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swag

(26,514 posts)
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 08:26 PM 3 hrs ago

Trump Escalates Threats to Political Opponents He Deems the 'Enemy'

Source: New York Times


By Lisa Lerer and Michael Gold

With three weeks left before Election Day, former President Donald J. Trump is pushing to the forefront of his campaign a menacing political threat: that he would use the power of the presidency to crush those who disagree with him.

In a Fox News interview on Sunday, Mr. Trump framed Democrats as a pernicious “enemy from within” that would cause chaos on Election Day that he speculated the National Guard might need to handle.

A day later, he closed his remarks to a crowd at what was billed as a town hall in Pennsylvania with a stark message about his political opponents.

“They are so bad and frankly, they’re evil,” Mr. Trump said. “They’re evil. What they’ve done, they’ve weaponized, they’ve weaponized our elections. They’ve done things that nobody thought was even possible.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/15/us/politics/trump-opponents-enemy-within.html?unlocked_article_code=1.S04._Szv.qKY0wP_6qMkn&smid=url-share



It should be noted that the The New York Times had to be forced to finally cover Trump's violent threats against us by Kamala Harris, who has been noting Trump's talk of violence against Americans at her rallies and during the Fox News interview with Bret Baier.

This may have been covered before in LBN, but I think the breaking news here is that the Times is finally covering it.
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Trump Escalates Threats to Political Opponents He Deems the 'Enemy' (Original Post) swag 3 hrs ago OP
When he loses on Nov. 5th....that's when his reality crashes into his consciousness. OAITW r.2.0 2 hrs ago #1
Right out of the nazi playbook. Permanut 2 hrs ago #2
Stupid reincarnated Hitler is gonna run ArkansasDemocrat1 2 hrs ago #3
Dubai speak easy 56 min ago #5
Not if ReRe 3 min ago #7
Better late than never RussBLib 1 hr ago #4
The Donvict is gonna lose ArkansasDemocrat1 49 min ago #6

OAITW r.2.0

(27,813 posts)
1. When he loses on Nov. 5th....that's when his reality crashes into his consciousness.
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 08:40 PM
2 hrs ago

Convicted criminal...with lots more trials that he can't control. Sucks to be him.

ReRe

(10,654 posts)
7. Not if
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 11:25 PM
3 min ago

the Feds surround his whereabouts & take him into custody as soon as the clock strikes 12am on

November 6th, 2024.

RussBLib

(9,564 posts)
4. Better late than never
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 09:32 PM
1 hr ago

...but the NYT has been sane-washing Trump for far too long. I've been hoping they will be shamed into real reporting. Maybe it's finally happening. Geez, it's not like the NYT would be protected if Trump steals it, but I suppose some reporters think they'd be ok.

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