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jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

"I'm not joking": Trump again floats running for anti-constitutional third term

www.motherjones.com

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"I'm not joking": Trump again floats running for anti-constitutional third term

www.motherjones.com

jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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"There are methods which you could do it," he reportedly told NBC News.
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    I believe death by an AR-15 bullet is considered dying of natural causes in America.

    Hopefully Trump dies of a natural cause, tonight.

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      Let’s just hope The Simpsons are actually predicting the future

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    Remember when Obama was asked if he could run for a third, and he said he couldn’t because it’s not allowed. Imagine a President who respects the law, the Constitution, and the will of the people via Congress. Irony is that it was Republicans who put in place the term limits, so Trump is even against his party’s previous mandate.

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    So much for the “oh he’s just joking” excuse

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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      He’s been gaslighting for over a decade now.

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    They’re just going to put his name on the ballot and run it through his hand picked judges. If we just go along with it, Elon will use Star Link to clean up the votes so he wins. Then the scotus will allow because he can’t get impeached and the Senate won’t convict.

    Only solution is Luigi.

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    At the rate Trump’s dismantling the Constitution, who really thinks there’ll be elections in 2028?

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      2028? Try next year.

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      Of course there will be elections. Very few dictatorship skip elections outright nowadays.

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    He will probably suspend the constitution soon. He will at least make a serious effort to have the entire thing suspended due to “far left radical insurgency” or too many “illegal aliens disrupting the political process”.

    Idk why he’s talking about a 3rd term. I don’t think anyone expects him to live out this one. He is very old. 4 years of being a fascist dictator might as well be a decade off of his lifespan. There’s no way he’d be physically capable of running again. Being the most vile human being alive is actually very bad for your physical health.

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      Why suspend it when you can just ignore it?

      Look a fascism lite in Russia or Turkey – they still pretend to have democracy and rule of law – that’s the power of pretending.

    • Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world
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      Have you seen Mitch McConnell?

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    What does he have to do to be taken seriously? It’s like a man on an active shooting spree and everyone says “he’s just kidding”

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      HahahAAAAAAAAHHHHHH

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    I’m sure the magats are eating it up. When are the rest of us revolting?

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      Right now.

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        Walk the walk.

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          Aye

          • danekrae@lemmy.world
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            It means that a person should back up their talking with action.

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              It means, “yes I agree”

              https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aye

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      They have been, you just aren’t hearing about it because they don’t want you to hear about it. People are fucking pissed.

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        Yeah I know people are pissed. So I guess I’m watching for when we mount a resistance. I would be a shot leader for it, and I must admit, I’m afraid, I’m afraid of what it will mean, but still somewhat ready to join.

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      I thought it was the magas who were revolting.

      Oh, you mean like revolution.

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        Revolutioning? I guess I could have said starting the revolution.

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          Naw, you were clear. I was just making a joke.

          English is a silly language.

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      When the rest of us pacifist lefties, and i am also including you the person I’m replying to, buys a gun. So far, the Republicans overwhelmingly own more guns and train more often and would wipe us all out from the comfort of their diabetic mobility scooters.

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    So what’s being passed through the house that he keeps trying to distract us from? Is this to make us look away from social security while they carve it up? He always makes these stupid outrageous statements when he is trying to distract from something sinister happening elsewhere.

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    That threat should be enough for anyone…

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      But he’s not a Democrat, so it’s fine

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    Neither are we

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    There is no magical way out of this — there will be blood | Opinion Story by D. Earl Stephens

    Alternate link: https://web.archive.org/web/20250318050135/https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/new-civil-war/

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      Surprised Microsoft hasn’t pushed the person who wrote that out of a window

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    And he’s probably getting one. Unless he dies.

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    Yeah, somehow I’m guessing a better sniper will show up before then

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      Hawkeye could finally become the coolest avenger

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