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Snarkoleptic

(6,001 posts)
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:01 AM Oct 2016

Trump is blaming a 'rigged election' and his supporters pivot to discussion of 'violent rebellion'

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/10/15/1581936/-Trump-is-blaming-a-rigged-election-and-his-supporters-pivot-to-discussion-of-violent-rebellion

In the past there was butthurt. This time, I fear much worse after the election.

Hillary Clinton should have been prosecuted and should be in jail. Instead she is running for president in what looks like a rigged election
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15, 2016


Trump is now actively working to delegitimize this election entirely because he is heading toward a crushing defeat of his own doing. As if that were’t deplorable enough, he’s turning up the dangerous rhetoric at his rallies. While Trump’s audiences appear to be getting smaller every day​, some of his most ardent followers are taking his cue and pivoting into extremely dangerous rhetoric themselves. Read some of the examples in this jaw-dropping article from The Boston Globe:

“If she’s in office, I hope we can start a coup. She should be in prison or shot. That’s how I feel about it,” Dan Bowman, a 50-year-old contractor, said of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee. “We’re going to have a revolution and take them out of office if that’s what it takes. There’s going to be a lot of bloodshed. But that’s what it’s going to take. . . . I would do whatever I can for my country.”

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Trump is blaming a 'rigged election' and his supporters pivot to discussion of 'violent rebellion' (Original Post) Snarkoleptic Oct 2016 OP
What an ass. Firestorm49 Oct 2016 #1
Looking like he needs to be shut down. lonestarnot Oct 2016 #2
Those Trump supporters' comments show us saltpoint Oct 2016 #3
There will be some people who yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #4
if they do "pivot" heaven05 Oct 2016 #5
I hope law enforcement is taking note. TonyPDX Oct 2016 #6
So they are all coming out with their pitchforks and shovels huh? Cakes488 Oct 2016 #7
My guess will be guns The Genealogist Oct 2016 #8
My guess is Glamrock Oct 2016 #10
Where is the FBI onecaliberal Oct 2016 #9

saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
3. Those Trump supporters' comments show us
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:07 AM
Oct 2016

what we're up against. Mr. Bowman doesn't seem to have given a lot of careful thought to the consequences of the actions he proposes.

Treason matters, Mr. Bowman.

yuiyoshida

(41,861 posts)
4. There will be some people who
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:09 AM
Oct 2016

will end up in prison or worse, if they do try armed Rebellion.

"The FBI doesn't have a sense of humor, that we are aware of..."

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
5. if they do "pivot"
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:10 AM
Oct 2016

to violence, at least a lot of them can be identified and legally dealt with. Good thing in my book.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
8. My guess will be guns
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:29 AM
Oct 2016

These are radicalized people. They think their heinous, bigoted beliefs are divinely ordained. They just KNOW they have "THE TRUTH" on their side. I'd guess the least of our worries will be pitchforks and shovels.

Glamrock

(11,802 posts)
10. My guess is
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:58 AM
Oct 2016

the vast majority of them will be retreating back to the right wing internet sewer and duck dynasty.

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