If Trump loses: We'll be at the White House — 'in arms'
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Source: Associated Press
Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press
Updated 1:52 am, Saturday, November 5, 2016
SELMA, N.C. (AP) Donald Trump's legions of followers say they're growing confident of victory and many say they won't accept defeat.
"We're going to win. And if we don't win and Hillary wins, I think we're going to take over the government," said Nancy Fraize, 51, who works as a cleaning lady in Manchester, New Hampshire. "I think personally we'll all be at the White House sitting on the front lawn. In arms."
Her view of the possible outcome and aftermath are hardly rare. Poll numbers show an uncertain race and renewed scrutiny of Hillary Clinton's emails just before Election Day, and a survey last month showed only one-third of Republicans saying they have confidence the votes will be counted fairly.
The blend of confidence in Trump and distrust of those in power was reflected again and again in more than
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NBachers
(19,438 posts)manicraven
(901 posts)Riiiiight, a cleaning lady in New Hampshire is going to take off from work to sit on the front lawn at the White House when Trump loses... Have a feeling she'll be grumpy but heading to her job like every other Wednesday.
Democrat 4 Ever
(3,941 posts)for the 10 people who show up. I guess they know their needs better than I do and they do seem to be full of sh!t. This chick who is so brave and billy bad butt ain't gonna do nuthin'. Another keyboard commando like their nutless leader.
joshdawg
(2,965 posts)all talk, spewing nothing but methane.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)So long as it isn't cold or rainy.
Cha
(319,075 posts)Democracy and the will of the Voters or you'll end up in the hoosegow.
trump's brainwashed the poor suckers.. this is on him.
Emilybemily
(204 posts)Which is just fine by me.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)onethatcares
(16,992 posts)semi truck blockade around Washington D,C.
Matthew Rose
(66 posts)downeastdaniel
(497 posts)rpannier
(24,924 posts)I have more faith that Peter Sellers' character could have taken the US than I do they could ever find the White House, much less take it
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,307 posts)... eom.
lanlady
(7,229 posts)Has been for years. Good luck trying to get near the lawn, lady. With weapons no less.
BeyondGeography
(41,101 posts)You know you can't just take what's not yours.
Who raised these people?
Coolest Ranger
(2,034 posts)our military to greet them too
TOO FUNNY
Jon King
(1,910 posts)So sad to see those 2 kids in the front row. That little girl has a look of absolute hate and rage on her face, and she has no clue what a Syrian refugee even is. Those parents are despicable.
DinahMoeHum
(23,607 posts)
asjr
(10,479 posts)bdamomma
(69,532 posts)these sick a$$ people are forming militias if they don't get their way. But seriously will it come to that???
Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)...be arrested on the way, if not when they get there. And the military has them out gunned. You remember the military? These asshats haven't been in Iraq, most military members have. Who would you bet on?
As for Civil war....
A Civil War means that half the citizens mobilizes. I doubt that every Trump voter is going to be up in arms here and leaving their jobs to make war on everyone else. What are they going to shoot up? What territory are they going to take? The post office? State governments? What if State governments say "take the offices, we'll help people on-line..."? What, exactly, is their plan for conquering the U.S.A. and how do they overcome everyone and anyone who doesn't want their homes and streets and businesses and hospitals shot up or burned to the ground?
So, no, I don't think it will seriously come to that. Lone nuts, yes. A small group of lone nuts, yes. A big army? Hard to mobilize. Hard to maintain. And if they don't get a quick victory...can they wait it out through December and January in DC? Maybe if the Trump hotel takes them in. I'm sure it will give them a discount.
regnaD kciN
(27,639 posts)
just like the FBI.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)no one saw it coming.
Pathetic losers.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Please proceed...
RaymondLuxuryYacht
(66 posts)I'll be investing my money in Grapeshot manufacturers. Ask the "Bonus Army" how good an idea occupying DC is.
rpannier
(24,924 posts)I see a huge boom in the tombstone industry
And they're American made
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)The last gasps of a dying breed.
Very much not a dying breed ...
DCBob
(24,689 posts)I think that demographic is shrinking by the minute.
Cosmocat
(15,424 posts)but, that really isn't the point.
Trump voters are a more virulent extension of the people who have run around the last 7 years screaming about BHO.
The people who ran around screaming about BHO were a more virulent form of the assholes who ran around in the 90s at the start of the Rush revolution.
The Rush revolution was more virulent form of the righteous right from the 80s.
The righteous right of the 80s was a more virulent form of prior republicanism.
Get the trend?
