Trump would not rule out the death penalty for the senior official who wrote the op-ed for the NYT

[kpete]

Link to tweet

[malaise]

1. Don the Con is way more guilty of treason

He should be very careful on this one.

[TrishaJ]

11. Yep. Better be careful what he wishes for in

advocating the death penalty for the "treason" for exercising 1st Amendment rights.

If it applies to "treason" for exercising 1st Amendment rights, then it DEFINITELY applies to the real TREASON of colluding with Putin to attack our country (hacking into systems by the Russian military WAS an attack on our country)!

[OMGWTF]

13. The Rosenbergs were executed for conspiring with Russia

[workinclasszero]

46. Yeah, how about that?

Be real careful Red Don...

[RoBear]

18. You got it!

STRING HIM UP!!!

[patricia92243]

2. This just proves what the op-ed said. He is truly deranged.

[mucifer]

3. Glad his popularity is tanking.

[ginnyinWI]

4. What if the writer was his own son-in-law?

See my post linking to a WaPo oped:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142153122#post26

[GP6971]

5. How does he know it's a "he"? nt

[Lucinda]

8. NYT Twitter feed said it was a "he" n/t

[GP6971]

9. Thanks! Don't do Twitter. nt

[eallen]

10. In this context, that means nothing

There is plenty of English usage where "he" and "him" don't imply that the person is male. A common example is this one, where he is an anonymous author. Even if the NYT knows the author is female, they should refer to him this way.

[efhmc]

26. But then recinded that statement.

"The tweet was drafted by someone who is not aware of the author's identity, including the gender, so the use of 'he' was an error," from NYT.

[Lucinda]

50. I doubt Trumpy would have seen anything past the first mention!

Thankie for the info! Much appreciated.

[Wednesdays]

47. The NYT said the person was a "he" when they published it

Although, the Times has no obligation to be truthful about the person's identity.

[RKP5637]

6. tRump is so far off his rocker ... the guy is deranged. Tells you a lot about the new GOP and

their loyalists. Today's GOP would sell out the country to any dictator if they thought they could make a buck off it. Today's GOP motto: "The hell with the country and the people, give us cash."

[jmbar2]

16. THIS!

Trump is the distraction. It's the players behind him who are engaging in a coup. Simple question - if their goals and policies are any good, why do they have to lie and hide their intent?

[RKP5637]

23. Exactly, it extends far beyond tRump whom they use, as you say,

for a distraction. It's unbelievable that the idiot republicans who stand nothing to gain back this guy and the GOP. A good 30% plus of the US is stupid as a rock, total losers.

[at140]

30. 9/10 who opposed Trump lost their primary

So the reason the others do not openly oppose tRump
is because they are AFRAID of losing a lucrative job in politics.

[RKP5637]

32. Another reason IMO there should be strict term limits. Far too many make it

a life's work/living and do anything to keep the cash rolling in for a lofty job.

[at140]

52. Agree completely +100

Life long politicians is the highway to breed corruption. Corporations won't shove truckloads of campaign cash if the politician was term limited.

[smirkymonkey]

7. The death penalty for treason?

I say bring it on!

BTW, fat boy, what "anonymous" did was in no way, shape or form considered to be "treason".

"According to Article III, Section 3: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court."

"Enemy" refers to a country or entity that has either declared war or is in open war against the United States. The wording is so air-tight that infamous double-agents Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen could not be convicted of treason after they were uncovered as spies for the Soviet Union, because at the time the United States was not officially at war with the Soviets, per ​Vox's reporting on Wednesday.

Moreover, the words "aid and comfort" mean something material -- scathing words on an op-ed would not apply.

Another kind of treason conviction would require the guilty party to take part in "levying war" against the United States, as UC Davis’s Carlton Larson, an expert on treason law, told Vox in 2013. Despite what Trump might believe, criticism against him does not qualify as declaring war against the nation."

[Volaris]

24. All of that what you said is correct, but you gotta see it from donnies pov..

In his own mind anyway He IS the State; he IS the People.
This is why it's so easy to libel the press as 'the enemy'.
Giving aid and comfort to the enemy in this case means 'anything that gets ratings so the enemy can make more money', (because, again, in his mind), MOAR MONIE is the only thing that has ever been or will ever be, a comfort to him.
He's crazy and the press should ignore him, but this is projection, pure and simple heh.

[smirkymonkey]

37. However his reality is not reality.

One of these days that fact is going to hit him like a truck.

[Volaris]

45. Oh I'm aware lol.

[erronis]

43. In other words, he's a wannabe Kim Jong-un. Fat boys with bad haircuts.

[Volaris]

44. Yes precisely.

[Golden Raisin]

12. Well, of course. Trump thinks he's King/Emperor

so the leaker has committed lèse-majesté, and is therefore punishable by death.

