2016 Postmortem

glennward

(989 posts) Fri Jul 22, 2016, 12:11 AM Jul 2016

One Trump talks about law and order, does he include the many suits against him?

Does it include his tax cheating. Facing old charges of rape? Or is he just talking about those "others" in the cities? Does it include Wall Street cheats, bankers, is scamming his own employees?

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One Trump talks about law and order, does he include the many suits against him? (Original Post) glennward Jul 2016 OP

"Law and order" is a decades-old dog whistle. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2016 #1

Nope... sarae Jul 2016 #2

Yeah I was wondering about all the laws Trump's broken C_U_L8R Jul 2016 #3

The Velveteen Ocelot

(130,516 posts)

1. "Law and order" is a decades-old dog whistle.

Reply to glennward (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 12:14 AM

Jul 2016

I think it started with Nixon and the southern strategy - but what it means is cracking down on "those people," who (of course) are all criminals, drug addicts and welfare cheaters.

sarae

(3,284 posts)

2. Nope...

Reply to glennward (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 12:15 AM

Jul 2016

It's so funny to me when he talks about "elites" who "think they're above the law" (i.e., Hillary email scandal). Does he realize how ridiculous he sounds? The cognitive dissonance is unreal.

C_U_L8R

(49,382 posts)

3. Yeah I was wondering about all the laws Trump's broken

Reply to glennward (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 12:17 AM

Jul 2016

The overall message I got from Trump was "I'm gonna make America great for white people by kicking everyone else's ass". Law and order indeed. More like head cracking and deportations. Christie's kangaroo court wasn't just a skit... It was sneak peek of Trump justice. When they tell us what they're going to do, we should believe them.

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