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‘I think the bigger problem are the people from within, we have some very bad people, sick people, radical left lunatics,’ Republican candidate tells Fox’s Maria Bartiromo

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"And it should be easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military," he said.

"I think the bigger problem is the enemy from within. Not even the people who have come in, who are destroying our country."

It isn't clear under what circumstances Trump would view it justifiable to call in US troops against his own countrymen.

But his comments mark a baseless attack and a particularly hollow one coming from someone whose supporters violently attacked the US Capitol in an attempt to stop him from being thrown out of office three years ago.


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[-] ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world 4 points 20 minutes ago

“I think the bigger problem are the people from within, we have some very bad people, sick people, radical ~~left~~ lunatics."

Yeah Don, we know. They even wear a red hat to help identify themselves.

[-] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 18 points 1 hour ago

So that's how he plans to make the economy better, to force his opposition to leave the country and appropriate their wealth and property. Who did Nazi that coming?

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 10 minutes ago* (last edited 10 minutes ago)

idiot has to know he cant do that. the ones that can had better not if they want to keep their stations

[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Soldiers are not obligated to follow unlawful orders....the brass will say "no".

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

Just cause the big guy called Trump a fascist doesnt mean there arent plenty of supporters down the chain of command.

[-] LANIK2000@lemmy.world 22 points 2 hours ago

Oh hey, treason man is yet again announcing publicly that he's a treasonous piece of shit and that he plans to continue committing treason? Wow, what shocking news. /s

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 18 points 2 hours ago

This rhetoric is meant for voter intimidation because they know Republicans always lose when Democrats turn out to vote.

The polls are meaningless because they could be manipulated or manufactured, we don’t know who’s being polled. People just need to cast their vote and not let this be a close election.

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

I will never express my opinions in places where I can be easily identified unless I am among people I know and trust. I will vote and keep my leftist ideology to myself amongst strangers irl. I rather like living without being bothered.

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

There’s no such thing as living without being bothered in an autocratic regime, doesn’t matter who you are. You could be the most ardent supporter and you’d still be shit out of luck for any reason. Stalin used to have his own cabinet members routinely disposed of

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

I meant being bothered as in strangers harassing me for my beliefs lol. I live in a grossly red part of my state and I keep a low profile out of what I feel is necessity

[-] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

He rambled on about immigrants at a rally and said election day will be our Liberation Day. Sounds like mass deportation and mass killing of liberals to me.

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 1 points 18 minutes ago

I should have been doing it regardless, but this past weekend I started hitting the shooting range again.

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 40 points 7 hours ago

This is EXACTLY what the Founders Intended! George Washington LITERALLY said that the US Military should be used on US Citizens and that Children should be Gunned Down in School!

[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

Yup, I was there! I remember it well!

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 69 points 8 hours ago

And polls continue to call the race a tie.

At some point we have to acknowledge that roughly 30% of our population are just evil, fascist monsters. Having lived in those states, this isn't a surprise.

[-] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 27 points 8 hours ago

Some of them are just country bumpkins who vote for whoever their pastor says

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 0 points 17 minutes ago

And the problem is that a county of 1000 dipshit rednecks like that have as much voting power as a major metropolitan area.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 30 points 6 hours ago
[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 hours ago

Still counts more in fact. Our system is broken.

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

The system in question:

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0065

There was one difficulty however of a serious nature attending an immediate choice by the people. The right of suffrage was much more diffusive in the Northern than the Southern States; and the latter could have no influence in the election on the score of the Negroes. The substitution of electors obviated this difficulty and seemed on the whole to be liable to fewest objections.

The south has a massive advantage in the electoral college because they demanded to be able to launder slave votes.

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 24 points 8 hours ago

Been in their churches, you hear the chorus loud and clear when he talks about 'taking the country back from the powers of satan and other elitists'. He doesn't mean Olympic athletes.

[-] 31337@sh.itjust.works 30 points 8 hours ago

Looks like the U.S. is going to vote in an oppressive dictatorship to own the libs.

[-] Mobiledecay@lemmy.world 37 points 10 hours ago

Didn't he try to use the military the last time and he was told no? What a psycho.

[-] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 hours ago

He might not be told "no" this time, though. He would be CiC, he would be their boss.

[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago

Wasn't he their boss last time?

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 5 hours ago

After being told "no", he started purging officers that take their constitutional duty seriously.

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 37 points 10 hours ago

He's crying.

He's falling apart and going more batshit as his last-ditch attempt to grab power before crashing permanently.

[-] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

And yet he has a 50/50 chance of becoming president again.

[-] ours@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Sane Americans better go out and vote.

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[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 53 points 11 hours ago

For the millionth time all leftists should be armed. Cannot stress enough how important that is.

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[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 215 points 13 hours ago

This is a reminder to American service members:

Your oath of allegiance is to the United States, not to Donald Trump, Joe Biden, or Kamala Harris. You have a duty to obey lawful orders issued under the authority of the commander in chief. But it is your duty to disobey unlawful orders.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 24 points 10 hours ago

Heritage Foundation: Hold my beer, SCOTUS ASSEMBLE! You know what to do.

SCOTUS: it's legal now.

I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it further.

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