Posted on 01/30/2022 9:48:50 PM PST by Robwin
Former President Donald Trump conjured a vision of a second term that would function as a tool of personal vengeance, and become even more authoritarian than his first, when he vowed to pardon US Capitol insurrectionists if he runs for the White House again and wins.
His pledge at a Texas rally Saturday was accompanied by a call for demonstrations if prosecutors in New York, who are probing Trump's business practices, and those in Georgia, looking into his attempts to reverse his election loss in the state, do anything that he defined as wrong or illegal. The comments underscore Trump's obsession with delusional lies that he won the 2020 election, and his determination to put that falsehood at the core of the Republican worldview. As was often the case during his four years in office, Trump's pardons threat shows that he still makes no distinction between his personal goals and the national interest or rule of law.
But the former President's new rhetorical outburst also at times hinted at concern with his own legal position, and comes at a moment when various criminal and congressional lines of investigation seem to be tightening around him. The House select committee probing the January 6, 2021 riot has now penetrated deep inside Trump's West Wing inner circle, and he lost a Supreme Court bid to keep key documents secret. The likelihood of a damning accounting from the committee, bristling with new details about Trump's attempt to destroy American democracy, is growing, though the GOP has sought to thwart it at every turn.
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Most people with a functioning brain will never “move on” from the 2020 election. To do so is playing right into the media playbook.
We really do need an ignore button!! You are my chose to ignore.
Move on, Karen!
Fraud.
Like I said, it’s a winning strategy!
It’s just a typo. Thrilling, not chilling.
Ive responded to this person or bot a few times now. Not familiar with the name. Suspect they are testing the waters here at FR trying to gauge Trump support. They will never understand. It is not Trump I support; it is what he did while in office. I adore the man for keeping promises. Unlike GOPe, Trump did not become corrupt by being bought. As for his ill mannered and impolite way of speaking, I still find it refreshing to discover someone who is not afraid to speak his mind, is not a politician and doesnt play political word games.
I left the GOP after November 2020. The scales fell off my eyes as to what too many of those politicians were-— money grubbing, power hungry, corrupt grifters, who manage to pay lip service to their constituents when they can find space in a beg letter. Between them and Trump, I will go with Trump. No contest.
Trump has a record to run on. Having said that the USA delved into 3rd world rigged elections in ‘20. But apparently you think every thing is just hunky dory in that department. You are an idiot for doing so. Moreover if Trump simply “moved on” it WOULD make HIM look like like you.
Bot. GOPe hack. Staffer for a Congressional cabndidate testing the Trump support on RW sites.
Thats exactly what you are. And we are now free to ignore on another. Personally, I wish you the best, no attacks and ptay God blesses your life abundantly. Politically, stay out of our way or get crushed. The choice is yours.
Why run the BS put out by white liberal ‘elites’ and their liars and toadies at CNN? Surely you can find something conservatives would celebrate... or as least be interested in...
I was at the MFJ. Anyone who says anything negative about petulant Trump is a bot, like anyone who disagrees with a Democrat is a Fascist.
“DeSantis has better temperament “
DeSantis will be Hitler squared when he’s at the tip of the spear and he’ll have the temperament or what ever bullshit term the media assign him. Trump was not only the most successful president in modern history but he won in a massive landslide that the Demons then stole from him. Trump has ALREADY done it in spite of all of this “temperament” bullshit. When we start throwing weak terms like temperament against a proven fighter and a proven winner we’re acting against our own interests.
If they made McCain and Romney Hitler after their nominations, they will do the same to any Republican nominee.
Covid 19 lock down had an influence imo. But live goes on.
desantis is running for reelection for florida governor this year...
the election is less than 10 months away...
the enemedia has already started with the smears because of the above...
Oh, that would be a delight. I have ways to make him uncomfortable....
Trump was the one suppressing the GA Senate runoff in Dec of 2020. His “Why bother voting?” schtick gave control of the Senate to the Democrats, which I believe is exactly what Trump wanted.
I screwed up in my previous post...2016 s/b 2020
was a very different election -- Have a nice day
I found your post to be quite perplexing until I looked down at your FReeper name...then it all came into focus.
” he vowed to pardon US Capitol insurrectionists”
What insurrectionists?
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