After Assassination Attempt, Republicans Say It's Out Of Bounds To Call Donald Trump A Threat To Democracy

[ProudMNDemocrat]

Say what Republicans? Former President Trump will ALWAYS remain a THREAT to Democracy for as long as he breathes. PROJECT 2025 has his finger prints and knowledge all over it. Democrats running for office need to continue to keep the heat on this man and his lust for power by using his words against him in ads and tweets. Republican rhetoric against Joe Biden, meanwhile, has been no less apocalyptic.

High-profile Republicans have immediately blamed Donald Trump’s near-assassination on Democrats calling him a threat to democracy.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Sunday that “when the message goes out constantly that the election of Donald Trump would be a threat to democracy and that the republic would end, it heats up the environment.”

Other Republicans were more explicit. Shortly after the shooting at Trump’s Pennsylvania campaign rally on Saturday, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) said on social media that President Joe Biden’s rhetoric “led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination,” while Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said in his own social media post, “This was an assassination attempt aided and abetted by the radical Left and corporate media incessantly calling Trump a threat to democracy, fascists, or worse.”

More at...https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-trump-threat-to-democracy_n_669434fae4b01c0df9900430

[Kid Berwyn]

1. That's the point, though.

Donald J. Trump is the biggest traitor in the history of the United States of America.

Unretouched photo in which then-pee-resident Donald Trump sends former KGB colonel and current President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, a conspiratorial wink.



What SCrOTUS, the repugs, Corporate McPravda want you to ignore:

1.) As pee-resident, Trump ordered a mob to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power.

2.) After leaving office, Trump hid Top Secret documents he was not authorized to possess after being ordered to return them.

This is not to forgive or forget his myriad treasons, along with the sundry sexual, financial, and fascist gangster criminality -- just what the Special Prosecutor has found.

[dalton99a]

4. +1. The traitor is a clear and present danger

[Walleye]

2. I just now saw an ad on the Philly TV that said Joe Biden was responsible for migrants, killing and raping US girls

Probably 10 or 12 lies in the one minute ad. Calling Joe Biden every slanderous thing in the book. We’re not allowed to fight back for that? What a bunch of snowflakes.

[maveric]

11. They've got nuthin! This is what they have to resort to.

Sadly moronic people will believe this shit.

[Cattledog]

22. That ad's playing here in Atlanta.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. I can only imagine how he will twist this at the RNC this week.

Yet, his tweets on UNTRUTH Social are just as offensive to Joe Biden and Democrats as are the demands by the MAGAt Republicans that Democrats STOP calling CF#45 a THREAT to Democracy. Because he IS.

[misanthrope]

73. Not just him

Republicans are exceptionally adept at falling in line and following talking points to a tee.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

75. I will not be watching this clown show.

reading the low-lites will be bad enough.

I am sure Kamala Harris is fired up. The Prosecutor in her is ready to rumble.

[wnylib]

5. Total MAGA BS that Trump can't be called a threat to the US.

Just use his own words in ads, not to mention J6.

Emphasize in the ads that the solution to the threat that Trump presents is VOTING, not violence.

[Duncan Grant]

6. Gaslight.

There’s enough evidence to support the threat to democracy analysis. Does an alleged stolen election ring a bell?

[Irish_Dem]

15. Yes we are being played big time.

Total sociopath manipulation in action.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. Yo, Mike Johnson! You can kiss my tush for all your lies!

Mike Johnson's call for "toning down the rhetoric" is laughable at best when he gets down on one knee to kiss the ring and does what he is told to do and say.

Yet all the while, his Lord and Master behaves as if nothing has happened, blaming others for what took place, using excuses in order to solicit sympathy.

I do NOT plan to watch any convention speeches and read the low-lites here. There is much to watch on Netflix this week as well as keep up on my reading. I have Anthony Fauci's new book yet to read after I finish a Biography on Louis XIV.

[bdamomma]

77. I'm not watching either

Seems like everything was pre-planned/pre-mediated.

Shooting, Maga Con-vention, and Aileen Cannon.

