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NBC News interviews people who are leaving the country if Trump is re-elected
Twitchy.com ^ | 2/24/2024 | Brett T

Posted on 02/24/2024 7:41:34 PM PST by NetAddicted

Canada was the country of choice for all of the liberals who said they were leaving the country if Donald Trump was elected president. They followed through on that as well as they did at their promise to stop using Twitter if Elon Musk purchased it. (How are things over there on Threads?)

NBC News reports that critics of Trump fear retribution if he's re-elected. NBC News decided to do a dozen interviews with people who share this fear.

For those who have criticized former President Trump, fears of retribution grow as he campaigns for re-election.

Interviews with a dozen people who’ve run afoul of Trump reveal deep concern, with some planning to leave the country if he wins. https://t.co/0I4T1J6bzQ

— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 23, 2024

Peter Nicholas reports:

The Vindmans aren’t alone. Interviews with more than a dozen people who’ve run afoul of Trump for various reasons reveal deep worry among many that he will seek revenge if he wins another term. They are considering ways to protect themselves should he use the office’s vast powers to punish them over grievances that he’s been nursing.

Fearful of being hounded by investigators, prosecuted or stripped of their livelihoods, some are planning to leave the country if Trump is sworn in. Others are consulting attorneys or setting aside money to fight back in case they’re targeted either by Trump’s administration or by his Republican allies in Congress.

“I know of many prominent ‘never Trump’ advocates, including many Republicans, who are considering their options to leave the country were Trump to win in November,” [Mark] Zaid said.

One complication is that unless these people possess dual citizenship, they need to worry that the State Department would invalidate their passports, leaving them “stranded overseas and stateless,” Zaid added.

In the crosshairs: the Vindmans, John Kerry, and John Bolton, along with many others.

What are they worried about? States are going to keep Trump off the ballot as he's disqualified to serve as president.

Donald Trump was recently fined $450 million by the state of New York for the crime of taking out a loan and paying it back, and NBC is worried about what he will do to his political opposition? https://t.co/wnGRXqdkiI

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) February 23, 2024 Good Lord. This piece is incredible. It talks about how Trump made the outrageous suggestion John Kerry should be prosecuted under the Logan Act -- without mentioning they used the Logan Act to investigate Trump's own National Security Adviser! Are they this ignorant?

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) February 23, 2024

"He worries that government agencies under Trump might go out of their way to target his clients." Yes, it would be incredible to have government agencies targeting people for their politics.

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) February 23, 2024

Unheard of.

"Mark Zaid is an attorney who represented the whistleblower — who remains anonymous to this day — in Trump’s first impeachment."

The "whistleblower's" name is Eric Ciaramella, he never qualified for federal whistleblower protections, and the only reason the media gives him…

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) February 23, 2024

"Mark Zaid is an attorney who represented the whistleblower — who remains anonymous to this day — in Trump’s first impeachment."

The "whistleblower's" name is Eric Ciaramella, he never qualified for federal whistleblower protections, and the only reason the media gives him anonymity is that they want to hide the fact that he served as an adviser to Joe Biden and the first impeachment was joke as a matter of due process.

We don't see how Trump could weaponize the Justice Department without firing everyone and building it back from scratch.

Trump was basically impeached because he just asked if Ukraine investigated Biden, his opponent. Biden's DOJ has basically declared war on Trump and anyone who supports him. Blatant hypocrisy and double standard. Not to mention Biden's Ukraine graft is now proven.

— I am Schweik (@Dodge57man) February 23, 2024

Whatever he does I hope it’s Biblical.

— Cruadin (@cruadin) February 23, 2024

“Some will leave the country if he wins…”

Where have I heard that before?https://t.co/TFFmixG0Wm

— Ann Flan Kirwin 🇺🇸 (@annflanVA) February 23, 2024

@NBCNews is behaving like a good little Democratic Party foot soldier.

— Andrea E (@AAC0519) February 23, 2024

Well, they certainly don't want anything like that happening to their side.

— Interesting Times (@FreeTheBee22) February 23, 2024

They’re worried about what he’ll do to them because they know what they’re doing to him.

It’s projection

— C Bluegrass (@_FeintOfHearts) February 23, 2024

Why is anyone worried when Biden was just voted the 14th greatest American president, with Trump coming in last place? What does Biden have to worry about?