Win or lose, there is going to be an even worse de evolution of the right starting next Wednesday.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)The question is which direction... Trump direction or Paul Ryan direction. I suspect more towards Paul Ryan. There will remain a substantial number of hard core Trumper types but I think they will become less influential and die out eventually. The Republicans only hope is to be more inclusive... and normal.
Cosmocat
(15,424 posts)you are a good dude, so I don't mean to come across to you.
But, this is scorpion and frog stuff.
They have only gotten worse over the course of my adult life.
They have incrementally moved closer and closer to the line and frankly, Trump has enabled them to got right up to the line.
There are people literally standing outside of polls open carrying.
Think about that.
There is absolutely ZERO impetus for them to "be more inclusive and normal."
The have only increasingly gotten less inclusive and normal.
Christ, they are saying they will not allow another SC appointment and that they are going to investigate Hillary for years and impeach and she hasn't even gotten elected.
Again, I seriously don't mean to come across to you.
But, the tea leaves are pretty fucking clear that if Hillary wins it is going to even worse than it has been to this point.
AND, if we win the senate and alter the filibuster, we are going to see $hit even never imagined in this country, for a fact.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)And you may be right. We will see.. but I think eventually all this Trump inspired anger and delusion will dissipate as time goes by.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)thought the old ones would die off, but they just procreated and spawned more. Trump might continue, or there might be a new similar Trump but violent. I just don't believe this force will be absorbed/assimilated after the election when Hillary wins. My fear is lone wolfs/groups acting out after the election. They are far better organized now than way back and their armament seems endless. All in all, it's a bad recipe.
Vinca
(53,994 posts)Ligyron
(8,006 posts)I love to drink the impotent tears of Tea-billy rage.
If they pull this stunt in DC we are assured of a better jury and outcome in court than in rural Oregon, for instance.
The prep walks and sentencing scenes will be fun to watch.
Cosmocat
(15,424 posts)We are going to see $hit we never thought we would see in this country.
Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)Or the burning of churches, the assassinations, the murders of those marching and trying to register voters in the 60? Etc. Etc.
We've seen it. And these asshats...they've nothing on all that. Believe me. They're little and small by comparison to the bigger nastier bads this country HAS seen. No. It will not be entertaining. But they've announced it...so everyone can be ready. And, hopefully, what violence and damage they try to do will be short-lived.
Cosmocat
(15,424 posts)Because you know, despite being 50, what you mentioned happened before I was born for the most part, all it before I hit elementary school.
I also missed the part where the FBI went rogue and acted in a manner to severely impact a presidential election at the 24th hour.
The point was that it wasn't going to be entertaining and that we are very likely about to see this kind of $hit.
And, them announcing it doesn't mean jack.
In fact, it is part of why this is so very ominous.
They are saying it, and this country isn't even reacting to it, much less reacting forcefully against it.
Ligyron
(8,006 posts)Black churches being blown up with innocent little children inside, the assassinations of Black leaders like MLK, Malcom X, Medger Evers and even multi-cultural freedom marchers who came form all over the country to stand with them in Alabama and elsewhere. The beatings by police and others of people who simply wanted to vote, the dogs, water cannons - I remember all of it.
Nothing those teabillies can do now will ever match the violence against our own citizens by, not only some of their fellow Americans, but the by the authorities themselves as well.
No, I don't find violence against progressives entertaining in the slightest.
I DO find their ultimate defeat and humiliation both righteous, satisfying and yes...amusing.
The scale of their violence will be as nothing compared to the past. Most will simply return to their shitty jobs and TV sets to watch Fox News if they're retired.
I doubt the country is or will ignore any of this and believe those in a position to do so will put a swift end to it.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)If these fatheads think running around the woods drinking beer and shooting AK-47s at squirrels prepares them for insurrection, they're in for a big surprise.
Ilsa
(64,368 posts)after she gets arrested and loses her job.
Augiedog
(2,702 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)first off one dosent know about the defenses the white house has , and the capital police . not to mention the secret service along with the military base across the river there .( patomic?)
mountain grammy
(29,035 posts)when Hillary was First Lady and branded for wanting to change the health care system and because she was a strong, intelligent woman.. Woman are a threat to the established order. Obama was too, but he was new and the American right wing didn't have twenty years to make ups shit, so they lost.
This is going to be a landslide.. for Hillary.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)
Sorry.
randome
(34,845 posts)
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesnt always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one youre already in.[/center][/font][hr]
JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,681 posts)I don't know why the reporter failed to disclose her age, race, and measurements. Those would be equally relevant.
