Trump just revealed exactly why Liz Cheney’s loss is so unsettling

[Matt Dillon]

“The only response is to persuade more people to resist it,” Illing told me. “The history of democratic decline is a history of demagogues and autocrats exploiting the openness of democratic cultures to mobilize people against the very institutions that sustain democracy itself.”

Can anyone doubt that Trump’s drive to target Cheney and many other defenders of democracy constitutes an effort to mobilize precisely that threat?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...eveals-danger/

Good editorial.

Trump is protected by the very democratic institutions he seeks to destroy.

You're an absolute moonbat.

[BartenderElite]

It was the same with Hitler as he rose to power. We know that the American Reichtards don't want to hear the comparisons, but nevertheless they are apt. Both have denigrated the free press, for one thing, calling it "fake news" and "Jew lies." #TRE45ON couldn't get rid of the First Amendment under our system. But he did a fine job sowing so much doubt that very few of his followers believe anything they see/read/hear from any sources other than the approved media outlets that endlessly praise Der Gropingfuehrer and slur the opposition. We saw the stupidity of that during the pandemic, when so many of the loons refused to believe scientists, physicians, epidemiologists, etc. and died because of it.

They always cite "Godwin's Law," but if we don't learn from history, we're doomed to repeat it. The Hitler comparisons are absolutely accurate, and appropriate. They're eerie.

[Matt Dillon]

I always thought of him as the puppetmaster and W as the puppet who thought he was boss.

He probably profited more of the Iraq invasion than W., but ya never know..

W's grandpa financed the Nazis. Pieces of shit all!

[BidenPresident]

I always thought of him as the puppetmaster and W as the puppet who thought he was boss.

Cheney outed a CIA spy, Valerie Plame.

[ThatOwlWoman]

He probably profited more of the Iraq invasion than W., but ya never know..

W's grandpa financed the Nazis. Pieces of shit all!

And #TRE45ON's recent ancestors fled Germany to escape serving in the military. Pieces of shit all!

[BidenPresident]

They always cite "Godwin's Law," but if we don't learn from history, we're doomed to repeat it. The Hitler comparisons are absolutely accurate, and appropriate. They're eerie.

That Godwins' Law thing is a joke.

[Matt Dillon]

They always cite "Godwin's Law," but if we don't learn from history, we're doomed to repeat it. The Hitler comparisons are absolutely accurate, and appropriate. They're eerie.

The thing you do not realize, sister, is that the comparisons between Democrats today and the Nazis are infinitely closer than Trump Americans and Nazis. FACT.

Trump Americans do not want the free people of America to be disarmed; For one. Have you forgotten government of the people by the people? Democrats want total rule. That's not going to happen in America. Our ancestors killed Nazis. We know how this scenario that's a repeat of history can play out, and I doubt these people get away with it in America.

You know why? Because many of us listened to our elders when we were younger and paid attention to what they taught us.

Commies say elders are useless once they can't work. I beg to differ. Commies need for that to be accepted before they can take control and ruin America.

They do not want you to listen to the old people that tell you how it really was, because they fucking lie.

I learned about Sherman's March from a very old and very black woman in Georgia. And lemme tell ya, they had no love for Abraham Lincoln or General Sherman.

Commies think George Washington was bad, k? Which side of the fence do you fall on with all of this here? I'm from America, and we have never played that bullshit, and I will fight to

the last if it means future Americans can be as free as I was growing up, but they already aren't, and that's fucked up. Things need rolled back to at least that, probably further.

MAGA to well before!

[LurchAddams]

“The only response is to persuade more people to resist it,” Illing told me. “The history of democratic decline is a history of demagogues and autocrats exploiting the openness of democratic cultures to mobilize people against the very institutions that sustain democracy itself.”

Can anyone doubt that Trump’s drive to target Cheney and many other defenders of democracy constitutes an effort to mobilize precisely that threat?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...eveals-danger/

Good editorial.

Trump is protected by the very democratic institutions he seeks to destroy.

Oh, yeah! He's totally ramping up the knuckle draggers, like ExcessPain to take up arms and get ready to kill Democrats. The problem is that ExcessPain would trip, his gun would go off and he'd blow his own head off before he left the house.

[LurchAddams]

Trump is being abused by democratic institutions which have failed.

This revolution has gotten much further than most people understand, but people are quickly now learning.

He's not being "abused" by anyone you sniveling useless douche. He committed crimes while in office and after and he's being held to account. He's also being held to account for his crooked accounting.

You'll never have to worry about that. You'll never amount to anything.

[LurchAddams]

Trump is your God.

Twumptards sneer at any attempt to hold their people in power to the law. There are only rules for Democrats.

[BidenPresident]

He's not being "abused" by anyone you sniveling useless douche. He committed crimes while in office and after and he's being held to account. He's also being held to account for his crooked accounting.

You'll never have to worry about that. You'll never amount to anything.

Hawkeye is a good example of a Trump supporter. The guy is mentally ill.

[BartenderElite]

The thing you do not realize, sister, is that the comparisons between Democrats today and the Nazis are infinitely closer than Trump Americans and Nazis. FACT.

Trump Americans do not want the free people of America to be disarmed; For one. Have you forgotten government of the people by the people? Democrats want total rule. That's not going to happen in America. Our ancestors killed Nazis. We know how this scenario that's a repeat of history can play out, and I doubt these people get away with it in America.

You know why? Because many of us listened to our elders when we were younger and paid attention to what they taught us.

Commies say elders are useless once they can't work. I beg to differ. Commies need for that to be accepted before they can take control and ruin America.

Commies think George Washington was bad, k? Which side of the fence do you fall on with all of this here? I'm from America, and we have never played that bullshit, and I will fight to

the last if it means future Americans can be as free as I was growing up, but they already aren't, and that's fucked up. Things need rolled back to at least that, probably further.

You don't realize how dangerous Trump is. And I don't mean that as a slight - you just don't get it. I think he has charisma, and strong personalities like that can easily fool people who are fed up and need "strength" above all in a leader.

But he's a con man. He could easily be Hitler if the people allow it. He doesn't care about you, or America. He'd let this country burn if it would benefit his ego even a small bit.

[LurchAddams]

Trump is the first person in US history to persist in claiming that he won a presidential election two years after he lost. That is abuse of democratic institutions. It shows that he cares nothing for what has made America "great" - if he even understands what that means. All he cares about is himself, or more precisely his own ego.

He is the first, but if he gets away with this despicable conduct and thrives on it, he won't be the last. Will that make America great?

Very well phrased. Hawkeye has no idea what "truth" is. He just makes it up as he goes along then pukes it out here.

He's total trash. Never learned one thing from him.

[Matt Dillon]

And #TRE45ON's recent ancestors fled Germany to escape serving in the military. Pieces of shit all!

They were nothing like the globalist Bushes. False Analogy.

[LurchAddams]

Hawkeye is a good example of a Trump supporter. The guy is mentally ill.

He is - and his decline has accelerated since I've known him. I really think he should check himself into managed care for the rest of his life and never, ever again be allowed near any internet-connected device.