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AZLD4Candidate

(6,323 posts)
Sun Oct 13, 2024, 11:37 AM Oct 13

'Totally illegal': Trump escalates rhetoric on outlawing political dissent and criticism

Source: NBC News via AOL

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.”

It’s a pattern of messaging that has long been part of Trump’s stump speeches but has escalated significantly in his 2024 candidacy. In the final stretch to the Nov. 5 election, the former president has developed a tendency to claim that speech he disapproves of is illegal, even if it is protected by the First Amendment.

Read more: https://www.aol.com/news/totally-illegal-trump-escalates-rhetoric-120000013.html



The fact this asshole isn't polling less than 30% is quite the indictment of our country.
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'Totally illegal': Trump escalates rhetoric on outlawing political dissent and criticism (Original Post) AZLD4Candidate Oct 13 OP
Actually... Wuddles440 Oct 13 #1
Actually Wuddles440 Oct 13 #2
He never sees the irony.... LLC Oct 13 #3
Well, if he is elected... -misanthroptimist Oct 13 #4
He's the definition of a domestic enemy... AZ8theist Oct 13 #5
He makes treasonous statements mdbl Oct 13 #7
Statements aside, he's commited treason already. AZ8theist Oct 13 #8
Projection from the Putin Puppet. AZ8theist Oct 13 #6

Wuddles440

(1,419 posts)
1. Actually...
Sun Oct 13, 2024, 11:43 AM
Oct 13

in a just, rational, and caring world, he shouldn't even be receiving consideration for such polling! We're living in an extremely broken and sick society.

Wuddles440

(1,419 posts)
2. Actually
Sun Oct 13, 2024, 11:44 AM
Oct 13

in a just, rational, and caring world, he shouldn't even be receiving consideration for such polling! We're living in an extremely broken and sick society.

-misanthroptimist

(1,200 posts)
4. Well, if he is elected...
Sun Oct 13, 2024, 12:40 PM
Oct 13

...and I don't think he will be, I will attach my DD-214 to my chest. I took an Oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. My Army days are long past, but I haven't released myself from that Oath. And I never will.

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