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‘I think the bigger problem are the people from within, we have some very bad people, sick people, radical left lunatics,’ Republican candidate tells Fox’s Maria Bartiromo

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"And it should be easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military," he said.

"I think the bigger problem is the enemy from within. Not even the people who have come in, who are destroying our country."

It isn't clear under what circumstances Trump would view it justifiable to call in US troops against his own countrymen.

But his comments mark a baseless attack and a particularly hollow one coming from someone whose supporters violently attacked the US Capitol in an attempt to stop him from being thrown out of office three years ago.


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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

And again, he plans to follows Hitlers footsteps.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 280 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This is a reminder to American service members:

Your oath of allegiance is to the United States, not to Donald Trump, Joe Biden, or Kamala Harris. You have a duty to obey lawful orders issued under the authority of the commander in chief. But it is your duty to disobey unlawful orders.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 147 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The oath is actually to the Constitution of the United States. So it's not even the country or the government but the idea, the founding document.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 74 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Is it the current one, or the originalist one, or the supreme court interpretation one, or the cherry picked and misunderstood one, or?

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Heritage Foundation: Hold my beer, SCOTUS ASSEMBLE! You know what to do.

SCOTUS: it's legal now.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 163 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It isn’t clear under what circumstances Trump would view it justifiable to call in US troops against his own countrymen.

Isn't it though? He would view it justifiable to call them in for literally any reason.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The media, as usual, talks as if they're trying to discern his secret, rational plan. Even when he spouts fascist threats of mass oppression and murder, they discuss him as if he's just another politician with policy proposals. It's unclear under what circumstances he'd call in troops against Americans because he's psychologically chaotic, fragile and highly volatile. Anything could trigger him to do so. The only thing that's consistent is he threatens retribution against immigrants, trans people, Black people, women, and anyone who doesn't worship him enough.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 112 points 1 week ago (27 children)

"I don’t think [immigrants] are the problem in terms of election day,” Trump told Bartiromo. “I think the bigger problem are the people from within, we have some very bad people, sick people, radical left lunatics.”

At that point, he suggested a seemingly sinister solution.

“And it should be easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military,” he said.

“I think the bigger problem is the enemy from within. Not even the people who have come in, who are destroying our country.”

He's called Biden a "radical leftist", it's anyone who won't vote for him...

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 87 points 1 week ago (6 children)

If anyone actually believes Biden is a radical leftist it has to be a combination of a failure of the education system and systemic brainwashing.

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[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 99 points 1 week ago (4 children)

And polls continue to call the race a tie.

At some point we have to acknowledge that roughly 30% of our population are just evil, fascist monsters. Having lived in those states, this isn't a surprise.

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 46 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Some of them are just country bumpkins who vote for whoever their pastor says

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

Been in their churches, you hear the chorus loud and clear when he talks about 'taking the country back from the powers of satan and other elitists'. He doesn't mean Olympic athletes.

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 86 points 1 week ago (8 children)

The guy's a nutjob and the fact that his candidacy is still being framed as having any air of legitimacy by the media is fucking disgusting.

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[–] BadNewsNobody@lemmy.world 77 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."

[–] Fuzzy_Dunlop@lemm.ee 28 points 1 week ago

So say we all.

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“I think the bigger problem are the people from within, we have some very bad people, sick people, radical ~~left~~ lunatics."

Yeah Don, we know. They even wear a red hat to help identify themselves.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 69 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

"dictator day one"

"prosecute my opposition"

"prosecute my critics"

It seems insane to think people are shooting at him because they're listening to democrats (something the MSM largely does not do) and not because people are just listening to the things he's saying he'll do.

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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 64 points 1 week ago (24 children)

For the millionth time all leftists should be armed. Cannot stress enough how important that is.

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[–] LANIK2000@lemmy.world 61 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh hey, treason man is yet again announcing publicly that he's a treasonous piece of shit and that he plans to continue committing treason? Wow, what shocking news. /s

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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 55 points 1 week ago

So that's how he plans to make the economy better, to force his opposition to leave the country and appropriate their wealth and property. Who did Nazi that coming?

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 53 points 1 week ago

What is a Nazi dictator to do but follow his heart.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 47 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This is EXACTLY what the Founders Intended! George Washington LITERALLY said that the US Military should be used on US Citizens and that Children should be Gunned Down in School!

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[–] nifty@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (6 children)

This rhetoric is meant for voter intimidation because they know Republicans always lose when Democrats turn out to vote.

The polls are meaningless because they could be manipulated or manufactured, we don’t know who’s being polled. People just need to cast their vote and not let this be a close election.

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[–] Mobiledecay@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Didn't he try to use the military the last time and he was told no? What a psycho.

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[–] graphene@lemm.ee 45 points 1 week ago (3 children)

So like, when was the last time someone said they needed to handle the "enemy within"?

Oh wait

A famous image of Joseph Goebbels, nazi propaganda minister

I remember this from history class!

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

The last time is much more recent.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Them "stop calling everyone you disagree with a nazi!"

Reasonable people: "then stop suggesting nazi shit?"

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is the collective stupidity of America

It isn't about Turnip making dumb comments like this or suggesting making fascist government

No

It's about how America just sits around and listens to all this stupidity and accepts it all as a regular normal part of the political conversation.

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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (4 children)

He's crying.

He's falling apart and going more batshit as his last-ditch attempt to grab power before crashing permanently.

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[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 week ago

Looks like the U.S. is going to vote in an oppressive dictatorship to own the libs.

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