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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Supporters begin openly making public assasination threats against GOP
Senators Reportedly Open to Impeachment.
Link to tweet
SterlingPound
(428 posts)and arrest these nuts
and take their guns
tenderfoot
(8,426 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)It down.
tenderfoot
(8,426 posts)or so I thought.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)edbermac
(15,938 posts)Reported it.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)These pukes should be arrested, convicted and imprisoned.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)PJMcK
(22,035 posts)I assume that you mean that the Senate's vote to acquit/convict should be a secret vote.
That is unacceptable.
Every Senator, whether Democratic, Republican or Independent, should have to go on the record. Let them own their votes.
The evidence against Trump's malfeasance is overwhelming. It is clear and indefensible. In fact, Trump and his supporters haven't even tried to mount a defense BEAUSE THEY KNOW HE'S A CRIMINAL.
This is a crucial moment in our history and it must not be hidden in any secret votes. It's do or die time.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)be die time.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)The Posse Comitatus Act be damned.
Lonestarblue
(9,981 posts)If he is removed from office, the Senate also needs to vote to prohibit him holding any public in the future. In my opinion, getting rid of Trump and his Russian associates is too important to let a public vote stand in the way.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)dragonlady
(3,577 posts)is disqualified from any federal office thereafter. Article I, Section 3 [7]. Whether the Senate could impose such a law concerning states or localities would surely end up in the Supreme Court, but Trump would never stoop to such positions anyway.
tclambert
(11,085 posts)the vote were secret. But they were too scared to vote against Trump publicly.
I think once a few show the courage to go against Trump, the proverbial floodgates will open and many Senators will join in, and their numbers will give them cover. Threatening 30 Senators is way different than threatening 3.
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)the vote by secret ballot, it looks doable, but I do expect more of this in the future.
jpak
(41,757 posts)not
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)I adore him, but sometimes I question his common sense. Trump loves it, no way he would ever denounce it.
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)Tanuki
(14,918 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Beartracks
(12,809 posts)Kaleva
(36,295 posts)Calling for lining them up for a firing squad or hanging them from whatever tree is available.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Trump the Destroyer has emboldened cowards who play warriors and terrorists behind their keyboards in order to intimidate and terrorize others.
Yes, there is concern for follow through and that's always an issue, especially with the caliber and low-level form of intelligence that many in his base exhibit. I fear some of them are just too dense to think through the repercussions of their inane and hate-filled threats made publicly, actually.
I pin the incentive for this on our stochastic terrorist in chief. He has been throwing out signals to his base and inciting the loyalists, (which are the most fundamentalist MAGAts) who worship him to more hatred and potential violence than I think I have ever seen public figure, (let alone the POTUS) do in my entire lifetime.
When your constituents are making bold threats towards your safety in order to influence your decision making rather than just writing, calling to express your disagreement, or protesting at least, you have some major problems in your party and the malignancy is spreading from the White House.
While they consider the potential danger that the crackpot MAGAts spew, they should also be aware as to who instigates it and how they are complicit in this phenomena. They, IMHO, own this.
The Wizard
(12,545 posts)carries serious prison time.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)and are willing to murder anyone who allows justice to be done.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Damn the militia monkeys. Dangerous threats need to be put down hard, like rabid dogs.
Arthur_Frain
(1,849 posts)This is what they call a win-win situation. A few less rethugs in office, a few more violent crazies off the streets to incarceration.
Do I really need the sarcasm sign here folks?
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,571 posts)czarjak
(11,269 posts)Wait, nevermind.
Initech
(100,068 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,817 posts)Just wait until the election to see what comes down on Election Night and the Next day........
This is one seriously sick crowd..................
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Initech
(100,068 posts)I wouldn't put it past these dolts to try something that desperate.
DENVERPOPS
(8,817 posts)Their crowd will feel they are even more empowered and immediately it will be full steam ahead rolling over everything and everyone in their path. This time, they won't need to wait until January 20th to enact their complete Tyranny......
If the U.S. thinks they have problems with people from Mexico coming across the border, Canada hasn't seen anything yet.....
GoCubsGo
(32,080 posts)Said no one who has been paying attention for the past two or three decades.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Trump needs to denounce this immediately. Never going to happen though.
GoCubsGo
(32,080 posts)Because those of us who have been paying attention are not at all surprised.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,817 posts)I have been screaming my head off since the first year of Reagan (actually HW & Cheney)
This is truly a case of "While The Nation Slept"................
The voters listen to the candidates lies for a few weeks before the election, believe them, vote for them, and then go on about there merry little lives......
ancianita
(36,048 posts)Aussie105
(5,383 posts)to keep guns out of the hands of civilians.
It appears that some are certifiable nut cases.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)PatrickforO
(14,572 posts)onslaught of the Trump treason family.
When these militias march into DC to support Trump, which they will, we will see if our military holds true.
Or not.
Takket
(21,563 posts)hopefully since the FBI and capitalpolice were sent the tweet they find this psycho and arrest him
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Daily doses of BS, in a shocker to probably only morans capable of believing and acting on said BS, can have consequences and/or unpleasant side effects?
Meanwhile we all just waiting for Apprentice: White House Edition to be cancelled.
keithbvadu2
(36,787 posts)Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,571 posts)these 'tough' guys are starting to piss me off... .
slumcamper
(1,606 posts)...hunkered in basements, feeding on 4Chan, A-Jones, Storm Front, or whatever other flakey sites that sound mean and scary.
Posers, idiots, LOSERS.
Those few wingnuts so deluded that they act *MAY* live to regret it.
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)Since his skin is white, he clearly doesn't have a political agenda. Whites never do.
/ˈterəˌrizəm/
Learn to pronounce
noun
the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
"the fight against terrorism"
George II
(67,782 posts)OMGWTF
(3,955 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)And how easily I forget.
OldRed2450
(710 posts)Response to dewsgirl (Original post)
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jmowreader
(50,557 posts)If you threaten to assassinate a government official, you lose your voting rights and your Second Amendment rights - FOR LIFE.
If you then hold or possess a gun at any time after that, you go to prison - FOR LIFE.
Little Joe up there can just stand and watch as the Evil Government throws his guns in the back of a dump truck and hauls them off to be melted.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)violence? LOL. Okay, see you after your next chemo treatment if you can stop puking long enough to hold a gun.
I've known people like him before. And one thing I can tell you with complete confidence is that these people are cream puffs underneath all that bluster. They wouldn't last 30 days in an actual civil war.