There are plenty of people claiming they will move to Canada if Trump wins. And, just like this Trump supporter, it won't happen.
dalton99
(781 posts)rtracey
(2,062 posts)ok so Trump assholes vs US Army and National Guard.......Ill go with the Army and National guard....
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Any run of the mill SWAT team will easily handle these guys. And if any of them do show up armed at the White House then a SS tactical team will quickly turn them dead.
RedCloud
(9,230 posts)Therats of voter intimidation with guns, attack dogs. All they need are brown shirts to complete the image.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)errr -- was that Trump wine? Proud of all my DUers, who resoundingly recognize nitwit blunder when they see it. Or as we say in Texas, all hat and no cattle.
kebob
(499 posts)Whose arms? God's? Well, if you idiots actually try to pull this stunt, you will be in God's arms. Rather quickly, I suspect.
Panich52
(5,829 posts)"satire." He was on MSNBC saying "I challenge you to find a working musket." I'll claim any money he puts on that challenge. I know several folks w/ working muskets. Black powder firearms are a thriving "hobby."
ChazInAz
(3,017 posts)Self-built exact copy of a Jakob Dickert rifle of 1770. Rather proud of my work on that.
Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,835 posts)Turbineguy
(40,074 posts)is a nice civil war in the U.S. That will save him the trouble.
Trump's legions of useful idiots.
sellitman
(11,745 posts)🤗
sendero
(28,552 posts)... then in a casket.
Uben
(7,719 posts)....arms are required to carry a casket, so there is that!
Norbert
(7,765 posts)Morons.
Firestorm49
(4,548 posts)What else would you expect. These people have been inundated with hatred from Lindbaugh, Hannity the Tea Party and FOX news long enough for them to believe that America has gone to hell, yet not a single one of these simpletons has had Obama march into his/her house and confiscate their anti tank gun. Many of them, having been cursed with poor health, can now not be denied coverage for pre- existing conditions ( oh, the sacrilege!), employment has gone nowhere but up since the last GOP administration tried single handedly to destroy the country with a financial meltdown that gave the rich more money. And they say it's bad now? They need to get their heads out of their asses and wake up.
No, you idiots, you still have your guns, you more than likely have a job, and your streets are still being plowed and repaired. You DONT have it bad at all, compared to what the Republicans left us with in 2008.
Honestly, if you are that stupid and that agitated, maybe you should do the rest of us a favor and go find another country to live in. I believe in America and the progress that's been made by Democrats- 1) giving women the right to vote, 2) giving African Americans the right to vote, 3) creating Social Security, 4) ending segregation, 5) passing the Civil Rights act 6) creating Medicare 7) passing the Clean Water Act. To quote Lawrence O'Donnell, " What did Republicans do? They opposed every one of those acts. So when you try to hurl that label at my feet " Liberal" as if it were something to be ashamed of, something dirty, something to run away from, it won't work because I will pick up that label and wear it as a BADGE OF HONOR".
Republicans, go fuck yourself. You don't know what despair is. Try living in Syria for a while.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Don't remember that? Not surprising.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)I would love to compare.
MFM008
(20,042 posts)Stockpile blue tarp and catch a bullet like that clown did in Oregon.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)It's surprising that I have to remind them that Trump's supporters aren't going anywhere, and we're in for a bumpy ride for a long time to come.
mark67
(196 posts)Some of these guys look scary with their multicam uniforms and AR-15s and black hoodies but I don't see indications that any of these guys are willing to die for a cause or would be willing to endure the type of low-level discomfort and physical misery that accompanies any type of revolution. Nor do I see any serious organizaiton or leadership.
I recently read the MJ article about a miltia group performing border operations...it's over 20pp long, great read, but for the life of me I don't understand what these guys are so angry about and I don't think they know either...also their leader was described as an overweight ex-Marine, a smokaholic, who spent most of the time in an air-conditioned trailer watching war movies.
Many of these guys are on disabilty, pensions, social security...the youth of this nation are marching in the opposite direction politically...I think there will isolated acts of violence...some tragically may even be spectacular...but I don't see any revolution coming.
What does worry me, however, especially with recent revelations, is the corruption of professional government organzations. ALso the article describes some Border Patrol Agents as cheering those guys on, rather than giving them a professional cold shoulder.
stopbush
(24,808 posts)is sitting on blocks in your front yard.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)maddiemom
(5,179 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Crooked, immoral and cowardly folks. Seems they are finally going to CRACK. Fucking imbeciles.
shrike
(3,817 posts)Hope he's right.
uppityperson
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