[republianmushroom]

8. But republican, the convicted felon "IS", A Threat To Democracy.

More so than any country including Russia and Putin.

[Sogo]

9. OK. We can go for that....Just HIGHLIGHT over and over that Project 2025 as a document that threatens democracy....

Then after a few days, when their "feelings" calm down, pin it to him again.

[dobleremolque]

10. Donald Trump is everything he was before the assassination attempt, except

now with an injured ear.

He's a guy with an injured ear who said he wants to terminate the Constitution (12/05/2022)
He's a guy with an injured ear who says he is out for retribution and revenge. (06/10/2024)
He's a guy with an injured ear who has vowed to be a dictator on Day One, if elected. (12/02/2023)

There is ample documentation of what he is. He's still just a fascist wanna-be dictator with an injured ear who is a threat to democracy. Remove him with VOTES, not violence.

And then resume the trials.

[Codifer]

55. But.

That was so traumatic that he had an epiphany and now will address the convention of treason that he is all rainbow farting unicorn.

I am sick

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. Okay, J.D., if you insist (updated rhetoric):

Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. (This statement is no longer operative.* )

J.D. Vance is a threat to democracy. (THIS is the operative statement.* )

Better, J.D.?


* Courtesy Ron Ziegler, Richard Nixon's Press Secretary

[Blue Full Moon]

61. Like it

[tinrobot]

13. He's still a felon and a rapist and a fraudster...

Who has also taken away women's rights, supported an insurrection, and lots more.

[Irish_Dem]

14. We have to stop telling the truth to keep Trump safe.

[Think. Again.]

30. unless we don't stop.

[Irish_Dem]

34. I like telling the truth.

[Think. Again.]

39. yep, and I certainly don't listen what rightwingers tell me to do...

...after all, one of them tried to shoot trump.

[Irish_Dem]

40. Yep. Cold day in hell before I take marching orders from PutinGOP.

[kwolf68]

16. OK...

How about trying to overturn a free and fair election as being a threat to Democracy?

[Intractable]

17. If the assasination was succesful, Trump would no longer be threat to democracy.

Even if he loses the election, he and his followers remain a threat.

[chowder66]

18. Okay, instead we will say he, his backers and the republican party are a threat to democracy.

[asm128]

19. Two words:

F*ck that!

[lame54]

20. New campaign slogan...

Trump shouldn't have been shot at but he's still an asshole.

[Deek1935]

21. Fuck them. They aren't the "Republicans" anymore. They are the ultra right wing TRUMP CULT.

[Flatrat]

23. Donald Ducked is not just a threat to democracy

But also a proven huge threat to our national security.

[Attilatheblond]

24. F' them and the high horse they rode in on

They also lay the task of stopping any bloodshed for their upcoming 'Revolution' on the shoulders of the left.

They sound like your average rapist to my old ears.

[lindysalsagal]

25. said the party that attempted a violent political coup

[bdamomma]

78. and they

call us the "radical left" they need to look in a mirror.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

26. Just replay him speaking such words

Are they going to say it was faked?

[captain queeg]

27. Just fuck them. Stop playing their game. It's all take and no give.

[Happy Hoosier]

28. The fuck it is....

[sop]

29. Republicans say a lot of stupid shit...fuck them.

[spanone]

31. A huge pile of bullshit. He's a total threat to Democracy.

[Think. Again.]

32. So they're saying the republican who shot at him...

....dud that because he's a threat to Democracy?

Interesting..

[malaise]

33. So convenient

Hmmmmmmmm

[ScratchCat]

49. We need to start a list

Of the timeline of all the convenient timing of events which have unfolded within the past two weeks or so.....

NY State Trump Conviction
SCOTUS J6 ruling
CNN Debate
Media Pile-on of Biden
Mysterious Trump silence
Project 2025 becomes a story
Epstein tapes released
Orgoran visit to Mar-a-lago after meeting with Putin
Shooting
Immediate pivot to gaslighting of Democrats over saying Trump is a threat to Democracy
Judge Cannon drops documents charges
MSMedia says "Can't we all just get along...??"

