The Rise in Political Violence

[canpakes]

It's totally in the interest of the American people to know whether Ukraine was purchasing influence to Joe Biden through Hunter Biden.

It doesn’t look like any sort of evidence was provided by ‘Gym’ Jordan or James Comer that proved such an allegation, but what again would this supposed purchased influence have been used for?

[honorentheos]

Ajax doesn't recognize that Trump's actions were only in Trump's personal interest and not that of his constituents

It's totally in the interest of the American people to know whether Ukraine was purchasing influence to Joe Biden through Hunter Biden.

Notice how the calls to impeach Biden died after he left the race?

Asked and answered.

[ajax18]

It's totally in the interest of the American people to know whether Ukraine was purchasing influence to Joe Biden through Hunter Biden.

It doesn’t look like any sort of evidence was provided by ‘Gym’ Jordan or James Comer that proved such an allegation, but what again would this supposed purchased influence have been used for?

Really? What consideration or product did Hunter provide these hostile foreign government for the huge bags of cash he picked up?

[Gadianton]

Someone gets busted for stealing a lot of Harris/Walz signs because one of them had a tracker in it:

There is one of those temp voting tents very close to my community exit. This morning, there must have been 20 Harris/waltz signs and pretty much nothing else. This evening, all the Harris signs are gone and there must be 50 Trump signs along with slogans like "lower prices".

Those who are voting Trump -- this is who you people are, a bunch of thieves without a moral compass. (who also wouldn't be able to provide a definition of inflation if life depended on it.)

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

Someone gets busted for stealing a lot of Harris/Walz signs because one of them had a tracker in it:

There is one of those temp voting tents very close to my community exit. This morning, there must have been 20 Harris/waltz signs and pretty much nothing else. This evening, all the Harris signs are gone and there must be 50 Trump signs along with slogans like "lower prices".

Those who are voting Trump -- this is who you people are, a bunch of thieves without a moral compass. (who also wouldn't be able to provide a definition of inflation if life depended on it.)

This is also who they are:

[honorentheos]

It doesn’t look like any sort of evidence was provided by ‘Gym’ Jordan or James Comer that proved such an allegation, but what again would this supposed purchased influence have been used for?

Really? What consideration or product did Hunter provide these hostile foreign government for the huge bags of cash he picked up?

Ajax, this has been gone over so many times with you it's time we get paid for the syndication of the discussion. Joe Biden didn't gain from Hunter Biden being on the Burisma board, and the Trump campaign and presidency actively attempted to create dirt where there was none. You of course will believe what you want. But there is no there there.

[ceeboo]

Those who are voting Trump -- this is who you people are, a bunch of thieves without a moral compass.

Lol.

[Manetho]

Violence may be rising on both sides, but there is only one side on which the violent rhetoric is coming from the top of the ticket. From this piece:

Donald Trump is running the most openly fascist campaign ever undertaken by a major-party nominee for president of the United States.

That’s not hype; it’s a textbook application of the term. In 2021, Trump used violence to try to overturn an election; in 2022, he called for terminating the Constitution. Now, on the brink of returning to power, Trump is reaffirming his intent to take America deeper into autocracy.

Here are some of the threats and declarations he has issued in the past three months.…

3. He advocates “one really violent day” of police action.

On September 29, Trump called for police violence against people who appear to be stealing from drug stores or department stores. He proposed an “extraordinarily rough” response: “One real rough, nasty day, with the drugstores as an example,” in which police would take on people who “start walking out with” merchandise. “If you had one really violent day,” said Trump, “one rough hour, and I mean real rough—the word will get out, and it will end immediately.”

4. He vows to indemnify police against “any prosecutions” for doing what he wants.

On October 11, Trump pledged to “indemnify” police officers against any prosecutions” for actions undertaken as part of his planned mass deportations. The next day, he added that when officers confront people walking out of department stores with what appear to be stolen goods, “we’re going to indemnify them against any problems they have.”

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5. He threatens to use the military against “the enemy within.”

Trump says the New York Times, the Washington Post, “the press” generally, and Democratic politicians such as Rep. Adam Schiff are part of the “enemy from within” America.

On October 10, in a Fox News interview, Maria Bartiromo asked Trump whether criminals or terrorists from abroad might pose a threat to the United States on Election Day. Trump told her that “the bigger problem is the enemy from within,” not foreigners. “We have some sick people, radical-left lunatics,” said Trump. “And it should be very easily handled by—if necessary—by National Guard. Or, if really necessary, by the military.”

Later in the interview, Trump made it clear that the “lunatics” he was talking about included Democratic politicians. Bartiromo asked Trump how, as president, he would “guard against the bureaucrats undermining you.” Trump replied that “the enemy from within,” including “lunatics that we have inside like Adam Schiff,” was “more dangerous than China [or] Russia.”

Last Wednesday, another Fox News host, Harris Faulkner, invited Trump to clarify his meaning. He responded by adding former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the list. “It is the enemy from within, and they’re very dangerous. They’re Marxists and communists and fascists, and they’re sick,” said Trump. “The Pelosis, these people—they’re so sick, and they’re so evil.”…

14. He advocates one-day trials and executions of people who are charged with selling drugs.

Trump routinely praises China for subjecting accused drug dealers to a “quick trial” (specifically, in “one day”) and an “immediate” death penalty. “If you did that meaningfully, you will in one week stop the drug problem,” Trump proposed on August 30. “Nobody’s going to be selling drugs.” On September 17, he added, “If you don’t have the death penalty for drug dealers, you’re just wasting your time.”

“They even send the bullet to the family, and they make them pay for the bullet,” he marveled on October 10, speaking of China’s system in a tone of brutal admiration. “It’s vicious, but they have no drug problem.”

15. He advocates the death penalty for persistent illegal immigration.

A week ago, Trump pledged to expel migrant criminals—he didn’t explain how he would identify them—from the United States. “If they come back into our country, it’s an automatic 10 years in jail with no possibility of parole,” he said. “And if that doesn’t work, it’ll be 20 years. And if that doesn’t work, I guess it’s going to be the death penalty, right? The death penalty.”

16. He openly abuses antiquated draconian laws.

On August 26, Trump bragged that he had found an old law that he could use to impose long jail terms on protesters who deface monuments. “I found there was a bill from the early 1900s,” he said. “We don’t do bills like that anymore. [It] said if you touch government property—statues, monuments of any kind—you will serve 10 years with no probation, no early getting out.” Trump said the bill “was dusty. Nobody used it, because we wouldn’t do that, because we’ve become very soft.”

Trump understood that by digging up this old law, he could avoid the need to consult Congress. “You couldn’t get a thing like that passed today,” he lamented on September 19.

Then, on October 11, Trump announced that he would use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expedite a roundup and deportation of migrant criminals. Two days later, he noted that, as with the law about defacing monuments, “you couldn’t pass something like that today.” And a day after that, he crowed that the act “gives the president tremendous power to do what has to be done to secure our country.”

17. He speaks approvingly of violence against his detractors.

A week ago, after a protester tried to interrupt a Trump rally in California, Trump assured the crowd that the protester would go “back home to Mommy.” He described with pleasure the punishment that might ensue: “She gets the hell knocked out of her. Her mother’s a big fan of ours. You know that, right? Her father, her mother.”

[Gadianton]

“We have some sick people, radical-left lunatics,” said Trump. “And it should be very easily handled by—if necessary—by National Guard. Or, if really necessary, by the military.”

As Ceeboo says, Christians support Trump for his policies. lol.

[Manetho]

As Ceeboo says, Christians support Trump for his policies. lol.

As always, Jesus says what his followers want him to say.