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LA Times Calls For ‘De-Trumpification,’ Reckoning For Trumpism
Breitbart ^ | 1-14-2021 | Joshua Klein

Posted on 01/14/2021 10:40:43 AM PST by blam

In a Wednesday op-ed, the Los Angeles Times called for the initiation of wide scale “de-Trumpification” and the shunning of exiting Trump administration officials who are described as “arsonists fleeing a wreckage they’ve made.”

The essay, penned by University of California-Irvine law professor and former U.N. Special Rapporteur on free speech David Kaye, questions how Trump administration officials and appointees, including “the shameless liars, the sycophants and the cynical enablers in Congress who knowingly sacrificed their reputations to support this president” are to be held accountable after the end of President Trump’s term later this month.

Though exiting political appointees have traditionally landed at prestigious institutions, with some becoming experts in the media, keynote conference speakers, memoirists with book deals, and others running for office or working for the public interest, these should not necessarily be available to former officials of the Trump administration, according to Kaye.

“Not so fast,” the essay declares. “Elite institutions unthinkingly opening their doors to this crew will facilitate exactly what we must avoid: normalizing the Trump years and evading a reckoning for Trumpism.”

Kaye then accuses departing Trump administration officials as a group, without providing evidence, of having participated in “undermining the democratic process, perpetuated lies from podiums, attacked the press, corrupted our foreign policy and intelligence agencies, damaged government departments devoted to the environment and education and much more.”

“By doing all this, Trump officials should forfeit the normally automatic benefits that come from a stint in government,” he adds.

Commending only a few who “maintained their independence and spoke truth to power inside and out of government,” the rest of the Trump administration officials are to be met with “skepticism about the value [they] bring to any mainstream institution.”

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KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; latimes; punish; reckoning; trump
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1 posted on 01/14/2021 10:40:43 AM PST by blam
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To: blam

Will there be a vaccine for Trumpism ?


2 posted on 01/14/2021 10:42:18 AM PST by PMAS (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing)
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So then it’s true, after all, that hatred of Trump supporters is due to a deficit of good brain function rather than an excess of poor brain function.


3 posted on 01/14/2021 10:42:20 AM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: blam
... former U.N. Special Rapporteur on free speech ...
All approved speech is free.
4 posted on 01/14/2021 10:42:49 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: blam

It appears David Kaye is a dumbass.


5 posted on 01/14/2021 10:43:27 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: blam

Careful. There just might be a “reckoning” for ‘De-Trumpification”.


6 posted on 01/14/2021 10:46:06 AM PST by windsorknot
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These people are all antichrists for it isGod they really hate. To be against truth, light and right is of Satan.


7 posted on 01/14/2021 10:48:08 AM PST by Cottonpatch
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Bet there’ll be an over pouring of Trump supporters nation-wide; as one Russian girl patriot during Germany’s invasion of Russia had said before they hanged her “you can’t kill us all” and in our case “You can’t suppress us all!” MAGA - write that wherever and on what ever you can.


8 posted on 01/14/2021 10:48:48 AM PST by SkyDancer (Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: blam

What they are calling for is to kill off the competitors that are against for their big scam, rip offs, and lies!


9 posted on 01/14/2021 10:49:50 AM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: blam

The objective is to make it impossible for any future (real) conservative president to get anyone to work in his administration.


10 posted on 01/14/2021 10:50:04 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: blam

We’re really in it...


11 posted on 01/14/2021 10:50:05 AM PST by Skywise
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All these people are doing is giving creedence to everything Trump has ever said about the Left.


12 posted on 01/14/2021 10:50:20 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nutmeg

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13 posted on 01/14/2021 10:50:45 AM PST by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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To: blam

If the media thinks they will escape the next civil war they are sorely mistaken. They will be the first on a long list of targets.

But, hey, keep pushing.


14 posted on 01/14/2021 10:52:24 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: blam

They are ramping up to justify the brutal oppression to come.


15 posted on 01/14/2021 10:54:55 AM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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Unity? CNN's Don Lemon: If You Voted For Trump, You're With The Klan, The Nazis, & The Rioters
16 posted on 01/14/2021 10:55:57 AM PST by blam
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To: blam

Recognize it, because it’s here to stay.


17 posted on 01/14/2021 11:01:14 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Communists: "We're anti-Fascist! That's why we use and chapion fascist actions for our allies.")
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So commies can continue to openly serve but.. OK,, Got it!


18 posted on 01/14/2021 11:03:08 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!! In CONgre$$ WE're Disgusted!!)
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Oh, my, "Trumpism". They do love their isms, don't they?

Here we have a clarion call for the ejection of anyone associated with Trump from the ruling class. In doing so its members identify themselves. Add this name to the list.

19 posted on 01/14/2021 11:07:57 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: windsorknot

Are you saying De-David Kayeism and De-dumbassism?


20 posted on 01/14/2021 11:11:35 AM PST by richardtavor ( )
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