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kentuck

(111,092 posts)
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 08:04 AM Jun 2020

Trump is so disappointed in his MAGA Army

When protestors were gathering across from the White House, he sent out the message that it was "MAGA night", expecting the red hats to show up, with the motorcycle gangs and the camo-warriors, armed to the teeth.

But, none of them showed up. Somehow they had lost the courage they had when they marched into the state capitols, flaunting their weapons and sparking fear into many honest citizens. Perhaps they were in the bunker with Mr Trump?

He now realizes that they are much like him. They cannot be trusted. Their loyalty does not extend to putting their own safety in danger.

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Trump is so disappointed in his MAGA Army (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2020 OP
Of course they didn't show Butterflylady Jun 2020 #1
Because they couldn't bring their weapons near the White House. Without them, they are weaklings. TheBlackAdder Jun 2020 #35
If they show up with their weapons the police will arrest them. lunatica Jun 2020 #60
they're a 100-1 minority but they have a a 1500 radio station megaphone certainot Jun 2020 #69
Damn good call Certainot DENVERPOPS Jun 2020 #72
years ago visiting my parents i went out to get something from the truck and certainot Jun 2020 #79
Or maybe they're recovering from wnylib Jun 2020 #74
Recovering, darn. TheBlackAdder Jun 2020 #80
Such a grest disappointment, I know. wnylib Jun 2020 #84
grannie stayed up too late onethatcares Jun 2020 #48
Of Course They Didn't.... pm_me_grey_paint Jun 2020 #49
"Meal Team Six"... SergeStorms Jun 2020 #55
LOL onetexan Jun 2020 #58
I'm always saying, "dammit why didnt I think of that!?" nt oldsoftie Jun 2020 #63
Meal team 6 because they eat six meals per day captain queeg Jun 2020 #65
It's MAGA night! Croney Jun 2020 #2
Important point. trump invited specific conflict, and there was no show at all. empedocles Jun 2020 #3
We may very well be at that darkest-before-the-dawn moment gratuitous Jun 2020 #14
Often seems 'darkest' - but traitortrump has continually gotten 'darker' empedocles Jun 2020 #26
Kick and Rec Mike 03 Jun 2020 #4
With the bulldozing of peaceful protesters... Kid Berwyn Jun 2020 #5
Chickenshit cowards---- through and through. ResistantAmerican17 Jun 2020 #6
Of course not Mercurian Jun 2020 #7
That's because they're pussies. DEbluedude Jun 2020 #8
Indeed. Showing up would make it seem Roc2020 Jun 2020 #39
A strong leader would safeinOhio Jun 2020 #9
Criticism is Trump's Achilles heel. gab13by13 Jun 2020 #13
biographies aren't needed. You summed up his entire life in 3 sentences. n/t Eyeball_Kid Jun 2020 #16
Yes! And he's going to get lots of criticism yet to come on the church and upside down Bible stunt! machoneman Jun 2020 #18
Was it really upside down? wnylib Jun 2020 #73
I can not tell but he looks at the book and does a double take scarytomcat Jun 2020 #75
So maybe it was a book of porn. wnylib Jun 2020 #77
MAGA Night was for the other groups Lars39 Jun 2020 #10
Ding ding ding! Bingo. eom LittleGirl Jun 2020 #71
Here in Chicago 4887123 Jun 2020 #11
They don't have a concept of community space. greymattermom Jun 2020 #15
Thanks to the Latin Kings. I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #32
After Chicago Proper, The Biggest Issues... ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #52
My son is in Naperville. murielm99 Jun 2020 #56
Do you know where the looters are coming from? Beringia Jun 2020 #61
He was out and about last night. murielm99 Jun 2020 #64
Thanks Beringia Jun 2020 #66
I Heard That ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #83
I tweeted this out yesterday NewJeffCT Jun 2020 #12
So he'll take it out on us. 2naSalit Jun 2020 #17
MAGA Army! ha! bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #19
2 minutes of real hardship, warmfeet Jun 2020 #62
MAGA is pouting, they never got that haircut. Canoe52 Jun 2020 #20
Hitler was disappointed in the German people... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #21
The ones that showed up were in black & pretending to be real protestors when they were agitators. lark Jun 2020 #22
All the Cheeto dust has jammed the mechanisms of their AR-15s and Glocks. Buns_of_Fire Jun 2020 #23
Most MAGAts are cowards. All of them are imbeciles. jcmaine72 Jun 2020 #24
Thought I read where a mere 200 showed up for maga night KS Toronado Jun 2020 #25
They were all at Taco Tuesday at 6:30 Captain Zero Jun 2020 #27
Eh...it was probably $1.00 pitcher night at the Dew Drop Inn............. Bengus81 Jun 2020 #28
uhhh, the EPA sponsored that, and onethatcares Jun 2020 #51
But, but, but . . . Larissa Jun 2020 #29
A lot of them were spread out across the country starting riots after dark appleannie1 Jun 2020 #30
The MAGAs were in their bunkers.... Sancho Jun 2020 #31
To all of those that say there will be an armed rebellion, civil war size, I offer you this post. Thekaspervote Jun 2020 #33
Yeah. Well, a lot of his MAGAts are dying in hospital of Covid. Texin Jun 2020 #34
I Think It's Becoming Clear Who REALLY Has the Numbers Skraxx Jun 2020 #36
Of course they didn't show geardaddy Jun 2020 #37
Vote It Down fedupfed Jun 2020 #38
welcome to DU gopiscrap Jun 2020 #53
Yet the shout-out to the Second Amendment specifically: Bloody red meat for the MAGAs. DemoTex Jun 2020 #40
Yes, like Trump, they are bullies and cowards. ooky Jun 2020 #41
I wonder if he's counting on them after he loses the election ThoughtCriminal Jun 2020 #42
A tiny handful showed up to 'guard' the Alamo a couple of days ago. crickets Jun 2020 #43
Like Trump, MAGATs are too chickenshit to actually flight Generic Brad Jun 2020 #44
Cowardly fuckers just like him Soph0571 Jun 2020 #45
They can dish it out, but they sure as hell can't take it. Initech Jun 2020 #46
They know better lol n/t AntiFascist Jun 2020 #47
Fake camo soldiers carrying long guns chewing skoal and talking MAGA shit are gutless. kairos12 Jun 2020 #50
In a few years these same maga assholes will deny Javaman Jun 2020 #54
Yep, just like the Teabaggers did when Pres. Obama got into office. Crowman2009 Jun 2020 #67
MAGAts are nothing but scared children vercetti2021 Jun 2020 #57
it was penis measuring night and that new micrometer just snowed up from amazon backorder... Takket Jun 2020 #59
If they do show up... jimlup Jun 2020 #68
They've all been admitted to the ER with flu-like symptoms. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #70
Interesting insight, tuck. Hugin Jun 2020 #76
That's the problem with Russian bots. They're so unreliable. Dave Starsky Jun 2020 #78
Actually many of the MAGA's did show up npk Jun 2020 #81
There aren't a lot of them in DC, anyway. Sparkly Jun 2020 #82

