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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Thu Mar 11, 2021, 10:57 AM Mar 2021

So that's why Trump loved---and envied---Turkey's president Erdogan.

Merely "insulting" Erdogan is a CRIME in Turkey that carries four years in prison as a penalty!

Does anyone doubt---even a tiny bitsy bit---that Trump would not have loved such a law in our country?

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So that's why Trump loved---and envied---Turkey's president Erdogan. (Original Post) Atticus Mar 2021 OP
But! That DAMNED US Constitution got in the way.... ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2021 #1
WHN admired a lot of the shit Erdogan did... Wounded Bear Mar 2021 #2

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
1. But! That DAMNED US Constitution got in the way....
Thu Mar 11, 2021, 11:00 AM
Mar 2021

Which is what keeps the United States the Democratic Republic that we are.

Nullify the Bill of Rights, then all goes to hell.

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