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All three co-hosts of MSNBC's "The Weekend," along with former Donald Trump White House aide Sarah Matthews, pounced on Donald Trump for telling a raucous NRA crowd on Saturday that President Joe Biden deserves to be executed.
During his speech before the gun owners in Texas, the former president told the crowd that "Manchurian candidate" Biden has accepted money from Russia, China and Ukraine before claiming, "If that were a Republican, he would have been given the electric chair, they would have brought back the death penalty." That led "The Weekend" co-host Alicia Menendez to begin the segment with, "A reminder, in case you needed one, a political candidate alluding to the execution of a sitting president in front of the most prominent organization of gun owners definitely not normal."
Co-host Michael Steele, the former chair of the RNC, ruefully contributed, "Look, okay, so Trump is a liar, well established, we know that. The projection around Biden taking money from Russia and all these places, we know that. But, when you are standing in front of a group like the NRA, when you are standing in front of a group that has very, very strong views about this administration, the Biden administration and Donald Trump for that matter, what is the signaling, from inside the bubble a little bit with Trump, what is the signaling that is going on there? Is it as blatant as making a comment about executing a president or is it something more or something less, is it just Trump standing there running his mouth?"
'I think that Donald Trump knows this audience that would be at a convention for the NRA are people that are a part of his base. And so he's going to say things like this where it is going to rile them up and get them excited," Matthews replied. "I think he knows that, in his mind, he thinks it is a joke where he's joking about 'Oh, he needs the electric chair,' but you shouldn't be talking about that with anyone in general, but especially not the sitting president."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-threat-biden/
Madman.
spanone
(141,628 posts)LOCK THIS SICK FUCK UP
Irish_Dem
(81,277 posts)Not.
republianmushroom
(22,326 posts)Irish_Dem
(81,277 posts)here's the thing: they (news show) interviewed two totally idiotic looking NRA members who said they were now undecided about whether they would vote for him. They said there was too much of his "crazy talk."
So your subject line resonates with at least two NRA members! How crazy is that?!!
I believe this was on MSNBC last night. Anyone else see it?
Give Peace A Chance
(159 posts)Undecided?
UnFUCKINGdecided????
What is this going to take?
NH Ethylene
(31,348 posts)oldsoftie
(13,538 posts)ShazzieB
(22,592 posts)These are people who have probably been stalwart Trump cult members through the last 2 elections, people who never considered not voting for him in the past. For people like that to get to the point of stating publicly that they are undecided is a pretty significant development, imo.
I don't see this as a wishy-washy, "Gee, I'm not sure, I'll just sit here on the fence" kind of undecided. These are people who were once absolutely, rock bottom sure but no longer are. Something has shaken their confidence and is making them rethink their former convictions. I find that very interesting.
I'm not sure what this means long term, but I see it as a positive development.
oldsoftie
(13,538 posts)So there are SOME people that are finally seeing the insanity of the orange shitgibbon?
I'd love a link to. that if you could find one
NJCher
(43,167 posts)not online. That's why I asked if others had seen it. I'd try to find it but my handywoman is here today and we are making repairs to the greenhouse.
Help anyone?
spanone
(141,628 posts)B.See
(8,505 posts)... they ALL are. Believe em.
Lovie777
(22,985 posts)shithole said it again?
Plus, he froze like McTurtle did. shithole is truly unfit and becoming more virtual with the violence talk.
Farmer-Rick
(12,667 posts)There's no reason to pause there. I can't imagine Trump agreeing to keep his yap shut in a room, or field, full of people. He feeds off crowds and their sychophantic responses.
They play the background music to make it look like an intentional pause.... Honoring the pain of his last words or something. And the music helps hide when he blurs and stumbles over his words.
But it's his brain glitching out because he suddenly forgot where he was or what he was doing. I bet he does it a lot off stage. It looks like he's having a whole conversation in his head and is arguing with himself.
He's done it before and his sycophants claimed it was a pause then too. It's not. It's escalating dementia.
Let's see the corporate media make that their top headline.
flashman13
(2,403 posts)with nothing coming out of his big mouth. He was totally lost in space. The look on his face was bewilderment. Clearly he is losing his shit. All he needs to do is blank out like that during his debate with President Biden and it's game over for Trump.
The MAGAts would say it was all part of Cantaloupe Caligulas plan. And the second Biden stumbles on just one word, theyll yell and scream that hes the demented one who cant string two sentences together.
