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Honeycombe8

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15. Anyone surprised by his statement? Anyone? It's only a matter of time...if he wins re-election.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jun 21, 2019, 11:40 AM

Jun 2019

I guarantee you that we'll see reporters in prison, if he wins a new term. He'll view that as carte blanche to do anything his warped mind thinks of, and a Republican Senate to support him in it.

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Trump threatens Time journalist with prison over photo [View all] Eugene Jun 2019 OP

traitor trump will go to prison first! samnsara Jun 2019 #1

This would be an attack against the Free Press... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2019 #2

45 million Americans want him to go to prison now too...broken Eliot Rosewater Jun 2019 #3

Maybe you shouldn't be waving super-duper secret documents in front of cameras, asshat. tanyev Jun 2019 #4

So he showed them a letter greymattermom Jun 2019 #5

Dictator don, ready to start jailing journalists... spanone Jun 2019 #6

I've hung back from calling him "mad man" but am getting there now. UTUSN Jun 2019 #7

Greenwald and Snowden were unavailable for comment Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #8

This would be laughed out of court C_U_L8R Jun 2019 #9

He's so weak. joshcryer Jun 2019 #10

Sounds more like duforsure Jun 2019 #11

"List of things" yonder Jun 2019 #12

He's been bragging about this "beautiful letter" NellieStarbuck Jun 2019 #13

He really thinks he is a dictator yuiyoshida Jun 2019 #14

Anyone surprised by his statement? Anyone? It's only a matter of time...if he wins re-election. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #15

election? Like the one in 2016? Or the one in 2004? Or the one in 2000? librechik Jun 2019 #17

I know how you feel, my friend. calimary Jun 2019 #19

maybe later. It's too much fun making concentration camps and ten denying they are librechik Jun 2019 #28

Why do you think turnout will be less than 2018? Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #24

We need an Obama for that kind of historical turnout. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #26

In 2020 (I hear) we will need 5 million more votes to beat Trump's electoral college schemes librechik Jun 2019 #27

Is there a record of the picture. True Blue American Jun 2019 #16

Trump's interview with @TIME got heated when he made a comment about prison time for a journalist: mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 #18

So he flashes the letter out in the open that he doesn't want others to take a photo? LiberalFighter Jun 2019 #20

Yeah, a REASONABLE person. smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #29

Why didn't he tell the Secret Service to seize the camera? Girard442 Jun 2019 #21

So now his go-to move is "knee-jerk dictator." TeamPooka Jun 2019 #22

Trump liked Time enough to make a fake magazine cover of himself. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #23

This man should not have the power to put anyone in jail world wide wally Jun 2019 #25