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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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To: Tench_Coxe

I like the smell of fear in the afternoon.

5.56mm


101 posted on 11/23/2020 10:44:39 AM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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To: Tench_Coxe

algore -37 days

hillary - still not over it

stacy abrams - never conceded


102 posted on 11/23/2020 10:45:05 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Tench_Coxe
Ms. Lithwick's article, after waves of negative observations that only apply to her side of the political gulf in this nation, almost makes one solid point:

Republican interests is [sic] hardly in retreat. It appears, to be honest, to be ascendant.

If she had inserted "Conservative" for "Republican" in her screed, I would nominate her for a "mistress of the obvious" award. I don't see any reason to doubt that Rats/Rinos will continue to push way past what a critical mass of freedom loving folk will tolerate. Trump is a long overdue backlash at their treachery, and he is just the start.

I agree with your "better be prepared" comment.

103 posted on 11/23/2020 10:45:07 AM PST by PerConPat (A politician is an animal that can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground--Mencken )
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To: Tench_Coxe

When you all dems were obama lovers and voted for him the second time... though he gave you nothing... you were the problem... you still are the problem.

everything he did was WRONG and FAILED !!!!!!!!!!!

everything Trump promised he did.... and they all are a success.. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


104 posted on 11/23/2020 10:48:25 AM PST by frnewsjunkie
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To: Tench_Coxe
They don't get it.

It was never just about Trump.
105 posted on 11/23/2020 11:02:33 AM PST by indthkr
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To: SpaceBar

“Behold commie filth (the author)...”

She would make for a cheery fire.


106 posted on 11/23/2020 11:11:38 AM PST by Beagle8U ("Chris Wallace comes from the shallow end of the press pool.")
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To: headstamp 2

Exactly! The Vichy GOP is just as bad as the Democrats in hating half the country. If Trump loses we are about to experience something not seen in America before but what has happened in Russia, China etc... purges. At first it will be ridicule and PC persecution. When that fails it will get nasty with 70 million Americans being declared terrorist.

We are hated by both parties yet our side has a bunch who still love their beloved party no matter how much it lies to them and treats them like third class citizens. They love the lash...


107 posted on 11/23/2020 11:16:38 AM PST by sarge83
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To: Cheesehead in Texas

[[[Sounds like a anti-marxist shadow government is forming.]]]

ANTIMA


108 posted on 11/23/2020 11:18:53 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Socialism- Institutionalized Deprivation)
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To: headstamp 2
Youthey-Are-After
109 posted on 11/23/2020 11:23:52 AM PST by timestax
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To: timestax
Trump-Backtabbingmeme
110 posted on 11/23/2020 11:27:14 AM PST by timestax
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To: null and void
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The "other other" hemp...  winking face

111 posted on 11/23/2020 11:29:03 AM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: nutmeg
Ifight-Back
112 posted on 11/23/2020 11:29:55 AM PST by timestax
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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.”

What is this B*tch talking about? The Left has loved/defended every “authoritarian” except maybe Hitler.


113 posted on 11/23/2020 11:47:43 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (Proud to be "Not fit for polite society." )
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To: Tench_Coxe
"Trump Is No Longer the Problem. His Army of Followers Is"


114 posted on 11/23/2020 11:51:39 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: Tench_Coxe

It’s just getting worse


115 posted on 11/23/2020 2:28:50 PM PST by The Mayor (I am outraged at your outrage toward the outrage!)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Carbon arc level projection.


116 posted on 11/24/2020 8:07:20 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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