The cognitive dissonance they exhibit is astounding. These people dont even seem to live in the same reality as the rest of us.
B.See
(8,505 posts)Clearly they DON'T.
Truth reality and facts roll of em like water on an oiled up azz. Supplanted by any half baked batshittery their zombified minds can conjure up.
Forget logic.. forget rationale... Besides, logic and rationale are "woke."
Irish_Dem
(81,277 posts)In cold blood.
Just like he was trying to get Pence killed.
He said Pence deserved it.
Hugin
(37,848 posts)For a return to the Presidency of the United States. Representing one of the two major political parties. Having served a term squatting in the White House already.
Theres a sickness running very deep in the body politic for this to be true.
Marcus IM
(3,001 posts)The right wing murderous coupsters and attempted coups of the Latin Americas (as well as many other nations) were backed or directed by the US on the name of "US interests" (corporate interests).
Now Americans must face the same tyrannical drives.
The offensive and defensive blueprints are out there waiting to be studied and undertaken.
KS Toronado
(23,727 posts)RicROC
(1,249 posts)shrike3
(5,370 posts)Irish_Dem
(81,277 posts)Greatest civic duty failure in US history.
No other way to describe it.
Yes it is no longer about Trump.
There are plenty of ruthless sociopaths running around.
And many good, decent excellent leaders.
The US wants the brutal sociopath to be president of the country.
Hekate
(100,133 posts)The elections are rigged gerrymandering, voter suppression, ethnically cleansing the voter rolls, playing the margins on the Electoral College, and last but by no means least, a captive SCOTUS.
Irish_Dem
(81,277 posts)Yes the elections are rigged.
Just like in Russia.
WestMichRad
(3,255 posts)Thats exactly it, in one simple statement.
Evolve Dammit
(21,777 posts)Hugin
(37,848 posts)So it would seem.
Senators... Governors... Attorney Generals... Dog catchers... Meter maids... The whole nine yards.
Not a whole brain or spine in the lot of them, pathetic.
B.See
(8,505 posts)A sickness running very deep in the hearts and minds of some (checks notes) "very fine people."
KS Toronado
(23,727 posts)TSF wanted a firing squad for him if my memory serves me correctly. 
Irish_Dem
(81,277 posts)Trump has a long hit list.
He is a mob boss.
Liberal In Texas
(16,271 posts)Don't be surprised as that violence starts ramping up from now until after the election.
And projection again. He's the Manchurian Candidate. Sucking up to Russia, Russia actively spreading propaganda in the US and he probably gave Putin state secrets.
Irish_Dem
(81,277 posts)The drugs, being sleepy and incompetent.
Being a Russian agent.
Yes the violence is going to be ramped up.
wnylib
(26,021 posts)who wins. Intimidation and threats during the campaign, at the polls, and during the vote counting, sometimes getting violent.
Then, if Trump is declared the winner, revenge violence will happen immediately among some of his followers, and on a larger scale by Trump.
If he loses, there will be violent opposition, not in one place, like on J6, but across the country.
emulatorloo
(46,155 posts)Tesha
(21,141 posts)His rhetoric is designed to inflame the most easily ignited, that is his end goal.
Where would he find these people? At an NRA gun-owners gathering.
Planting images of violence, getting cheers, ramping up.
They almost took DC the last time he did this - what's next is pretty clear.
bmichaelh
(1,183 posts)Trump in the past has compared himself to Jesus Christ.
I missed that part in the Bible where Christ wishes for the crucifixion of Pilate.
He is completely deluded.
Also, over the weekend, he said he as a better physical specimen than Obama.
Baitball Blogger
(52,350 posts)And the FBI should now have the freedom to check his phone records to see who he's talking to.
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)that our National Intelligence Agencies have been collecting an un-fathomable amount of intel over the past 7+ years...........
We know the big one's initials, NSA, CIA, etc, but there are probably 5-10 that we have never heard of.
Many of these intelligence groups can never talk about what they hear or know, because if they talk about something, the other side will learn from their disclosure, and the other side will end their use of that particular channel of communication now that they know it has been compromised......
Just think of the intel that Trump and Jared either sold or shared with the Tyrant nations of the world......And the sharing of that information torpedoing the intel community's ability to eavesdrop using the method they used to get that info........There were probably hundreds of our, or other nation's secret agents identities disclosed, leading to them all being killed.......