I need to go tighten my tinfoil I suppose....

[malaise]

53. Great post

Should be an OP

[Blue Dotty]

35. From his own mouth

Even when we are just quoting their nominee? They are so silly.

[Freethinker65]

36. Nope. The threat still exists, now more than ever. The remedy, however is to vote for Biden and Democrats

Republicans have Trump and their leader, but also Project 2025 as their playbook.

Trump promised to appoint corporatist conservative activist judges that would overturn Roe. Trump did just that. Trump promised to try to destroy Public Education and he gave us Betsy DeVos-more money for schools not for education or teaching, but for guns and gun training...

And don't forget how Trump has vowed to abuse the office of President even more now that SCOTUS has decided pretty much anything Trump does when in office could be considered an official duty.

Trump's character and policies are not off limits.

Trump's/Republican nominee's advisors have a new set of policies to restrict personal freedom, give away public resources, deregulate polluters/con artists, and allow negligent business practices to flourish (because freedom to con consumers trumps consumer protection). Oh, and loyalty tests to Trump/Republican Presidents from next term forward for all government jobs...

[Cha]

37. Magas Are OUT OF Bounds.. Fuck them OFF

[11 Bravo]

38. Fuck 'em.

A scratch on the ear doesn't make the insane orange shitgibbon any less of a threat.

[C_U_L8R]

41. Democracy Threat says what?

[BigDemVoter]

42. How in the FUCK do they dream up this horseshit?

[calimary]

43. Oh yeah? Fuck them!!!!!!

And FUCK YOU, tim scott, for insinuating that Democrats are to blame for some idiot taking a shot at trump.

[Wiz Imp]

44. Meanwhile, It's apparently OK for Trump to say...

That we will no longer have a country left if Biden wins. Funny, to me, that seems a whole lot more dangerous and possibly violence inducing than speaking the truth about Trump being an existential threat to democracy.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

72. Every time he fists, the cultists respond...

They seem to get off on that, thinking CF45 is a tough guy.

[Baitball Blogger]

45. There will be useful idiots who will fall for this ploy.

[W T F]

46. I don't look at it any differently than the failed assassination attempt on Adolph Hitler

[misanthrope]

74. Which one?

There loads of them during his reign. More than a few were thwarted in the planning stages.

[Tikki]

47. someone please ask him what it feels like to be a VICTIM of gun violence.

Someone interview his wife…how she felt when she watched?? Her husband grazed by a bullet.
Then interview another family who had a member who was injured by a bullet from a gun.

Tikki

[Nixie]

48. After their predictable nasty convention, all that will

blow over.

[Grins]

50. Flip it!!!

“…when the message goes out constantly that the 2020 election was stolen, was ‘rigged,’ that it was a threat to democracy and that the republic would end, it heats up the environment.”

Sound familiar, Moses?

[Skittles]

51. LOLOL

THEIR PARTY LEADER IS A FUCKING TRAITOR

[nowforever]

52. But

It is OK though to call him a traitor, rapist, liar, fraudster, conman, cheater, insurrectionist and narcissistic sociopath who was best buddies with Epstein.

[HUAJIAO]

54. Oh shut up and sit down, Johnson.

Republicans accuse Biden and Democrats of the same things you ACCUSE democrats of saying.
And people believe this shit!!!!

God, the stupidity.

[Blue Full Moon]

56. If it's for the good of the nation

They can apologize for putting targets on our candidates. They can apologize to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. They can apologize for saying we aren't Americans going back decades. They can apologize to the Clintons and Jimmy Carter. They can apologize for cheating in the elections. Come clean, the truth will set you free. They can apologize to all the familes whose loved ones died of covid after telling people about lies about the vaccine that they themselves took and the quack medicine (horse paste for worms) They can apologize to all the people that they don't want to have healthcare, let them die chant. They can apologize for the wars in Afganistan and Iraq the SOB was in Pakistan. I believe they can apologize for assassinating Kennedy, I believe Bush sr was protecting his oil wells and used his position in the CIA. It is the only thing that makes sense. Arround that time befriended the mafia, who Kennedy was going after. They can apologize for the long list of democrat candidates deaths which reads like a mafia hit list. They can apologize for killing women because of their BCE beliefs.They need to apologize for discrimination to everyone that they have held down, race, gender, wealth. Et cetra. They should apologize to Jesus about saying how much they love and believe in him, even though they practice zero of his teachings.

