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In reply to the discussion: After Trump's dangerous talk about Biden being shot [View all]Straw Man
(6,613 posts)54. When used in the phrase ...
... "gets shot," it clearly means "assaulted with a firearm." The phrase "is shot" can mean "exhausted, spent." However, there is enough ambiguity in the latter phrase to merit investigation by ... whom? The Secret Service? The FBI? That's where it gets problematic.
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He was warning his base that liberal Kamala would be prez if Biden were shot, the sicko.
Karadeniz
Oct 2020
#25
There's a not-so-subtle subtext: "she's a woman and she's black and she wasn't born in the U.S."
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Oct 2020
#49
Slurring his words like a drunken idiot, he has the nerve to talk about Joe's stamina
flibbitygiblets
Oct 2020
#32
The House should be ready on the 4th to start another tRump impeachment, no excuses, no reasons
yaesu
Oct 2020
#16
We should have the Senate by Jan 20. He can be impeached out of office. The idea
Boogiemack
Oct 2020
#39
If you or myself made threats, it would be investigated. We'd be contacted, questioned & maybe
Illumination
Oct 2020
#17
I have to disagree. They've got a job to do. You really think they're too scared to do it?
ancianita
Oct 2020
#38
Remember Cohen saying that trump doesn't give direct orders, like mafia, it is all subjective
Escurumbele
Oct 2020
#46