“This is out of the autocratic playbook. As autocrats consolidate their power once they’re in office, anything that threatens their power ... becomes illegal,” historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat said.

“This is out of the autocratic playbook. As autocrats consolidate their power once they’re in office, anything that threatens their power … becomes illegal,” historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat said.

Donald Trump is ramping up his rhetoric depicting his political rivals and critics as criminals, while dropping a long trail of suggestions that he favors outlawing political speech that he deems misleading or challenges his claims to power.

In a speech Friday in Aurora, Colorado, the Republican presidential nominee blasted the immigration system and lobbed a rhetorical grenade at his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris.

“She’s a criminal. She’s a criminal,” said Trump, who was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money trial. “She really is, if you think about it.”

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  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
    341·
    1 month ago

    “If you think about it.” Please, for the love of God, if you are currently a supporter of Trump, I encourage you to critically think about everything this man has said, and the policies that have happend, and how this would impact your neighbors and family.

    That being said if you have the capability to critically think, I can be fairly confident that you aren’t supporting Trump by this point. In which case we’re fucked if half of voters lack the ability to do so, with or without Kamala winning

  • azimir@lemmy.ml
    6·
    1 month ago

    It’s only illegal if someone enforces the law, a judge holds a trial, and an actual punishment is meted out.

    Given how little taste our justice system has for holding rich people accountable, it starts to get fuzzy around what is illegal or not. As President GW Bush said: “The Constitution is just a piece of paper.” While he’s wrong about the material, he was correct that unless people believe in the ideals and rules laid down by the Constitution, then actually build a nation who follows and enforces their ideals, the Condition just sits there as a pile of material.

  • FatherGascown@lemmy.world
    22·
    1 month ago

    I think y’all would be just better off ACTUALLY assassinating the guy. If he wins, the USA’s so royally screwed it’s almost worth making him some sort of twisted martyr for the retards that vote for him.