Heritage faces blowback after 'bloodless' revolution comment

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

07/06/24 6:00 AM ET


The Heritage Foundation and its president, Kevin Roberts, are facing blowback in the wake of his comment about an ongoing second American revolution that will “remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

President Biden’s campaign jumped on the comment, with a spokesperson saying it shows that former President Trump’s allies are “dreaming of a violent revolution to destroy the very idea of America.” Commentators ranging from former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) to MSNBC hosts and guests reacted with alarm.

And in the wake of the comment, though without mentioning it, Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 — an initiative led by the conservative think tank that aims to provide a conservative policy blueprint for the next Republican administration and that has also ignited political firestorms. Heritage and Roberts, though, are standing by the comment, dismissing the criticism as being in bad faith.

“Americans in 2024 are in the process of carrying out the Second American Revolution to take power back from the elites and despotic bureaucrats. These patriots are committed to peaceful revolution at the ballot box,” Robers said Wednesday in a post on the social platform X, continuing to describe the threat he sees and warning that “the Left may not allow a peaceful transfer of power.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4757210-heritage-blowback-bloodless-revolution/

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Boy is he upside down. He is "the elites" dictating to common folk Americans

We really need to clip these bozos ears in November.

[The Grand Illuminist]

6. And there is a huge number of common folk americans that will buy it.

With free will and by choice.

[BOSSHOG]

9. As Joe Goebels taught them

Blame your enemies for what you do.

[JustAnotherGen]

22. He's a Christo Fascist

I expect nothing less of him than tone deafness.

[Meadowoak]

2. Kevin Roberts is completely nutz. He needs a good psych eval.

[intheflow]

3. Translation of that last bit:

“I never said that! What I said was it will be the left’s fault if we insist a free and fair election of a decent, hard-working man was in fact a coup. Because the American people want a draft-dodging felon to lead the country. Don’t blame us if we lose and become violent!”

Fuck these assholes.

[BoomaofBandM]

4. The left may not allow a peaceful transfer of power

once again is projection. Is this a hostile takeover by the business class?

[Marthe48]

5. Yes, it is

I mentioned a while back that rwnj are trying a hostile takeover

GOTV

[slightlv]

11. Remember that everything a repub says or does

is simple projection. By calling out the "Left" as violent, he's telling you that they are planning and ready to commit violence to get their way. Whatever they say, it's always THEY that do it, and then blame "us lefties"... ye gods, I would dearly love to see that epithet destroyed with this coming election. We "lefties" are going to save the damned democracy. Maybe one day they'll thank us.

[republianmushroom]

7. Our greatest and worst enemies are not abroad but home grown.

[dchill]

8. "Home grown." Yeah - and what kind of fertilizer does THAT take?

[republianmushroom]

10. Just a small dose of powder or control.

[dchill]

13. Or essence of dark money.

[slightlv]

14. You're correct, IMO.

Which is why I'm so P'O'ed that we don't have a domestic terrorist law on the books and enforced right now. If EVER we needed it, now is the time, and yet once again, the damned repugs are allowed to be as violent and hateful as they want to anyone and everyone. They fit the description of "terrorist" right now... even if the only thing written down is for "foreign terrorists." One of the things we need to clamp down on --when-- we capture all three branches of government again is passing a domestic terrorist law with teeth, and actually acting on it. That can go hand in hand with some common sense gun control. They're going to scream bloody murder we're gonna take their guns, whether or not we plan to do anything like that. So... let's enact some common sense laws that make it a wee bit more difficult to kill masses of people at one time, as well as wives and girlfriends. Humph! I say if they complain too much, we start investigating on just what it would take to create a department of cult deprogramming. Let them then begin to worry about all the FEMA camps they've been scared of for so many years!

They've done nothing but pile on one thing after another on us since T came down that damned escalator. I say let's give it back to them in spades. If they don't like it, maybe we can find them an island someplace where they can institute their laissez faire capitalism and theocratic rule. I mean, it's not like they believe in climate change or anything... !