Remember when Jared took a brief case down to the Head of the Saudi's??????? He returned with a pseudo loan to bail out his business of 1.5 million????? Then, in the next week, several members of the royal family and many advisors suddenly disappeared??????
What intel do you suppose Jared disclosed to the Saudi's for them to donate TWO BILLION to Jared for a phony business start up, after Trump left office?????
Many Many years ago I was talking to my kid about the fact that we probably don't know a tenth of what goes on. He said probably more like a thousandth, or even more. He also stated: "And, in reality, it's probably stuff we DON"T WANT TO KNOW"......After thinking about it, I agreed.....
Baitball Blogger
(52,350 posts)Also, intelligence agencies have been known to use intel for nefarious reasons, that blew up in our faces. And then they blame the usual minority groups that can't defend themselves.
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)But I am sure there are many things it was better that we don't know........especially with items that were the lesser of two evils....and disclosure would cost more damage and human lives than the non-disclosure.......
For a prime example, you might remember when Valerie Plame's husband told the Media, in the run up to the Iraq war, that Cheney and Rumsfeld were flagrantly lying when they said Saddam had "Yellow Cake" uranium capable of Nuclear Weapon Manufacturing....???????
(Valerie's husband was an expert on the Yellow Cake Uranium)
The next day, in retaliation, Cheney and Rumsfeld blabbed to the public/press/media that Plame's wife was a major CIA agent........Every government in the world knew immediately that anyone who was dealing with, or had dealt with his wife's "Import-Export Company" was instantaneously suspected of being a U.S. spy. You can bet that all those who had ANY dealings with her company were "disappeared" around the globe within 24 hours.....(probably hundreds of individuals)......
Baitball Blogger
(52,350 posts)Cheney should have served time for outing her out, based on a law that was previously passed; just as Trump should be in jail over the Classified documents because we have had a Presidential Records Act since the Nixon days. But time and time again, they skate and this just emboldens them.
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)the Supreme Court intervening in the 2000 gore vs bush election. Constitutional authorities across the entire U.S. said that the USSC had no legal standing, what-so-ever to take control of that Florida State matter. Period. NO LEGAL OR CONSITUIONAL STANDING!
Worst of all, it established a precedent for them to do it over and over to influence the outcome of a presidential election again and again in the future. That precedent will enable them to now, inject themselves as the final ruling in the upcoming 2024 election outcome.........
peggysue2
(12,533 posts)Normalizing this type of speech led to January 6th. Threatening the well-being of a sitting president is just that, a threat and in Trump's case blathering before a NRA group, a shout out.
If Biden said this in reference to Trump, we would never hear the end of it.
ENOUGH!
lark
(26,081 posts)If he was mad, he would have uneven goals, but his are 100% consistent - steal the money from everyone and give it all to the rich - like him. This shows he is very goal oriented, all for himself. He is evil, he is vile, he is a war mongering fascist who hates women, minorities and every one who doesn't fluff him one way or another.
He is however, very ignorant and stupid when it comes to anything that doesn't directly affect him or his money because he doesn't give a shit.
gordianot
(15,772 posts)Mental illness, diminished capacity, ignorance, hypocrisy and even Dementia are excuses for Trumps fundamental embrace of what most people consider to be evil. This human has been like this his entire lifespan. There are no redeeming qualities in anything he says or does. As an archetype Donald Trump is unique monster that will plague all of us long after he expires.
PatSeg
(53,214 posts)However, mental illness has eliminated any self control that he might have had, letting his true self come to the surface.
gordianot
(15,772 posts)The legal term they are insanewhich is a rare condition and is finalized in Court. Donald Trump is also a rare individual who would consider shooting someone on 5 th Avenue or grabbing female genitals due to his notoriety and getting away with his behavior. Having seen several insanity pleas I would be shocked if he won.
PatSeg
(53,214 posts)to ward off any accusations of being "insane", but he certainly is not stable. Meanwhile, we know he can barely get through any court proceedings without acting out. And to think this man was President for four years.
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)heard almost any statement out of Trump's mouth, they would immediately put him on a 24 hour Mental Health Hold due to his incredible delusional utterings.......
Evolve Dammit
(21,777 posts)Limbaugh invented his format and agenda and look how many rw assholes are on the airwaves in the same style.
Irish_Dem
(81,277 posts)He is clever with an animal cunning.
Street smart con artist who is ruthless and violent.
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)there wasn't much to fluff.......LOL
NoMoreRepugs
(12,076 posts)the viewing audience draw their own conclusions, stop telling them what to think. Tell it like it is - that man is a danger to the entire Planet.
