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Trump Is No Longer the Problem. His Army of Followers Is
Slate ^ | 11/20/2020 | Dahlia Lithwick

Posted on 11/23/2020 8:27:49 AM PST by Tench_Coxe

"....Indeed, if one were inclined to worry, this current manifestation of legal nihilism, maximalism and nullification are far more dangerous than the version we learned to live with for the past four years, because this new one is now operating separate and apart from Trump. We don’t have to wait to see what happens when Josh Hawley or Tom Cotton runs as a “competent” authoritarian in 2024. Even without a formal figurehead, competent authoritarianism is seeping up from below. It’s coming from Trump supporters who deny the legitimacy of the election, state officials who are pushing false claims, lawyers making laughable arguments. Trump is almost immaterial to them. The real problem is the emboldened Trumpists who refuse to give over, and Ben Sasse and Mitt Romney notwithstanding, that behavior goes from the people who attend the MAGA rallies all the way up to the top of the GOP"

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Any one who dismissed that meme of Trump being in the way, here is one of the Left's propaganda outlets starting to beat the drums for the troops.
You're going to see more of this.
Right now its being sort of nebulous, but at some point, its going to be direct, as in a "final dolution" type of direct.
Not trying to scare people here, but we better be prepared and if you don't have one now, make sure you're networking in case the balloons go up.
1 posted on 11/23/2020 8:27:49 AM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: Tench_Coxe

His army of ARMED followers, Lib loser.


2 posted on 11/23/2020 8:28:52 AM PST by Phinneous (By the way, there are Seven Laws for you too! Noahide.org)
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To: Tench_Coxe

They are trying to crush the movement now. The GOPe is fine with this by the way.


3 posted on 11/23/2020 8:29:18 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Socialism- Institutionalized Deprivation)
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To: Tench_Coxe

This brings pots and kettles to mind.


4 posted on 11/23/2020 8:31:05 AM PST by Daveinyork
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To: Tench_Coxe

Be afraid, be very afraid! **demonic laughter**


5 posted on 11/23/2020 8:31:12 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: headstamp 2

I am never again a Republican- I am a Conservative - and I relish the day that the Left tries to eliminate us.


6 posted on 11/23/2020 8:31:24 AM PST by datura (If you have to cheat, you didn't’ win.)
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To: Phinneous

Armed, angry and not looking for “healing.”


7 posted on 11/23/2020 8:31:33 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Trump will once again harness the power and enthusiasm of the MAGA movement, no worries, patience needed.

Those RINO’s dissing him had better sharpen their resumes.


8 posted on 11/23/2020 8:31:53 AM PST by 1Old Pro ( )
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To: Tench_Coxe

Sounds like a anti-marxist shadow government is forming.


9 posted on 11/23/2020 8:32:30 AM PST by Cheesehead in Texas
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To: Tench_Coxe

10 posted on 11/23/2020 8:32:37 AM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Ping.


11 posted on 11/23/2020 8:32:41 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Tench_Coxe

competent authoritarianism is seeping up from below.
Sometimes known as “we the people”.

Where as with democrats it is incompetent and comes
from above like other dictatorial schemes.


12 posted on 11/23/2020 8:33:14 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

We don’t have to wait to see what happens when Josh Hawley or Tom Cotton runs as a “competent” authoritarian in 2024...

Never too soon for the Left to start disparaging any Republican running in 2024.


13 posted on 11/23/2020 8:33:29 AM PST by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Says a member of the party who has spent the past 6 months destroying cities like Portland. ....they know we are not stupid, but they think their “followers” are...and are gunning things up for battle.


14 posted on 11/23/2020 8:33:56 AM PST by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: Tench_Coxe
Behold commie filth (the author)...


15 posted on 11/23/2020 8:34:10 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: Tench_Coxe

Agreed.

Dark days ahead for the republic if biden wins.


16 posted on 11/23/2020 8:34:14 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: datura

“I am never again a Republican- I am a Conservative”

I am a Christian, Constitutionalist, conservative patriot.


17 posted on 11/23/2020 8:34:16 AM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Slate, you have no clue...


18 posted on 11/23/2020 8:34:51 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: Tench_Coxe

After 4 years of the Russian hoax, these people have a lot of nerve.


19 posted on 11/23/2020 8:34:55 AM PST by Fido969 (,i.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Hillary telegraphed this stuff with her “deplorables” remark.

Now we _know_ they hate us and want to destroy us.


20 posted on 11/23/2020 8:35:08 AM PST by cgbg ( Remember 1876--we _can_ do this!--Biden--Office of the Prisoner-Elect)
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