"Anyone who has been talking about 'the road to authoritarianism' can stop that now. The road is behind us."

[highplainsdem]

That quote is from.Adam Keiper, executive editor of the conservative but anti-Trump magazine The Bulwark, responding to the disgusting show of Trump's Oval Office press conference with.Bukele - see video clips from it in tweets here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220236684

The most revolting Oval Office presser since Feb. 28 (the Zelensky one).

Even just hitting a few of the lowlights of this will leave you sickened and dismayed.

BUT it's also clarifying. Anyone who has been talking about "the road to authoritarianism" can stop that now. The road is behind us.

— Adam Keiper (@adamkeiper.com) 2025-04-14T16:24:05.041Z

Adam Keiper
‪@adamkeiper.com‬

The most revolting Oval Office presser since Feb. 28 (the Zelensky one).

Even just hitting a few of the lowlights of this will leave you sickened and dismayed.

BUT it's also clarifying. Anyone who has been talking about "the road to authoritarianism" can stop that now. The road is behind us.

COLLINS: Can President Bukele weigh in on this? Do you plan to return Garcia?

BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous


TRUMP: These are sick people

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-04-14T16:02:56.783Z

April 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM

[dalton99a]

1. It is useless to mince words or minimize the fact that we have a full-blown dictatorship.

[highplainsdem]

5. Agreed.

[mobeau69]

2. Yep.

[OLDMDDEM]

3. Very sickening.

[Raven]

4. An emergency order from the Federal Judge with a transript of the Oval Office press conference

together with the admission in court by the Federal Government that they made a mistake by sending the Petitioner to El Salvador, together with the statement by Rubio that no court can stop them, should be enough to get the Supreme Court's full and immediate attention. The emergency order should demand that the government obtain the immediate release of the Petitioner. No ifs, ands of buts. Just DO IT. I think we are at the "have you no shame" moment in this country. The Petitioner's plight may not be mine or yours, but it is certainly ours.