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ancianita

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33. This is "clear and present danger" talk that should no longer be protected speech.
Sat Jun 18, 2022, 12:29 AM
Jun 2022

Word salad, bullshit, whatever, the spirit of his meaning is, he and his supporters continue the clear and present danger of pledging to break the 12th Amendment law by overturning the next presidential election.

From Judge Luttig:

"... still Donald Trump and allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to American democracy.

... to this very day the former president, his allies and supporters, pledge that in the presidential election of 2024, if the former president or his anointed successor as the Republican Party presidential candidate were to lose that election, that they would attempt to overturn that 2024 election in the same way that they attempted to overturn the 2020 election, but succeed in 2024 where they failed in 2020.

I don’t speak those words lightly. I would have never spoken those words ever in my life except that that’s what the former president and his allies are telling us as I said in that New York Times op ed wherein I was speaking about the Electoral Count Act of 1887... I would have never uttered one single one of those words unless the former president and his allies were candidly and proudly speaking those exact words to America."

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Lock him the fuck up now! onecaliberal Jun 2022 #1
Yes. How is it he's not? Deuxcents Jun 2022 #2
He's rich and white and has all the dirt on the repuke stooges who suck his shoes. onecaliberal Jun 2022 #4
How anyone there is not looking at him and going 'there's something really wrong with this guy' Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #3
👆🏻👆🏻🤷‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ onecaliberal Jun 2022 #5
They're cut outta the same piece of cloth, so to many of them he looks pretty OK. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2022 #7
A tattered, stained oil rag, but same cloth nonetheless. Bristlecone Jun 2022 #15
I suppose there's something really wrong with them too. paleotn Jun 2022 #8
When did Bloatus become a Constitutional Scholar? magicguido Jun 2022 #6
He's comparing his inauguration to MLK's famous speech in the 60's, not with Obama's inauguration Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #11
He's not the same person. Something is way off, even for him. Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #9
It's not just his tone that's problematic, just sayin ... Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #12
Did Herschel Walker write that speech? LakeArenal Jun 2022 #10
Good one! ArizonaLib Jun 2022 #14
Trump's defense is prolonging the Big Lie. gab13by13 Jun 2022 #13
I heard an excerpt where he said the republicans are going to win in a landslide in November kimbutgar Jun 2022 #16
Someone said Trump has always had his way... Septua Jun 2022 #17
He should never have gotten into politics. SergeStorms Jun 2022 #28
The Jefferson Electoral vote thing Trump claimed was debunked Jan 5, 2021 Jarqui Jun 2022 #18
Old man shouting at the clouds? Aussie105 Jun 2022 #19
Teleprompter. SergeStorms Jun 2022 #30
The DOJ now has probable cause to subpoena his teleprompter transcript for its investigation. ancianita Jun 2022 #34
If those speeches.... SergeStorms Jun 2022 #35
Yet another federal law broken, and what a federal grand jury would add to his DOJ charges. ancianita Jun 2022 #37
he know's for a fact-that the bar's of steel is coming ! cloudboy07 Jun 2022 #20
Ready the Rubber Room. Sneederbunk Jun 2022 #21
He would really be the smartest person in the room then! Aussie105 Jun 2022 #23
What about the strawberries??? Auggie Jun 2022 #22
The usual but more unusual. twodogsbarking Jun 2022 #24
Pharmacology is the answer bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #25
Post mortem Aussie105 Jun 2022 #31
Awww I broke my promise to myself vlyons Jun 2022 #26
Toot toot toot toot tooooooooot Grokenstein Jun 2022 #27
We Fail to appreciate how Dangerous this Degenrate is. Incalculable DEATHS if he gets back in. magicguido Jun 2022 #29
lock him up and take his money YoshidaYui Jun 2022 #32
This is "clear and present danger" talk that should no longer be protected speech. ancianita Jun 2022 #33
Noticing that the potential Candidate is INSANE; is a really bad sign of things to come. magicguido Jun 2022 #36
who is "they"??????? magicguido Jun 2022 #38
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