TheBlackAdder

(28,190 posts)
35. Because they couldn't bring their weapons near the White House. Without them, they are weaklings.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 10:44 AM
Jun 2020

.

They either need firepower -or- a 5-1 ratio in their favor.

.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
60. If they show up with their weapons the police will arrest them.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 08:23 PM
Jun 2020

They know that. It may not be legal to open carry in DC.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
69. they're a 100-1 minority but they have a a 1500 radio station megaphone
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:14 PM
Jun 2020

led by a putin-fed ignorant racist who's lies are never challenged because he can hide behind call screeners =

by pure luck america, no thanks to the liberal and dem and progressive leadership who have ignored it for 30 years, will see the gop and trump fall apart merely because limbaugh dies from cancer

DENVERPOPS

(8,820 posts)
72. Damn good call Certainot
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 03:00 AM
Jun 2020

Actually, it's almost exactly 40 years. It started the first month of Reagan's Admin. Everyone identifies it as the "Reagan Administration",
but it was really the Daddy Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld CABAL.......(BTW: it was the same crew installed in the "W" administration, but without Daddy Bush. They let Daddy Bush retire and cash out by making him chairman of the board of the Carlisle group)

In My Opinion....for decades, the dems have been walking down the jungle path, swatting at mosquitoes, and have been oblivious to the herd of charging elephants........

In the past 40 years, lines have been drawn in the sand, and without exception the RepubliCONs have marched across those lines with no repercussions.......It kicked into high gear during the "W" administration. More truly the: Cheney/Rumsfeld Administration, and these past three years, they have streaked across those lines in the sand at warp speed WITH COMPLETE IMPUNITY.....

As for RUSH "Limpballs",..........whatever. I don't want to say how I really feel, for fear of getting censored........Karma can be a bitch will have to do.........

Maybe Trump will visit him in the ICU and give him another medal, a supply of his favorite Opiates and a big fat cigar........



