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Joinfortmill

(16,219 posts)
Sat Mar 25, 2023, 01:03 PM Mar 2023

Trump kicks off his '24 campaign in 'Mecca of hatred' Waco today -- and there are parallels

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-waco/

'Trump’s rally Waco coincides with the 30th anniversary of the federal government’s siege of the compound of David Koresh’s 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...“Trump’s 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 OP
It's what I keep harping on about this, but refusing to obey subpoenas seems a common element bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 #1
I'm not deep state. Most of us working or hoping to AllyCat Mar 2023 #2
26 months and counting republianmushroom Mar 2023 #3
"potential death & destruction" moondust Mar 2023 #4

bucolic_frolic

(46,512 posts)
1. It's what I keep harping on about this, but refusing to obey subpoenas seems a common element
Sat Mar 25, 2023, 01:07 PM
Mar 2023

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
Sat Mar 25, 2023, 01:11 PM
Mar 2023

See him in cuffs are not deep state. Just average people who despise him and everything he does.

moondust

(20,371 posts)
4. "potential death & destruction"
Sat Mar 25, 2023, 01:37 PM
Mar 2023

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?

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