[elmac]

14. dictators murder with impunity. nt

[calimary]

15. Look who's complaining about treason being committed.

Mr. Treason himself.

[Honeycombe8]

17. And here we go...from children in cages to all-out dictatorial murder...

Next up: gas chambers.

[usaf-vet]

19. So if TREASON warrants the death penalty.........

.... isn't he "signing" his own fate if Mueller's findings are treason?

He just doesn't know when to STFU does he.

If "free speech" from a written op-ed is treasonous. Bigly is playing with fire with his last utterance.

[dalton99a]

20. Kim Jong-un: "Donald, use anti-aircraft guns!"

[JoeOtterbein]

21. And they may want to carry out the punishment themselves. That is why we should not "out"

the writer of the op/ed.

[bitterross]

22. He has no case for anything. Nothing is "injured" but him personally.

The op-ed is carefully written to give a view of people working behind the scenes to uphold the Constitution and thwart a rouge person in the Oval Office. EVERYTHING in the op-ed points to people who are more loyal to the nation than to the President. That's certainly not treason. It's actually following any oath they may have taken to protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and DOMESTIC. Trump is a domestic enemy of the Constitution. Finding that to be true is a case that could be won in any fair court of law. It should be judged in the House of Representatives by impeachment - but for the Republicans who are complicit in Trump's crimes this would happen.

Trump doesn't have any basis for calling it treason. Nor, can he call it defamation of character or libel because it is all so very apparently true.

[Eyeball_Kid]

40. My opinion differs. The anonymous writer wants to continue the Republican juggernaut.

S/he is attempting to separate Trumpy from the greater GOP movement, so the GOP won't get swamped in November. But that attempt can only fail because there are no other signs within the GOP that concur with the anonymous op-ed writer. There really isn't a GOP right now. It's all Trumpy, all the time.

[bitterross]

48. I agree with you. You have a good point

There is not a GOP right now. It is a cult of Trump.

The OP-ED is all about people who are working to support the Constitution over a very flawed man.

It is very much about separating him from the party.

I feel it is a little too late to separate him and his ilk from the main GOP though. They sold their souls in order to get judges and deregulation. They have largely won on this account. That is the most damaging thing to our republic.

[Le Grand Pronounceur]

25. Trump Jong ILL

[bucolic_frolic]

27. Dangerous: Trump truly believes the twisted reality in his head

and never doubts himself.

[LonePirate]

28. Wouldn't that be something if the op-ed author turned out to be Ivanka?

[shanny]

35. oopsie...

[Racerdog1]

29. Lost it

This orange anus has lost it. Time to rid ourselves of this orange plague.

[Cary]

31. I don't rule out the death penalty for Unindicted Co-Conspirator's treason

[shanny]

33. oh FFS

[0rganism]

34. time to get "tough on treason" eh?

maybe he plans to run on that slogan

[Pachamama]

36. Trump should be held to the same standard....

So when he is found guilty of Treason, we are all very clear on the penalty that should apply to him....

[Eyeball_Kid]

38. Come on, folks. There is no treason for exercising free speech.

Treason allegations can only stick in times when Congress declares war. Other than that, it's hyperbole. Trumpy has no concept of law. He deludes himself into thinking that he's a law onto himself. That's what this is all about. So lighten up. After all, it's Trumpy's great intellect to which we're alluding. And you can take that to the piggy bank.

[dawnie51]

39. The longer this goes on....

the more I am thinking it's a set up by Dump and a couple of his minions. Who benefits here? Attention is turned away from Kavanaugh, Mueller, Russia, and all the rest of Dump's mess. It's op-ed 24/7 since Wednesday. Wouldn't be the first time Dump has choreographed a scene for reality T V consumption. It's the only thing he's even passably good at. And as the rhetoric becomes more and more outlandish (like death penalty threats) it's coming "things that make you go Hmmmmm".

[dalton99a]

41. It is a diversion.

"I'm going to suck all the oxygen out of the room. I know how to work the media in a way that they will never take the lights off of me." - Donald Trump

[Generic Other]

42. Maybe the death penalty should include

treasonous presidents. And when the cops arrest him, they can rough him up a bit (his words, not mine): "...I said, please don't be too nice."

[JI7]

49. meanwhile media is concerned about Obama stepping away from the norm of former presidents

not publicly criticizing the president.

[moondust]

51. Straight Outta Nixon.

Using government agencies to serve his own interests.

[Cha]

53. Glad it's driving Fraud more

crazy.

Link to tweet

[D23MIURG23]

54. Pfft. Whatever. It's first amendment protected, there will never be a conviction.

When they convict dump of treason, I hope prosecutors seek the death penalty.