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It’s Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk He’s telling us what he will do to his political enemies if he’s president again. Is anyone listening?

I feel pretty safe in saying that we can now stop giving him the benefit of that particular doubt. His use—twice; once on social media, and then repeated in a speech—of the word “vermin” to describe his political enemies cannot be an accident. That’s an unusual word choice. It’s not a smear that one just grabs out of the air. And it appears in history chiefly in one context, and one context only.

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[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

People have been talking about the unindicted traitor since J6 and the media pretends Nazis hushing up means no one is talking about it. Anyone still pretending he's a legitimate candidate for office has their head up their ass.

[-] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

He was elected once and I hate to say it but there's still a chance he'll be elected again. He isn't legitimate in the sense that he has no sense of decorum or history or human decency but he could be elected.

[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

He's constitutionally ineligible for office.

[-] TechyDad@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

You and I agree he's ineligible, but if 2016-2020 has taught us anything, it's that our laws and rules mean nothing if the courts don't enforce them.

What happens if Trump appointed judges decide that Trump still can be on the ballot? What if they decide that insurrection isn't disqualifying because reasons?

Trump could get into office again and shred any bits of the Constitution that he hasn't already ripped up. And this time, he might decide that he's not leaving office and judges he appoints could agree.

[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Then we move on to other forms of redress

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Rules don't apply to him because Democrats are only interested in following rules that keep themselves ineffective.

[-] JonEFive@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

They worry to much about "escalation" and the Republicans saying "don't you do that, or we'll do it too!". They were going to do it anyway as soon as their old tricks didn't work.

[-] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I understand that there is a huge argument for that. However, I wasn't under the impression that this is proven. It would potentially go to the Supreme Court. I don't have faith in the court as its currently configured.

[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Congress could make this vote on their own motion. It's only going to the courts because people can't coordinate a way of forcing a vote through the legislature.

[-] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh, I couldn't have any less faith in a Republican led house. They can barely elect a speaker or pass a budget. Anything more meaningful than that will certainly be off the table. Especially since they are all cowards and refused to call a spade a spade with Trump.

[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The most beautiful thing, in my opinion, about 14a3 is that in times of crisis when we are likely to be divided, the vote is designed to fail. It's a bottom line, 2/3 majority in both houses to requalify.

[-] Gumus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

"I am the Constitution"- The Heritage Foundation

[-] FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago
[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

See the other comments up and down this thread

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