[Rocknation]

57. Well, it's not THEIR fault

that it was a REPUBLICAN who agreed with them...

The best way to stop being called a threat to democracy is to stop being one.


Rocknation

[malaise]

58. Eff that

That is all

[Owens]

59. Just a coincidence?

Cannon dismisses the document case and an "assassination" attempt right before the RNC Convention. I don't believe in coincidences

[Blue Full Moon]

63. 100%

[Wednesdays]

81. I believe in coincidences, but

some coincidences require a lot of planning.

[Bluethroughu]

60. If they don't like what people know about him, find another candidate.

[GiqueCee]

62. Have any of these dolts...

... even read their own manifesto, Project 2025? I've abandoned the thought that they can't possibly sink any lower, because I just have to wait for the next fabricated crisis for one of 'em to do a swan dive to the bottom of the conservative cesspool for their next accusation/confession.

[Blue Full Moon]

66. Don't care, it won't apply to them

[jayschool2013]

64. The guy who tried to overthrow the government

is not a threat to the government.

Sounds about right.

Thank dog for legal weed.

[dchill]

65. Republicans Say.

YMMV

[Scalded Nun]

67. Fuck them!

The bully gets his nose bloodied so he runs home to mama.

Irony is that his nose was bloodied by one of his own gang members.

I see they are not referring to their own subdued behavior following violent events like those perpetrated against Gabby Giffords and Paul Pelosi. Oh, wait, seems to me they thought that was just fuel for their sick-fuck jokes.

Perhaps, while on the national stage this week, GOP leaders will speak equally against the violent attacks on Democrats. Judges and lawmakers shot, spouses bludgeoned, Innocent civil servants threatened and intimidated. Holding my breath...NOT.

...and the media can take their 'whataboutism' and 'both-sides' bullshit and shove it up their collective asses.

[Raven123]

68. The GOP has been calling Dems socialists and communists for DECADES

No need to back down from the truth when they have been lying

[Warpy]

69. He' a proven threat to democracy

since he bypasses Congress at every opportunity, attempting to govern by EO, his fiats not passing muster by the courts in the past. That might change now that we have a 6 member council of mullahs running the USSC.

He is an existential threat. Should we dial down the rhetoric on that? I don't think we can, we're not authoritarians and we know some people, especially the younger and more passionate, will continue to exercise their right to free speech. We do need to point out that the existential threat to TFG came from within their own ranks and perhaps they need to clean up their own house before they run their gloved hands over ours.

I don't think any of us need to tone it down. We do need to point out to them where the problem is. They won't like it. So what?

[D23MIURG23]

70. I sure ficking hope Dems don't listen.

He's a threat to Democracy, and the fact that he got his ear blown off entitles him to NOTHING.

[misanthrope]

71. Of course they did

That was always going to be the case. Just like Trump's "unity" speech will maintain that criticisms of him are fomenting violence.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

76. While calls for warfare and death come from their ranks.

Fuck them.

[bdamomma]

79. Here it is

in black & white. TSF is a danger to democracy I think Mary Trump was saying Project 2025 billboards will be going up. I would gladly give a donation.


https://democracyforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-05_Peoples-Guide-Pro-2025.pdf

[Beartracks]

80. He'd be a rubber stamp for Project 2025, so still a threat.

[Martin Eden]

82. TRUTH is against Republican ideology

That's a DAMN GOOD REASON why Democrats should keep telling the TRUTH about the very real threat to our democracy they and their leader pose.

[Sunsky]

83. He is who he is

And we aren't going to let them gaslight us into not speaking the truth.

[GaYellowDawg]

84. I'M SO HAPPY WITH THIS

Now we know which line of attack they fear the most!!