'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.
Shes a criminal. Shes 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.
Its a pattern of messaging that has long been part of Trumps 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.
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The fact this asshole isn't polling less than 30% is quite the indictment of our country.
Wuddles440
(1,419 posts)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)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.
LLC
(28 posts)..that he would be guilty of the same.
-misanthroptimist
(1,200 posts)...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.
AZ8theist
(6,534 posts)mdbl
(5,488 posts)and terrorist threats. He should be in jail just for that.
AZ8theist
(6,534 posts)Does anybody think the Saudis paid Kushner $2 BILLION for his good looks??
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/575384-cia-admits-to-losing-dozens-of-informants-around-the-world-nyt/
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/politics/missing-russia-intelligence-trump-dg/
https://robertgarcia.house.gov/media/in-the-news/rep-garcia-why-did-saudi-government-give-kushner-2-billion
AZ8theist
(6,534 posts)That's all he's got besides the racism. And the stupidity.