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JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 02:11 AM Jul 2020

Trump supporters are already talking about what they might do if he doesn't win -- extremism experts

Trump supporters are already talking about what they might do if he doesn't win — extremism experts are worried

As both national and state-level polling reveal growing support for Joe Biden’s bid to make Donald Trump a one-term president, Trump and his allies have begun framing the stakes of November’s election in increasingly apocalyptic terms — and rejecting the idea that a Democrat could legitimately win.


Thirty-six of the 45 men who have shouldered the burden of the American presidency have done so by way of a peaceful transfer of power from a living predecessor. Of those 36, nine have done so after failing to secure a second four-year term.

But even by the hardball standards of American presidential politics, Trump’s reelection bid stands out in history as the sole example of an incumbent president who is pushing his supporters to view a loss as the end of the republic, rather than the end of his political career.

This unprecedented strategy is raising concerns among experts on extremism and authoritarianism, and even veterans of Republican politics who say it is likely to result in violence should Trump lose in November.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-lose-2020-election-supporters-maga-presidency-a9606081.html

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Trump supporters are already talking about what they might do if he doesn't win -- extremism experts (Original Post) JonLP24 Jul 2020 OP
oh FUCK THEM Skittles Jul 2020 #1
+1000 Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #2
Exactly. They're not scaring anyone. The Secret Service, the Capitol Police, the DC... brush Jul 2020 #5
these racist freaks are VASTLY OUTNUMBERED Skittles Jul 2020 #6
"I think I'll still be able to tweet trollish threats from her basement after Ma dies of covid" struggle4progress Jul 2020 #3
That's what prisons are for Sugarcoated Jul 2020 #4
So we may have to arrest or kill a few thousand Klansmen that riot after the election TeamPooka Jul 2020 #7
What gets me is that following trumps electoral college victory captain queeg Jul 2020 #8
I hope Joe will have enough control of congress,, Maxheader Jul 2020 #9

Skittles

(153,164 posts)
1. oh FUCK THEM
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 02:15 AM
Jul 2020

they'll will CRAWL BACK UNDER THE ROCKS FROM WHICH THEY EMERGED

SANE AMERICANS ARE FUCKING SICK OF THEM

brush

(53,782 posts)
5. Exactly. They're not scaring anyone. The Secret Service, the Capitol Police, the DC...
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 02:37 AM
Jul 2020

police and the National Guard if necessary will ensure a losing president will go either peacefully or reluctantly, but he will go.

Skittles

(153,164 posts)
6. these racist freaks are VASTLY OUTNUMBERED
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 02:56 AM
Jul 2020

their fucking idol needed HELP FROM RUSSIA to be installed into the White House

FUCK THEM ALL

TeamPooka

(24,227 posts)
7. So we may have to arrest or kill a few thousand Klansmen that riot after the election
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 05:14 AM
Jul 2020

oh well
whatever

captain queeg

(10,199 posts)
8. What gets me is that following trumps electoral college victory
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 06:55 AM
Jul 2020

Those of us who were stunned and suspicious decided to accept the results. An unfortunate consequence of the US system of presidential election. We didn’t like it but we moved on. Now these assholes are threatening revolution as they realize that this time it won’t just be the popular vote that rejects trump, he’s going to lose the electoral vote. And the margin will be much greater this time, and they’ll still whine that it’s not fair.

Maxheader

(4,373 posts)
9. I hope Joe will have enough control of congress,,
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:07 AM
Jul 2020

To review and reverse all the legislation from the traitors in the gop ..

Restore any family planning programs that were canceled in the last

3 years...restore all trade agreements to the obama era. Same with

treaties...Fuck the wingers..I hope those wearing dog collars for

1%ers like the koch's find themselves unleashed and dumped out

In the country, like the strays I see around here..

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