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RandySF

(58,776 posts)
Thu May 19, 2022, 04:14 PM May 2022

Michigan election chief: Trump suggested I be arrested for treason and executed

Jocelyn Benson, Michigan’s top election official, faced an onslaught of threats after the 2020 presidential election for refusing to overturn results that showed Joe Biden had won the state. In those hectic weeks, she says she also received an especially disturbing piece of information: President Donald Trump suggested in a White House meeting that she should be arrested for treason and executed.

Benson, a Democrat, revealed the alleged remark for the first time in an interview with NBC News. She said she learned of it from a source familiar with Trump’s White House meeting.

“It was surreal and I felt sad,” Benson said, recalling her reaction.

“It certainly amplified the heightened sense of anxiety, stress and uncertainty of that time — which I still feel in many ways — because it showed there was no bottom to how far he (Trump) and his supporters were willing to stoop to overturn or discredit a legitimate election.”




https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/michigan-election-chief-trump-suggested-arrested-treason-executed-rcna29406

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Michigan election chief: Trump suggested I be arrested for treason and executed (Original Post) RandySF May 2022 OP
Pisswig dweller May 2022 #1
Agolf Twitler is just like his employer Putler KS Toronado May 2022 #2
There goes Donny projecting again. geardaddy May 2022 #3
I believe her. A Trump consigliere calling her a liar is laughable on its face. mobeau69 May 2022 #4
He also threatened the Georgia Secretary of State, in that mobster sort of way Walleye May 2022 #5
I'm so thankful I didn't know Trump when we were kids. world wide wally May 2022 #6
Maybe if he'd gotten his ass kicked a few times as a kid he would've grown up better. oldsoftie May 2022 #7
Maybe it's not too late to kick housecat May 2022 #11
And I award you todays winning comment! Excellent. oldsoftie May 2022 #20
thanks housecat May 2022 #21
Arrested and executed! patphil May 2022 #8
Trump needs a very quick trial, then in jail for life, or whatever they decide. Stuart G May 2022 #10
I do care what happens to Trump. patphil May 2022 #13
that moves into a few different criminal areas, bringthePaine May 2022 #9
Projected guilt. dchill May 2022 #12
She's a tough, smart woman Novara May 2022 #14
And GOP balls to retract up like little tiny landing gear. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #19
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker May 2022 #15
If only we could apply that penalty to Trump and all the insurrectionists Mr. Ected May 2022 #16
But Kavanaugh Traildogbob May 2022 #17
Did she go public about this at the time? onecaliberal May 2022 #18

KS Toronado

(17,205 posts)
2. Agolf Twitler is just like his employer Putler
Thu May 19, 2022, 04:33 PM
May 2022

Neither one cares about human life other than their own.

Walleye

(31,011 posts)
5. He also threatened the Georgia Secretary of State, in that mobster sort of way
Thu May 19, 2022, 04:42 PM
May 2022

He said something like you could be running into legal trouble or something like that

world wide wally

(21,740 posts)
6. I'm so thankful I didn't know Trump when we were kids.
Thu May 19, 2022, 04:48 PM
May 2022

I imagine that whenever he lost a game of whatever, he would threaten the other kid's life.

patphil

(6,169 posts)
8. Arrested and executed!
Thu May 19, 2022, 05:12 PM
May 2022

How very Putin of him.
No need for a trial under the reign of Lord Trump. Just haul 'em in and kill 'em.
It's say so much that this guy was once President of the United States; none of it good.

Stuart G

(38,419 posts)
10. Trump needs a very quick trial, then in jail for life, or whatever they decide.
Thu May 19, 2022, 05:17 PM
May 2022

....Yes, will be found ..."Guilty as Charged" I do not care what happens to Trump. Do you?

patphil

(6,169 posts)
13. I do care what happens to Trump.
Thu May 19, 2022, 05:30 PM
May 2022

I definitely want him to be tried and convicted for his crimes, and spend the remaining days of his life in a jail cell, with Rudy Guiliani as his cell mate.

bringthePaine

(1,728 posts)
9. that moves into a few different criminal areas,
Thu May 19, 2022, 05:16 PM
May 2022

most seriously RICO - why the delay here?
reaches all the way to conspiracy for all who were present; glad they’re all true failures!

Kid Berwyn

(14,881 posts)
19. And GOP balls to retract up like little tiny landing gear.
Thu May 19, 2022, 07:01 PM
May 2022

Where not even an official Tucker Carlson testicle tanner can reach, but will try.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
16. If only we could apply that penalty to Trump and all the insurrectionists
Thu May 19, 2022, 06:16 PM
May 2022

We may be able to make America great again after all.

Traildogbob

(8,716 posts)
17. But Kavanaugh
Thu May 19, 2022, 06:21 PM
May 2022

And Collins were threatened worse. Right? And were instantly given security. Not like a President threatened to execute them.

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