 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
79. years ago visiting my parents i went out to get something from the truck and
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 09:05 AM
Jun 2020

someone was walking their little dog and it barked at me and i stuck my hand down to say hi in case it was friendly and looked up and it was rumsfeld coming around the corner walking the dog. he put his hand out and said hello and smiled. i raised my hand out automatically but stopped before actually shaking it and didn't smile back and he got the message. he was visiting friends or something and my parents saw him or the black SUV once in a while. as my father, ex marine and anti nukes/anti iraq war, got a little older my mother and i worried he might run into him and shoot him.

after obama won but bush jr was still in the white house they invited limbaugh to lunch there with pres and limbaugh recounted the visit proudly the monday after. i think he realized after he told the story to his milllions that they were actually not happy that he waited too long to support mccain. the birthday cake he got was in shape of a chocolate microphone as if to say here suck on this for 4 or 8 years......

that was the election manafort was camapaign co-chair and limbaugh wouldn't support mcccain until mccain picked palin. she was being wooed by russian oil and gas and manafort was already working for russians. gop establishment/mccain wanted lieberman or pawlenty. limbaugh finally could support mccain the friday before the convention - the choice was announced minutes before the start of his show. that may be early evidence of russian use of limbaugh/talk radio.

wnylib

(21,447 posts)
74. Or maybe they're recovering from
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 04:41 AM
Jun 2020

their anti quarantine rallies where they did not wear masks in close quarters.

onethatcares

(16,168 posts)
48. grannie stayed up too late
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 06:14 PM
Jun 2020

and they couldn't steal her car and credit card. She got smart about the guy living in her basement.

pm_me_grey_paint

(17 posts)
49. Of Course They Didn't....
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 06:15 PM
Jun 2020

....they are too busy down Richmond mourning on the steps of the UDC over Stonewall Jackson's flag-turned-to-ashes to come to BunkerBaby's rescue.


captain queeg

(10,188 posts)
65. Meal team 6 because they eat six meals per day
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 10:25 PM
Jun 2020

Don’t know how long they’ll last if someone doesn’t bring them food constantly.

Croney

(4,660 posts)
2. It's MAGA night!
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 08:18 AM
Jun 2020

Now I have Thriller...thriller night... playing in my head. Poor rotted-corpse Drumphie, his zombies didn't show.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
3. Important point. trump invited specific conflict, and there was no show at all.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 08:19 AM
Jun 2020

We need to remember that - and bring it up again.

[Have to admit, it would have gone by me, with the information deluge. Thank you].

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
14. We may very well be at that darkest-before-the-dawn moment
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 08:59 AM
Jun 2020

It's imperative that we stand strong and resolute at this moment when the president is ordering the military to fire on law-abiding citizens. Trump's not going to back down on his own, we're going to have to back him down.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
26. Often seems 'darkest' - but traitortrump has continually gotten 'darker'
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 09:58 AM
Jun 2020

[The turning point, imo, is when 'public sentiment', showing up in declining trump polls, reaches a point, where decisive actions can be taken against trump].

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
4. Kick and Rec
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 08:26 AM
Jun 2020

This post is a great reminder that Trump's charade last night was only a pyrrhic victory. Nobody showed up for him, not even Melania or his MAGAmaniacs.

Kid Berwyn

(14,902 posts)
5. With the bulldozing of peaceful protesters...
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 08:28 AM
Jun 2020

...MAGA Night had left my mind.

Thank you for remembering, kentuck.

Mercurian

(48 posts)
7. Of course not
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 08:41 AM
Jun 2020

The ones most inclined to violence are already busy trying to provoke the race war they crave. Chump is only a means to their end. The majority of the Beer-belly Brigades would rather swill beer and watch Faux Noise while oiling their AR-15s.

Roc2020

(1,616 posts)
39. Indeed. Showing up would make it seem
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:08 AM
Jun 2020

they were against the protest which is the police killing in minneapolis. and without their guns their presence would be crushed by the protesters. they knew that and stayed their coward behinds home.

gab13by13

(21,333 posts)
13. Criticism is Trump's Achilles heel.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 08:56 AM
Jun 2020

He still hasn't gotten over the beat down that president Obama gave him at the correspondence dinner.

Trump is no tough guy. He has had someone take care of him his entire life. His daddy bailed him out until he died then mobsters used him as their puppet.

scarytomcat

(1,706 posts)
75. I can not tell but he looks at the book and does a double take
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 08:03 AM
Jun 2020

then holds it up. If it was upside down he meant it to be. No xtian bible around so Jewish is ok or was it even a bible?

 

4887123

(95 posts)
11. Here in Chicago
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 08:47 AM
Jun 2020

The Latin Kings are actually patrolling certain areas of the city to protect things. In the "red" counties outside of Cook, they brag how tough they are and how they'd defend their turf. I'm not buying it.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
15. They don't have a concept of community space.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 09:07 AM
Jun 2020

Each one will stand at their own door holding an assault rifle.

ProfessorGAC

(65,013 posts)
52. After Chicago Proper, The Biggest Issues...
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 06:33 PM
Jun 2020

...are in DuPage & Kane counties. A red county & a purple county.
The tough talk appears to be doing little to quell the threat there.