Boomerproud
(9,292 posts)That mushy word salad was a total joke.
FakeNoose
(41,637 posts)
He won't even walk it back later either. The man is out of control.
70sEraVet
(5,482 posts)PatSeg
(53,214 posts)And it is "gold plated"!
KS Toronado
(23,727 posts)And still relevant today.
FakeNoose
(41,637 posts)KS Toronado
(23,727 posts)Lonestarblue
(13,480 posts)Remember in 2016 when he suggested that someone should use the Second Amendment solution on Hillary? He would get enormous satisfaction if one of his cult murdered someone.
Joinfortmill
(21,169 posts)Midnight Writer
(25,410 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,605 posts)SweetT
(58 posts)where all the "good guys with guns" are now. Save the Nation, ELIMINATE threat. Be a hero or does a woman need to show you how?
electric_blue68
(26,856 posts)As a NYC'r back 2016 and as The Who said:
"We tried*, but you were yawning..."
*warning the rest of The USA
et tu
(2,387 posts)about d45- the media has to do better-
Kid Berwyn
(24,399 posts)The fact its not is a big part of our problem.
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MagickMuffin
(18,318 posts)Im not sure where the 14 acres is located, but I lived on 12 acres growing up and well Ill just say thats a big gun show.
Yeehaw, ya!
Uncle Joe
(65,140 posts)Thanks for the thread Tom.
Martin Eden
(15,629 posts)One of the takeaways from Jan 6 is that Trump's legions of followers believe his lies and are capable of acting on them with violence.
Attilatheblond
(8,880 posts)His legal woes are not gonna save him either. His only hope now is armed insurrection and he bloody well knows it. He is a desperate, cornered animal. His SS detail should turn his traitor ass over to their administration bosses.
usaf-vet
(7,811 posts)..... would happen to you or me. He is no longer fit to be wandering around as a former president.
Can you imagine what he would do if he got the reins of power again?
videohead5
(2,950 posts)Has not taken any money from any of those countries. Trump is a lying sack of shit! Trump on the other hand has taken money from both Russia and China.
magicarpet
(18,515 posts).... under the emolument clause.
《Old Postal then trDUMP Hotel was a money laundering operation for forgien "gifts" for the Tangerine Fuhrer.》
□●□●□●□●□●
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Botany
(77,324 posts)Funny those three countries are where V.S. and or his associates have gotten
money from. Russia we all know about, China washed something like 30 million
dollars through his D.C. hotel right after he was sworn in of which 5 or 10 million
ended up in a Chinese bank account with Trumps name on it, and Ukraines former
pro Putin president was paying Manafort tens of millions of dollars.
So far the Steele Dossier (pee pee tapes) has not been proven wrong especially the part
about Trump being in debt to our enemies.
malaise
(296,118 posts)That is all
Orrex
(67,112 posts)But here we are.
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)If not Trump directly executing his 'enemies', he will indirectly encourage his followers to do it.

mountain grammy
(29,035 posts)Madman
ThoughtCriminal
(14,721 posts)And most of the media will not ask any sitting Representative or Senator why they won't condemn those remarks. I doubt they will even report the remarks.
Iris
(16,875 posts)This is outrageous
jalan48
(14,914 posts)Someone like AOC, who doesn't have the protection Biden does and is hated by the right, would be an easier target to get to.
Iris
(16,875 posts)sop
(18,626 posts)usonian
(25,332 posts)Last edited Sun May 19, 2024, 03:01 PM - Edit history (1)
Just sayin'
TBF
(36,671 posts)Grins
(9,459 posts)When did it end and who are the they?
iluvtennis
(21,497 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(13,369 posts)Or violent crime on your record should automatically disqualify you for office. House, senate or president.
Cant be making laws if you cant follow them
iluvtennis
(21,497 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(13,369 posts)If Biden wins and we get house and senate maybe he should make that law
mucifer
(25,667 posts)samsingh
(18,426 posts)GreenWave
(12,641 posts)kacekwl
(9,149 posts)would jump on this like they did when the Democratic candidate for president let out a scream during a speech ( sorry I can't recall his name right now) calling him to be unfit for office. It is so sickening the shit this animal is allowed to do with no repercussion from media. He should have been laughed into oblivion the moment he slithered down the escalator.
tblue37
(68,436 posts)kacekwl
(9,149 posts)lindysalsagal
(22,916 posts)He's telling them to kill Biden. As if that would unblock his access to the white house. It wouldn't. But a senile mental case can't sort out what's in his own brain from what's reality.
spanone
(141,628 posts)Beartracks
(14,602 posts)SunSeeker
(58,283 posts)It's clear projection, but I don't hear anybody in the media pointing this out.
moondust
(21,288 posts)And then make them President! It's who we are!
