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The ‘Resistance’ prepares for second Trump term
The Spectator ^ | 06/17/24 | Ella Johnson

Posted on 06/17/2024 6:02:49 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

“The resistance to a new Trump administration has already started,” the New York Times reported yesterday. The piece was based on interviews with more than thirty officials of organizations that are preparing for the potential re-election of Donald J. Trump.

They claim democracy is doomed and the “radical changes with authoritarian overtones” that Trump plans “include using the Justice Department to take revenge on his adversaries, sending federal troops into Democratic cities, carrying out mass deportations, building huge camps to hold immigrant detainees, making it easier to fire civil servants and replace them with loyalists and expanding and centralizing executive power.”

“ What Trump and his acolytes are running on is an authoritarian playbook. So now we have to democracy-proof our actual institutions and the values that we share,” said Patrick Gaspard, the chief executive of the CAP Action Fund. But the NYT assures us the “Times journalists are not allowed to endorse or campaign for candidates or political causes. That includes participating in rallies and donating money to a candidate or cause.”

Storing up mifepristone pills, mass protests, legal challenges and a ”flurry of regulations” from the Biden administration are some of the precautions progressive organizations are taking.

Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung responded to the article: “It’s not surprising Biden and his cronies are working overtime to stymie the will of the American people after they vote to elect President Trump and his America First agenda. Their devious actions are a direct threat to democracy.”

Cheung has a point: if the voters elect Donald Trump, wouldn’t it be anti-democratic for the progressive “resistance” to try and stymie his agenda?


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2024; domesticterrorism; domesticterrorists; resistance; secondterm; trump
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1 posted on 06/17/2024 6:02:49 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

And we should, too.

Thanks for the warning, dems.


2 posted on 06/17/2024 6:05:25 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: SeekAndFind

And the way to thwart this is quite simply to bulldoze through. No more can we become paralyzed with second guessing, or fear, or concern about what they, especially the corrupt MSM, might say. No more fear about being called names. And if they take to the streets and start burning things down, crack down hard like Reagan did as governor in California. Enough of this nonsense.


3 posted on 06/17/2024 6:07:15 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Obadiah

“And the way to thwart this is quite simply to bulldoze through. No more can we become paralyzed with second guessing, or fear, or concern about what they, especially the corrupt MSM, might say. No more fear about being called names. And if they take to the streets and start burning things down, crack down hard like Reagan did as governor in California. Enough of this nonsense.”

Bravo!👍


4 posted on 06/17/2024 6:09:09 PM PDT by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: SeekAndFind

They are employees.
Insubordination?
Fire ‘em all.


5 posted on 06/17/2024 6:10:06 PM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: SeekAndFind

>> Trump plans “include using the Justice Department to take revenge on his adversaries, sending federal troops into Democratic cities, carrying out mass deportations, building huge camps to hold immigrant detainees, making it easier to fire civil servants and replace them with loyalists...

I SURE HOPE SO!! That would be SWEET.

>> and expanding and centralizing executive power

Now THAT part is pure DemonRat projection. That describes the Jobama cabal’s actions beginning day 1 after the stolen 2020 election.


6 posted on 06/17/2024 6:16:34 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Simply draw city/county lines.

We know the leftists will permit the cities to burn freely during the Trump term. Not much we can do about it.

But if a thug steps outside city limits, drop the hammer on him.

And if any thug is not a citizen, he spends six months eating PB & J in an enclosure, and then is deported. Repeat if necessary.


7 posted on 06/17/2024 6:26:32 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: SeekAndFind

What are Trump’s options if all the bureaus, agencies, law enforcement, etc. simply do not follow orders?


8 posted on 06/17/2024 6:28:31 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: SeekAndFind

Start firing people then hire blue collar workers.


9 posted on 06/17/2024 6:30:52 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Lizavetta

“ What are Trump’s options if all the bureaus, agencies, law enforcement, etc. simply do not follow orders?”

Fire everyone that can be fired. Then Start defunding agencies and don’t stop till they surrender.


10 posted on 06/17/2024 6:32:27 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (We have not yet achieved peak crazy)
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To: SeekAndFind
These horrible and hateful people do not represent America.

They wanted to lord it over the rest of us and Trump ruined their dream.


11 posted on 06/17/2024 6:34:50 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
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To: SeekAndFind

Like this from 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC5MepHceNw


12 posted on 06/17/2024 6:40:38 PM PDT by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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To: SeekAndFind

RESISTANCE does not mean the side backed by 90% of institution/industry/billionaires/wealthiest men ever.

It’s ludicrous.


13 posted on 06/17/2024 6:41:49 PM PDT by Freest Republican (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by imbeciles)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hmm. Sounds like preemptive insurrection election denying to me.


14 posted on 06/17/2024 6:43:01 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: SeekAndFind

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1802877264687706507

Fences being put up around Supreme Court tonight.


15 posted on 06/17/2024 6:43:29 PM PDT by dforest ( )
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

And this is why it is critical that Trump picks the right people this time around! No more Nancies. No more Mitch McConnell approved subversives.

My greatest fear is that Trump does not rip and tear every root and branch of this corrupt government but goes cautiously seeking to be loved, seeking some mystical place in history, rather than taking the narrow, hard road that must be done to save the Republic.


16 posted on 06/17/2024 6:45:38 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: SeekAndFind

The National Democratic Congressional Committee
said these congressional districts were in play
as of early June 2024:

AZ-01
AZ-06
CA-03
CA-13
CA-22
CA-27
CA-40
CA-41
CA-45
CA-47
CO-03
FL-13
FL-27
IA-01
IA-03
MI-07
MI-10
MT-01
NE-02
NJ-07
NY-01
NY-03
NY-04
NY-17
NY-19
NY-22
OR-05
PA-01
PA-10
VA-02
WI-01
WI-03

Candidate Party

Total receipts Total disbursements Cash on hand

LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT REPUBLICAN PARTY

$4,179,635.87 $1,195,612.77 $3,022,484.75

JONES, MONDAIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

$3,904,490.00 $860,669.98 $3,115,165.39

just substitute for state and district:
https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/NY/17/2024/

National Republican Congressional Committee:
https://www.nrcc.org/


17 posted on 06/17/2024 6:50:27 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: SeekAndFind

“The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024”

WV(Republican Jim Justice)
MT(Republican Tim Sheehy)
OH(Republican Bernie Moreno)
NV(Republican Sam Brown)
AZ(Republican Kari Lake)
PA(Republican Dave McCormick)
MI(August primary)
WI(Republican Eric Hovde)
MD(Republican Larry Hogan)
TX(Republican Ted Cruz)

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/politics/senate-race-rankings-april-2024/index.html


18 posted on 06/17/2024 6:51:11 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump needs Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress.

Right now, the Democrats have a massive Congressional funding advantage.

Aim small to win big.

You have until late October to fund Trump’s campaign.

This site needs more financial love too.


19 posted on 06/17/2024 6:53:39 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: SeekAndFind
What Trump and his acolytes are running on is an authoritarian playbook.

Leftists projecting again.

20 posted on 06/17/2024 7:18:37 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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