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To: Republican Wildcat

That’s because lefties are liars and hypocrites.


41 posted on 02/24/2024 9:44:44 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Chgogal
joesbucks:

Let me correct the above. I wrote myself in in 16 and 20. But all other votes were for R’s.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4218225/posts?page=175#175

He's planning on writing himself in again in 2024, while trying to stay on FR to do as much damage to Trump as he can.

42 posted on 02/24/2024 9:45:01 PM PST by kiryandil
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

I used to see Vindman ads with his idiot twin. I always made comments that their mother must have cried when she realized she got a second idiot to raise. The ads have stopped.


43 posted on 02/24/2024 10:07:35 PM PST by healy61 (.)
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To: cuz1961

We hear this CRAP every 4 years “IF THAT EVIL REPUBLICAN WINS I’M LEAVING”!

They NEVER DO EVEN IF WE OFFER TO PURCHASE THEIR TICKETS!


44 posted on 02/24/2024 10:10:53 PM PST by 5th MEB (1)
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To: Mark

45 posted on 02/24/2024 10:31:38 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: NetAddicted

I really hope all these PAB’s that are saying they’ll get out, leave. But they won’t. They’re just morons.


46 posted on 02/24/2024 11:02:20 PM PST by vpintheak (Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
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To: Chgogal

Saw the headline. Haven’t read it. Stupid people say stuff like that.


47 posted on 02/24/2024 11:17:02 PM PST by joesbucks (It's called love-bombing. Claiming he's saving the world. This is a cult. Just back away. )
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To: NetAddicted

I’m positively counting on retribution. Its a big part of the reason why I support President Trump. Give it to ‘em good and hard.


48 posted on 02/25/2024 12:26:15 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: crusty old prospector

Thanks for the late night laugh


49 posted on 02/25/2024 12:29:28 AM PST by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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To: NetAddicted

Not a one left last time. The only one who has a valid excuse is Alec Baldwin. He has to hang around for his criminal trial


50 posted on 02/25/2024 12:55:47 AM PST by chuckee
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To: NetAddicted

Words are meaningless. I think they should have to sign a legal contract and be forced to leave before he takes the oath of office in Jan.


51 posted on 02/25/2024 1:06:50 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: NetAddicted
Canada was the country of choice for all of the liberals who said they were leaving the country if Donald Trump was elected president.

Ray-cists!

Canada is considerably "whiter" than the U.S.A.

Let them go to Nigeria or Pakistan. I'm sure that they'd welcome them with open arms!

Regards,

52 posted on 02/25/2024 1:07:11 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: NetAddicted
One complication is that unless these people possess dual citizenship, they need to worry that the State Department would invalidate their passports, leaving them “stranded overseas and stateless,” Zaid added.

Absurd! Not having a (valid) U.S. passport had absolutely no effect upon one's citizenship!

Literally hundreds of millions of Americans have no (valid) U.S. passport.

A passport is helpful only when crossing international borders (unless you are entering the U.S. across the Southern Border, in which case it is irrelevant).

Regards,

53 posted on 02/25/2024 1:10:33 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: NetAddicted

How about they interview those who HAVE left the country when Trumo was elected last time? Oh wait...they can’t find anyone who actually did that.


54 posted on 02/25/2024 4:31:41 AM PST by msrngtp2002 (Just my opinion.)
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To: NetAddicted

Really? Cool. The law of United consequences in a good way. The absence of them would be icing on the cake.


55 posted on 02/25/2024 4:35:39 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Fraud vitiates everything." - SCOTUS)
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To: Salgak

Excellent question!


56 posted on 02/25/2024 4:38:21 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Fraud vitiates everything." - SCOTUS)
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To: chickenlips
They were encouraged to stay when he didn’t “lock her up”.

Is that why you stayed?

57 posted on 02/25/2024 4:41:26 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: alexander_busek
Absurd! Not having a (valid) U.S. passport had absolutely no effect upon one's citizenship!

How you gonna travel back to the US without one?

58 posted on 02/25/2024 4:47:52 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: NetAddicted

These worthless pig fornicators should remember to hand in their US citizenship cards on the way out.


59 posted on 02/25/2024 4:54:20 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: Drew68
French Riviera? Nope...the Canadian Riviera,which is a couple of hundred miles north of Montreal.
60 posted on 02/25/2024 4:56:30 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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