Welcome, President Diddy!
Stuart G
(38,726 posts)My guess is he will apologize in a most idiotic way.
Hekate
(100,133 posts)Peacetrain
(24,288 posts)Hekate
(100,133 posts)#2 He no longer has any filters left because of the deterioration of his brain.
Everything about him and his desires is out there for all to see.
Traildogbob
(13,018 posts)are ya fuckin kidding me.
Sometimes I think Pecker writes these headlines.
Silent3
(15,909 posts)Last edited Mon May 20, 2024, 02:29 AM - Edit history (1)
...then we can call it "flattened".
But all we're going to get is the typical ho-hum "That's just Trump being Trump" level of reaction.
MsMoose55
(1 post)As Trump veers further out mentally, so go his followers. Dangerous.
WarGamer
(18,613 posts)I think they're using the new version of AI Hyperbolic Thesaurus Collection v3.1
Kingofalldems
(40,279 posts)and you're talking about thesaurus collections?
Wow.
usonian
(25,332 posts)As far as I know Hitler killed only one person.
Way too late.
alfredo
(60,301 posts)Siwsan
(27,834 posts)I can't sleep and have an unnerving frequency of anxiety attacks because I am far beyond TERRIFIED of this mendacious, misanthropic orange malignancy returning to the White House.
flying_wahini
(8,275 posts)I dont think Trump or anyone there thinks he was joking.
Bristlecone
(11,111 posts)Blue Owl
(59,111 posts)GreenWave
(12,641 posts)Mersky
(5,340 posts)And are extremely uninformed.
Just recently spoke with a family member who believes she can support Ukraine AND tRump. She says tRump stands up to dictators. Seriously, its like they live on another planet.
Shes unaware of his slavish behavior at the Helsinki summit, doesnt know about his love letters to lil Kim, and so on. He didnt sleep with the porn star, no, and only vaguely aware of Karen McDougal.
I could reasonably blame it all on Fix News watching, but thats not the entirety of how this ignorance comes about. I was appalled by the AP coverage running on the local Austin ABC affiliates website. More of a sanitized, pass-through of his guns-are-great message than any true reporting. If Biden showed up 2+ hours late, threatened the sitting president, then froze mid-speech with an expression of panic washing over his face, well, wed have heard nothing at all about his overall message. KVUE is owned by Tegna and Ive linked to the archive of the AP piece below for yalls perusal.
Us MSNBC viewers and DU newshounds are waaay more informed than the average voter, and leap years ahead of anyone that accepts Fox as some sort of news source.
http://archive.today/ll29U
Martin68
(27,749 posts)But the projection about taking money from Russia and China, when it is Trump who has been the recipient of both their largess and their support through the use of misinformation and propaganda takes the cake.
Marcuse
(9,010 posts)BlueKota
(5,351 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)traitortrump should have been locked up the day they found more documents after he claimed all had been returned.
cstanleytech
(28,473 posts)0rganism
(25,647 posts)until then, I'll have to assume it's going to be written off by the MSM as some distorted attempt at "humor" like the last hundred times something godawful and/or actionable plopped out of his leathery orange anus-mouth, Hell, this story doesn't even register on my google news page. Flattened? Uh, no, not yet.
elleng
(141,926 posts)angrychair
(12,285 posts)Or will they even try? Just more "locker room talk" or "just joking" or did we all just take it out of context? I mean the spin on this my make the Earth spin in the other direction.
B.See
(8,505 posts)"Treasonous Mfkr Who Incited Insurrection to Overthrow Election Wants President Who Kicked His Ass Executed"
What was it again that Trump said about treason?
bmichaelh
(1,183 posts)Last edited Mon May 20, 2024, 10:46 PM - Edit history (1)
If Trump is elected, will he make up new laws or have show trials to convict his political enemies?
Hope the US does not go down this road.
There was a German film about the White Rose, a group of German students in Munich during Nazi Germany: Sophie Scholl The Final Days.
Sophie Scholl, a member of this group, was executed by Nazi Germany
White Rose group was a non-violent group.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426578/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1