[TexasBushwhacker]

12. "Peaceful" like January 6th? N/t

[dobleremolque]

15. What that last sentence means is ....

if the left rolls over quietly and allows corporate fascism to be imposed on the country, we won't shoot them. That's the only way to interpret it.

[prodigitalson]

16. that's how I took it

precicely

[aggiesal]

17. His message was made on 7/3 and we are just hearing about blowback? ...

Did the news stop for a holiday break?
Because I didn't know News stopped.

This comment and Project 2025 should be News 24/7 until election day.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. "Did the news stop for a holiday break? "

Yes but the "news stopped" because they had a whole different agenda that involved literally clearing their news sites of actual "news" and go full-on Biden smear campaign, full of opinion pieces, innuendo, and pure unadulterated gossip.

In other words, Yellow journalism at its best.

There are a couple sites that have a good description but here is an easy Wikipedia one - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism

The term "yellow journalism" originated from the innovative popular "Yellow Kid" comic strip that was published first in the World and later in the Journal.

This type of reporting was characterized by exaggerated headlines, unverified claims, partisan agendas, and a focus on topics like crime, scandal, sports, and violence.

As a child growing up, my mother often used the term.

As I continue to comb through the news sites, some are reluctantly adding some links to articles they previously blocked, but a number ended up past LBN's 12 hr time frame and were never available or linked to on those news sites until a day or more later.

[Midnight Writer]

18. "Look what you made me do!"-Every abusive partner ever

[I_UndergroundPanther]

23. Yes

And we need to see the abusers as what they are. And take power away from them and admit they are terrorists. Psychopaths need to be kept away from society, money politics, power , control and be rejected by humanity and if these narcissists hurt anyone lock them the fuck up forever. Look for the ones with dark triads and keep them powerless.

[SWBTATTReg]

20. Heritage F is a terrorist organization. Normal politics, by political opponents, trade verbal spars and make points/

counter points in their ongoing campaigns for prospective voters, and of course, afterwards, the winner and loser accept the win or loss, and move on.

This moron claims that this model is broken.

It's not.

He's an ultra-right terrorist who thinks that the system of voters going to the polls and voting as they do, as they have done for generations is suddenly broken.

No, it's not.

What the reality that he's facing (and knows it too) is that tRUMP is well on his way to losing again, and he can't face losing again. That's exactly his game. And as a result, he's threatening violence so his candidate will win (vote for tRUMP the rump or ELSE!), so he can get the results he wants.

He should be arrested for attempting or threatening to incite violence or an insurrection if the candidate of his choice doesn't win. Enough of this talk that this sort of conversation is simply freedom of speech etc. It's not, it's like yelling FIRE in a crowded theater and that is what he's doing to all of tRUMP's thugs should they lose.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

24. You are correct

The heratige foundation is a terrorist organization as is the Republican Party and its thinktans and orgs. I would also say some evangelical churches need to be designated as hate groups.

We need to get these traitor thugs under control and we need to get the ogliarches funding them locked up and bankrupt them so they can’t use money to buy our government or hurt people too.

[ZonkerHarris]

21. I will stand my ground against traitors.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

25. I would hope

The left hunts down every magat, every republican terrorist, nazi and the funders of the evil right wing and takes down every last one. I hope they make sociopaths and narcissists a critically endangered hopefully extinct species.

[Blue Owl]

26. Good -- let their little pantload fantasy project explode in their fucking faces

[Grolph_]

27. Let's get the Christians to fight amongst themselves

Heritage foundation is primarily Catholic.

[Kid Berwyn]

28. Dummy thought it was 'Game over, man!'

SCrOTUS May have shown their treasonous hand, but that does not mean they won.

[FakeNoose]

29. My guess is that Chump hasn't even read the Project 2025 manifesto

... but maybe somebody had to break it down into cartoon scenarios for his eyes only.