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DemocratSinceBirth

(100,361 posts)
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 01:33 PM Dec 2023

If TFG wins

If TFG wins do you think we'll see martial law, suspension of habeas corpus, and concentration camps? It can happen here.


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16 (80%)
No
4 (20%)
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If TFG wins (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 OP
Vindictiveness with a vengence..... magicarpet Dec 2023 #1
Yes but they won't call them concentration camps. RandomNumbers Dec 2023 #2
No, but it's hard to totally rule it out with trump and today's vile GOPers. Silent Type Dec 2023 #3
We could see a situation like The Troubles in Northern Ireland. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 #4
I think Trump or one of his cronies TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #5
Ferdinand Marcos DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 #6
The reason it wouldn't happen here TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #8
Capital would flee. Markets would tank. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 #11
The economic repercussions pale TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #14
100 or so people stopped traffic in DTLA for hours. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 #15
we had concentration camps in term #1 (at the boarder) Takket Dec 2023 #7
Trump already came close to invoking the Insurrection Act three years ago, but was talked out of it. LudwigPastorius Dec 2023 #9
Hope I can get into Canada multigraincracker Dec 2023 #10
If his win is shady and unlawful and we fight back, ecstatic Dec 2023 #12
We saw that bdamomma Dec 2023 #13

DemocratSinceBirth

(100,361 posts)
4. We could see a situation like The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 01:48 PM
Dec 2023

It's heartbreaking our fellow Americans would vote for that. They hate us. I just want them to leave us alone.

 

TexasDem69

(2,317 posts)
5. I think Trump or one of his cronies
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 01:54 PM
Dec 2023

Already said we’d see martial law, so yes to that option. No to the latter two options. Those ideas are pretty ridiculous, and if you really think that you or your loved ones are in danger of being placed in concentration camps then you should be down at your local gun store purchasing a firearm, even if some folks might think you have erectile dysfunction.

DemocratSinceBirth

(100,361 posts)
6. Ferdinand Marcos
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 02:05 PM
Dec 2023

Ferdinand Marcos suspended the Constitution and with it habeas corpus and arrested the political opposition. The only reason it likely won't happen here is because the economy would go to shit with all the tumult.

 

TexasDem69

(2,317 posts)
8. The reason it wouldn't happen here
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 02:12 PM
Dec 2023

Is because most people wouldn’t stand for it. If Trump attempted it, then civil war would ensue, and we’d have a whole lot more to worry about. The only time it’s happened in the U.S. was during the Civil War.

DemocratSinceBirth

(100,361 posts)
15. 100 or so people stopped traffic in DTLA for hours.
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 04:11 PM
Dec 2023

I opposed it . But imagine you have incidenta like that all over the country.

Takket

(22,663 posts)
7. we had concentration camps in term #1 (at the boarder)
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 02:10 PM
Dec 2023

and that was WITH members of the cabinet trying to do the bare minimum not to destroy the country. we won't even have that in a second term.

LudwigPastorius

(11,082 posts)
9. Trump already came close to invoking the Insurrection Act three years ago, but was talked out of it.
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 02:18 PM
Dec 2023

If he wins, he'll go all in this time.

ecstatic

(34,519 posts)
12. If his win is shady and unlawful and we fight back,
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 03:46 PM
Dec 2023

Yes, we will see all of those things.

Our only hope will be if Biden uses his "King powers" prior to January 20.

bdamomma

(66,720 posts)
13. We saw that
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 03:56 PM
Dec 2023

orange thug loose 3 times. We can stop him again. We have to VOTE.

Do the majority of people want to live in dictatorship????? Again, power in numbers.

Plus we are dealing with a CULT. Cult's have a way of eroding. Or am I assuming.

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