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Arkansas Granny

(31,507 posts) Thu Apr 16, 2020, 09:33 AM Apr 2020

Trump's 'total authority' boast should've enraged Republicans. Instead they shrugged.

Two quotes, a month apart, neatly capture the essence of Donald Trump's presidency:

"No, I don't take responsibility at all." — March 13

"When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total. And that's the way it's got to be. It's total." — April 13

There is something quintessentially Trumpian about the claim of total authority and zero responsibility. He alone can save us, he insists, but don't blame him if he doesn't.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/ncna1184806?__twitter_impression=true

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Trump's 'total authority' boast should've enraged Republicans. Instead they shrugged. (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Apr 2020 OP

This is why when he makes the final move to seize power Miguelito Loveless Apr 2020 #1

The GOP has shown that they won't put any roadblocks in his path. Arkansas Granny Apr 2020 #2

I had crackpots on my FB feed screaming tyranny over Inslee's shutdown in Washington. brewens Apr 2020 #3

It's 'a Democratic President.' Aristus Apr 2020 #5

Oops. Looks like I forgot to capitalize Democrat president. brewens Apr 2020 #6

There is no daylight between Republicans and Trump. dalton99a Apr 2020 #4

I was kind of proud of Senator Paul MosheFeingold Apr 2020 #7

Miguelito Loveless

(4,454 posts)

1. This is why when he makes the final move to seize power

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2020, 09:35 AM

Apr 2020

it will be with the support and consent of the GOP, and probably the Roberts Court.

Russian Kompromat files are quite detailed.

Arkansas Granny

(31,507 posts)

2. The GOP has shown that they won't put any roadblocks in his path.

Reply to Miguelito Loveless (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 16, 2020, 09:46 AM

Apr 2020

brewens

(13,539 posts)

3. I had crackpots on my FB feed screaming tyranny over Inslee's shutdown in Washington.

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2020, 10:12 AM

Apr 2020

I'm in Idaho, right on the border. Now trump claims he has total authority to command governors to start back up. Can you imagine if it was a democrat president ordering Idaho to shut down? There probably would be violence over that.

Aristus

(66,293 posts)

5. It's 'a Democratic President.'

Reply to brewens (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:40 AM

Apr 2020

Not 'a democrat President'.

Let's not repeat repuke memes here...

brewens

(13,539 posts)

6. Oops. Looks like I forgot to capitalize Democrat president.

Reply to Aristus (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:45 AM

Apr 2020

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democrat

dalton99a

(81,404 posts)

4. There is no daylight between Republicans and Trump.

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2020, 10:37 AM

Apr 2020

None whatsoever.

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)

7. I was kind of proud of Senator Paul

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2020, 01:22 PM

Apr 2020

VERY ironically. He stood up and went apeshit on Trump for this -- and, notably, Trump backed down.

I have a soft spot for libertarian thinking, as a lawyer. And as a recluse who really just wants to be left alone.

Anyway, Sen. Paul stood up to Drumph -- the only Republican to so, excepting Liz Cheney.

So, while I generally disagree with Paul on basically everything, I was pleased to see a brief speck of intellectual consistency.

https://www.salon.com/2020/04/14/rand-paul-leads-republicans-in-rejecting-trumps-claim-that-he-has-total-authority-over-states/

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