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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,234 posts)
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 02:27 PM Nov 2022

Trump plots to "imprison significant numbers of reporters" if he wins in 2024

Amid speculation that former U.S. President Donald Trump will announce his 2024 run next week, Rolling Stone reported Tuesday that the Republican leader has sought advice about how he could ramp up his war with the news media by jailing journalists if he regains control of the White House.

Trump's first presidential campaign and four years in office featured constant attacks on reporters, outlets, and the industry in general, from his frequent declarations of "fake news" to going after journalists for reporting on leaked information.

"This year, as Trump has privately strategized about what a second term, potentially starting in 2025, could look like, he's begun occasionally soliciting ideas from conservative allies for how the U.S. government and Justice Department could go about turning his desires—for brutally imprisoning significant numbers of reporters—into reality," Rolling Stone revealed.




As the magazine detailed:

Several months ago, the former president briefly asked a small gathering of his allies and at least one of his attorneys about what would have to be done to make that authoritarian, First Amendment-shredding vision a norm, according to a source who was present.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-plots-to-imprison-significant-numbers-of-reporters-if-he-wins-in-2024-report/ar-AA13UyVb

Still a delusional dumbass.
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Trump plots to "imprison significant numbers of reporters" if he wins in 2024 (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2022 OP
Where is the DoJ, midterms are over. republianmushroom Nov 2022 #1
. Effete Snob Nov 2022 #7
This man is a dangerous lunatic. honest.abe Nov 2022 #2
He's the one who needs to be imprisoned Blue Owl Nov 2022 #3
After last night, I am even more convinced that he will NEVER be POTUS. beaglelover Nov 2022 #4
Yeah, well just in case the journalist class didn't get the memo peggysue2 Nov 2022 #5
They seem to not believe the memo. Trump was all over their case when he was patricia92243 Nov 2022 #10
If they don't turn their ears and eyes back on? peggysue2 Nov 2022 #11
Silly child, Corgigal Nov 2022 #6
That's what fascist dictators do to journalists. LOCK HIS ASS UP!! FlyingPiggy Nov 2022 #8
Doesn't this guy know anything about the Constitution of the United States? PlanetBev Nov 2022 #9
I think you already know the answer. We've witnessed it for 4 years Boomerproud Nov 2022 #15
Next time around if he gets back into the Oval Office,.. magicarpet Nov 2022 #12
He doesn't want to be president, he wants to be an autocrat. sakabatou Nov 2022 #13
It is what dick taters do... Chainfire Nov 2022 #14

beaglelover

(3,495 posts)
4. After last night, I am even more convinced that he will NEVER be POTUS.
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 02:47 PM
Nov 2022

I hope they do nominate him for 2024, we'll win in a fucking landslide and probably get super majorities in both houses!

peggysue2

(10,842 posts)
5. Yeah, well just in case the journalist class didn't get the memo
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 02:56 PM
Nov 2022

This is a clear shot across the bow.

If the US were to ever reelect this fool or substitute his ass for mini-me rival DaSantis this will be the outcome--journalists' heads will be first on the chopping block. Because that's how fascists roll by weaponizing the levers of government against enemies and shutting down the free press.

All these authoritarian types are saying the quiet parts out loud. It's well past time to start listening.

patricia92243

(12,603 posts)
10. They seem to not believe the memo. Trump was all over their case when he was
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 03:21 PM
Nov 2022

in the WH, but the press still do the hero worship thing on everything Trump says or does. They will put him in the WH again because they can't resist a fast buck - but then they will get their head cut off.

peggysue2

(10,842 posts)
11. If they don't turn their ears and eyes back on?
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 03:31 PM
Nov 2022

The guillotine is in their future. I just don't get it beyond that too many of these corporate-owned outlets are only looking at the bottom line, eyeballs and clicks = $$$, and journalists are access obsessed and think they're somehow above the fray.

The future of the country? Not so much. Short-sighted? Absolutely.

Downright suicidal, IMO

PlanetBev

(4,104 posts)
9. Doesn't this guy know anything about the Constitution of the United States?
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 03:08 PM
Nov 2022

What country does he think he’s in?

magicarpet

(14,175 posts)
12. Next time around if he gets back into the Oval Office,..
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 03:34 PM
Nov 2022

... he does not wish to just worship strongmen dictators and despots. This time he actually wants to be one.

TRump worships and envies all these strongmen,..

Hitler,
Mussolini,
Putin,
Kim Jong Un,
Duterte,
Erdogan,
Bolsonaro.
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