donald Trump is vowing to crush any 'riots' that occur among opposition should he be declared the winner on Election night – saying he would 'put it down within minutes.'
Trump was asked about the hypothetical scenario by Fox News host Jeanine Pirro – who mentioned 'threats' of riots without providing specifics.
'Let's say there are threats. They say that they are going to threaten riots if they lose on election night, assuming we get a winner on election night. What are you going to do?' the host asked him.
'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,' said Trump, sitting for an interview at the White House during a week when his team was rocked by bombshell recordings by author and journalist Bob Woodward.
Rather than downplay the possibility, Trump took the hypothetical, continuing: '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. Within minutes,' Trump said, in a clip posted by Politico.
Trump has repeatedly gone after 'rioters' and 'looters' who he said are rival Joe Biden supporters.
He has sent in federal agents to cities suffering rioting and property destruction in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd.
He famously posed with a bible outside St. John's Church across from the White House after authorities deployed tear gas on peaceful protesters.
Trump's use of the term 'insurrection' recalls his administration's threat to use the Insurrection Act to use military forces put down disturbances.
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Good!
And it could be that because he said this, the rioters and looters are going to try even harder before the election.
The president seems to have tipped his hand. What will they do?
All he has to do is declare open season on communists, no tag, no bag limit, and let things work out for themselves.
It does open up the question of why he would wait. There will be violence that night no matter who wins. A lot of it. They might try to storm the White House.
But... but... but... they’re just peacefully protesting.
I have a feeling these antifa pukes are in for a big surprise when he wins.
Aren’t they supposed to be storming the White House on the 17th?
Wait. This is DailyMail. Needs verification and check for wild hyperbole.
Yep.
Oh, I don’t know. I sure hope so. It seems like they have some kind of temper tantrum coming up.
good!
At this point in time I really feel we aren’t going to do a damn thing. They have given us ample reason to exterminate with extreme prejudice and we have done nothing. We’ve watched cities burn, innocent people locked up for being conservative, and churches closed. If those aren’t reason enough I really doubt we will engage them with same violence they have shown us.
I think this was meant to encourage his supporters, because we’re all afraid of election night.
The Dems know they’re going to riot no matter what happens.
Sounds like he’s had just about enough.
There has been an insurrection going on since he won in 2016.
I hope Trump’s people have been wargaming all the scenarios, zombie voters, flooding the system with counterfeit votes, efforts to stretch the recounts into February triggering a President Pelosi, not to mention a SecDef that won’t follow orders.
There will be no calling states and no declared winner on election night.
Democrats view Trump putting down insurrection as being divisive.
Rule #1 when doing an interview: NEVER answer a hypothetical question ... EVER!
The answer sounds good to us supporters of the Pres. But will sound authoritarian to many sitting on the fence.
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