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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSteve Schmidt: Watching Trump preen in front of St. John's, moments after he threatened to deploy
the American military against the American people, with a bible held above his head, I remembered this quote, when facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross
Link to tweet
Solomon
(12,310 posts)I could use a good Steve Schmidt rant right now. I hope somebody interviews him soon.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Preen, threatened, military against the people, sacrilegious use of the Bible, fascism.
Wrapping that extremely famous quote around Trump.
sprinkleeninow
(20,249 posts)Cha
(297,275 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,249 posts)offensive self-serving vainglory from hoaxy fake leader
if Kamala's not the no. 1 viable for the VP, then i'm disappointed somewhat
some don't want her to lose the senatorial seat
i just know that what is meant to be shall transpire
L💚VE to you and yours...
[green heart symbolizing renewal]
🙏🦋🐦🦆🌈💰
Cha
(297,275 posts)Wonderful thought about the green heart symbolizing renewal. I shall implement that when I'm texting.. Mahalo!
And, "hoaxy fake leader is Perfect for BLOTUS.. the Hell Monster!
I like Kamala, too.. it won't be long before we find out who Biden will choose.
Maeve
(42,282 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,264 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)this "might" be it:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213527354
eppur_se_muova
(36,264 posts)Hekate
(90,708 posts)Backseat Driver
(4,392 posts)His lack to recognize the worth and value of humanity makes me sick
His cowardice to defend, yes defend, our constitution abetted by his "good people" make me sick.
His needy, self-pity are endless!
How can he remain; we cannot long endure!
Cicada
(4,533 posts)I have known some very smart people. A Rhodes scholar heading a major think tank. A person who had record law school grades by a gap above the previous record, who clerked at the Supreme Court, heads of national academic associations. But I never met anyone as skilled as Schmidt at soaring, perfect political rhetoric.
He, like Nicolle Wallace, was a big part of the introduction of ignorance and incivility into political campaigns, bringing Palin into the McCain campaign.
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)Republicans for years and years really irks me.
Squidly
(783 posts)You can jump all over him and others after this fight is over for their sins of the past. Right now we need every voice we can get no matter where it comes from. I would even welcome demons from hell if they could help us defeat the orange menace.
The Wizard
(12,545 posts)Schmidt walked out of an interview with her and said "She knows nothing."
tblue37
(65,392 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)And he does it on the fly. I love words so I could just listen quietly to him Go on and on.
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,641 posts)same difference.
lastlib
(23,239 posts)When I saw him do that, I observed that the American flag was going to join the #MeToo movement.
ananda
(28,865 posts)Wow!
paleotn
(17,920 posts)edbermac
(15,940 posts)Asking for a friend.
bucolic_frolic
(43,173 posts)with their 2A rights that Trump is bragging about.
Evolve Dammit
(16,736 posts)lastlib
(23,239 posts)If they didn't have their guns, they would be pudding.
Blue Owl
(50,393 posts)The reverend says "Hello, Donald!"
gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)He always looked stoned to me whenever he's pulled one of these bizarre stunts for the camera. His speech is odd and his syntax is from another planet. It's like a person trying to imitate someone in authority using a comic book version as a guide. He's all stylized hype with lots of anger without the gravitas. He reminds me of those rockers who can only play endless trills and seem to think that's what electric guitar should always sound like: shrill and loud and nervous.
BrightKnight
(3,567 posts)(CNN) Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington said Monday evening that she is "outraged" after President Donald Trump visited her church without advance notice to share "a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus."
Her pointed comments came after the President walked from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church, a house of worship used by American presidents for more than a century. Peaceful protesters just outside the White House gates were dispersed with tear gas, flash grenades and rubber bullets. It was all, apparently, so Trump could visit the church.
"I am outraged. The President did not pray when he came to St. John's, nor as you just articulated, did he acknowledge the agony of our country right now," Budde told CNN's Anderson Cooper on "AC360.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/01/politics/cnntv-bishop-trump-photo-op/index.html
Evolve Dammit
(16,736 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)He didn't like how puny and not-brave it made him look. The mirror can be a harsh judge, eh Donny?
...when CNNs Kaitlan Collins told Anderson Cooper on air of the reported reason behind this move, the host was shocked and appalled.
Sources are telling my colleague Kevin Liptak that, in part, the reason the president made this trip outside the gates of the White House a really rare trip, where you do not often see the president walk out of the front door of the White House, walk across Lafayette Square, to St. Johns was driven, in part, that he was upset by coverage of the fact that he had been rushed to the underground bunker on Friday night during the protests that you saw breaking out here, in front of the White House, she said.
Oh my God! said Cooper, rolling his eyes. Wow! We are in trouble. This country is being led by a man he was taken to a bunker, and you know, hes hiding in a bunker, and hes embarrassed that people know that. So what does he have to do? He has to sic police on peaceful protesters so he can make a big show of being, you know, the little big man, walking to a closed down church. And then, you know, he always talks about the world laughing that the world is laughing at the governors right now. Theyre not laughing at the governors, theyre standing in horror at what is happening. The only people that the world is laugh at is the president of the United States. -Anderson Cooper on CNN-
https://www.alternet.org/2020/06/wow-cnns-anderson-cooper-is-appalled-by-the-real-reason-trump-went-to-st-johns-church/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4689
Cha
(297,275 posts)FUBARED EVIL STUNT.
Retweeted.
TY, hpd
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Mazeltov Cocktail
(569 posts)It's not often that you are handed a crystal ball and a glimpse into the future. This is how Trump will handle his defeat, we should thank him for the heads up and plan accordingly.
peoli
(3,111 posts)rocktivity
(44,576 posts)rocktivity
(44,576 posts)rocktivity