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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump kicks off his '24 campaign in 'Mecca of hatred' Waco today -- and there are parallels
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-waco/'Trumps rally Waco coincides with the 30th anniversary of the federal governments siege of the compound of David Koreshs Branch Davidians religious cult. By the time it ended, 82 Branch Davidians died including Koresh and 28 children as well as four federal agents....
For a not insignificant slice of the right, Waco became the symbol of a federal government willing to target, torment, and...Trumps Waco rally comes as the former president argues that he, too, is being persecuted by three-letter agencies as he awaits a potential indictment in New York state.
The Waco rally sets up the current campaign as a battle against the Deep State forces Trump claims are intent on destroying him and his fellow patriots.'
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Trump kicks off his '24 campaign in 'Mecca of hatred' Waco today -- and there are parallels (Original Post)
Joinfortmill
Mar 2023
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It's what I keep harping on about this, but refusing to obey subpoenas seems a common element
bucolic_frolic
Mar 2023
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bucolic_frolic
(46,512 posts)1. It's what I keep harping on about this, but refusing to obey subpoenas seems a common element
Not a privilege most of us subscribe to
AllyCat
(16,931 posts)2. I'm not deep state. Most of us working or hoping to
See him in cuffs are not deep state. Just average people who despise him and everything he does.
republianmushroom
(17,196 posts)3. 26 months and counting
moondust
(20,371 posts)4. "potential death & destruction"
if he is charged, he warned early yesterday on Truth Social. Was that an instruction to his mob--like telling them to march to the Capitol on January 6?