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3. From The Atlantic:

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 02:30 PM

Sep 2025

"Yesterday morning, Governor Spencer Cox stood behind a podium in Orem, Utah, to announce the end of the 34-hour manhunt for Charlie Kirk’s killer, and to plead for peace in a nation that seemed at risk of spiraling into further violence...Shortly after he finished, Cox’s phone rang. The president was calling."

“ 'You know, the type of person who would do something like that to Charlie Kirk would love to do it to us,' Cox says Trump told him. Trump went on to recite statistics suggesting that the presidency was 'one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet.' "

Trump's scared.

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TACO called the Utah governor to criticize him for calling for comity [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2025 OP

Didn't Trump think comity Jerry2144 Sep 2025 #1

His "i wish it had been an immigrant" wasn't racist enough for Angry Orange Man RockRaven Sep 2025 #2

From The Atlantic: sop Sep 2025 #3

McKay Coppins is a brilliant writer and good guy. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2025 #4

The bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral C_U_L8R Sep 2025 #5

I've been thinking of a line from Northern Exposure lately: "Does silence OFFEND you ??" eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 #9

The "winner" at every award ceremony. Cha Sep 2025 #11

Especially those dorky golf tournaments of his. C_U_L8R Sep 2025 #13

Yes, and Beyond Ridiculous.. Explosively Dangerous to Cha Sep 2025 #14

"And what is your point sir?" D_Master81 Sep 2025 #6

is that the guy who was praying it was a foreigner who did it? Skittles Sep 2025 #8

He was hoping it wasn't a local which I presume to be likely Mormon. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2025 #15

no Skittles Sep 2025 #16

How does hoping it was a foreigner or someone not from Utah merit credit? hatrack Sep 2025 #10

Be easy on the Guv TACO, he's grieving because the killer was, as he put it, "one of us." RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sep 2025 #7

I had to look up what comity meant Kaleva Sep 2025 #12