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Girard442

(6,067 posts)
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 02:13 PM Sep 2018

The moment America becomes a full-on dictatorship.

That will be when Mueller files his report. There is really not much doubt anymore that it will show massive criminality by Trump himself. If Congress does not then act, it will be official: the president is above the law.

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The moment America becomes a full-on dictatorship. (Original Post) Girard442 Sep 2018 OP
Then it will be too late, if fear. n/t woodsprite Sep 2018 #1
He will be up for election in 2020. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2018 #2
Ding ding ding! bearsfootball516 Sep 2018 #4
Even if the Dems take Congress and Impeach maxsolomon Sep 2018 #3
What's sad is that we're getting a fucking moron as a dictator. stopbush Sep 2018 #5
As one who was once a fifth grader I resent the comparison! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2018 #6
Respectfully, ridiculous. If you expect the U.S. to turn into Hortensis Sep 2018 #7
I think it will happen when we take back the house and, hopefully, the senate... Javaman Sep 2018 #8

maxsolomon

(33,284 posts)
3. Even if the Dems take Congress and Impeach
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 02:18 PM
Sep 2018

the Senate, even a Dem-controlled Senate, could well refuse to convict despite clear-cut evidence of High Crimes.

We are on the precipice of Autocracy.

stopbush

(24,395 posts)
5. What's sad is that we're getting a fucking moron as a dictator.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 02:32 PM
Sep 2018

It might be easier to take were some evil genius destroying our democracy. But no, it’s a moron who thinks at a fifth-grade level.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. Respectfully, ridiculous. If you expect the U.S. to turn into
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 02:36 PM
Sep 2018

a "full-on dictatorship," why aren't you at an airport preparing to follow whatever money you've already managed to transfer off shore? Before it's too late and you're not allowed to? Or at least seeing your family off while you stay behind to dump your home for a quick sale? Good grief.

Do you really WANT to be shucking crabs as a seasonal worker in Maryland, or whatever other work you're considered needed at? Including none? We soon are going to have a glut of unneeded truck drivers. Will some become a new supply of gardners or assigned to fight wildfires, or just be allowed to scrabble with their families for survival as best they can?

Javaman

(62,510 posts)
8. I think it will happen when we take back the house and, hopefully, the senate...
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 03:55 PM
Sep 2018

after our party wins, we have two months before they are all sworn in.

a lot of really scary shit can happen during that time.

and that is what keeps me up at night worrying.

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