Beringia

(4,316 posts)
61. Do you know where the looters are coming from?
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 08:25 PM
Jun 2020

I looked at some news reports, but it just says looters, nothing about if they came from another neighborhood.

murielm99

(30,738 posts)
64. He was out and about last night.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 09:38 PM
Jun 2020

He said some outside instigators came down the hill near the college and started smashing windows. That is when he got out. He said the cops behaved well.

I told him to stay home. They are under curfew now and I don't want him to get sick. He has been working from home and following the stay at home orders. He said it was worth it to be out there.

I cannot tell a thirty-eight year old man what to do, even though I am his mother.

Wounded Bear

(58,649 posts)
21. Hitler was disappointed in the German people...
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 09:34 AM
Jun 2020

blamed them for losing the war because they weren't loyal enough to him.

lark

(23,099 posts)
22. The ones that showed up were in black & pretending to be real protestors when they were agitators.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 09:35 AM
Jun 2020

They are too fucking chicken to show their real selves so they pretend to be something that doesn't exist - Antifa. Just shows that they are true fascists to begin with because to be against them is to be anti-fascist. drumpf and his minions truly out themselves.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,175 posts)
23. All the Cheeto dust has jammed the mechanisms of their AR-15s and Glocks.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 09:36 AM
Jun 2020
"I'm here to eat Cheetos and kick ass...
But I've still got two cases of Cheetos to finish first."

(Apologies to Roddy Piper)

jcmaine72

(1,773 posts)
24. Most MAGAts are cowards. All of them are imbeciles.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 09:38 AM
Jun 2020

The truth is the ultimate defense against cowardice and imbecility. It's like a garlic necklace against a vampire. It's no surprise, then, that the MAGAts have slumped their shoulders and oozed back into their filthy, dark crevasses.

KS Toronado

(17,230 posts)
25. Thought I read where a mere 200 showed up for maga night
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 09:41 AM
Jun 2020

common sense tells us some of his diehard fans had to show up to "brag" about him, don't know why they would

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
28. Eh...it was probably $1.00 pitcher night at the Dew Drop Inn.............
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 10:13 AM
Jun 2020

Even those fat fucks have priorities.......

Larissa

(790 posts)
29. But, but, but . . .
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 10:13 AM
Jun 2020

The Beer Belly "Look, Ma, no mask!" brigade aren't allowed to open carry a firearm in Washington DC, even with a permit. Trump looked like an utter paper tiger jacka$$, hoisting a Book he never reads in front of a church he does not attend.

Thekaspervote

(32,764 posts)
33. To all of those that say there will be an armed rebellion, civil war size, I offer you this post.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 10:34 AM
Jun 2020

All one has to do is look at his crowds, military ready? Disciplined? Wiling to get out of the recliner anytime soon?

fedupfed

(1 post)
38. Vote It Down
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:07 AM
Jun 2020

Who thinks last night's episode of 'Sex Pervert President Apprentice" was a little over-the-top?

DemoTex

(25,396 posts)
40. Yet the shout-out to the Second Amendment specifically: Bloody red meat for the MAGAs.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:09 AM
Jun 2020

I paraphrase loosely: Trump said he was deploying the heavily armed military to protect Second Amendment rights. By its omission, that tells me that Trump thinks "fuck your First Amendment rights." Trump fancies himself a man of action, but he is not. He is a mendacious man of specious words.

crickets

(25,975 posts)
43. A tiny handful showed up to 'guard' the Alamo a couple of days ago.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:33 AM
Jun 2020

They looked like complete idiots, and they knew it. Not a peep since.

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)
44. Like Trump, MAGATs are too chickenshit to actually flight
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 05:55 PM
Jun 2020

They’re all tough when they are part of a group and cosplaying tough guys. But the second they face a real challenge they fold like a cheap lawn chair.

Losers.

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
45. Cowardly fuckers just like him
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 06:06 PM
Jun 2020

The death cult only likes the death of others that are not like them - they are not going to actual risk their own nazi arses. When your principles are built on hate then your shrivelled little soul is not going to risk anything for the cause unless America ends up full fascist and they are forced to by their supposed saint in cheif, agolf twitler.

Crowman2009

(2,495 posts)
67. Yep, just like the Teabaggers did when Pres. Obama got into office.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:00 PM
Jun 2020

Rinse and repeat of the same ole' RW bullshit!

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
57. MAGAts are nothing but scared children
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 08:00 PM
Jun 2020

They need a big gun to hide behind because their testosterone levels are down to 0.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
78. That's the problem with Russian bots. They're so unreliable.
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 08:46 AM
Jun 2020

Oh, they'll Facebook that they're bringing stuff to the office picnic, but then the day comes, and you're stuck at the park by yourself with your grandma's green bean salad.

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