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True Dough

(17,301 posts)
Sat Oct 29, 2022, 09:42 AM Oct 2022

The Trump effect

It is NO coincidence!




"In the five years since Mr. Trump was elected in 2016, the number of recorded threats against members of Congress increased more than tenfold, to 9,625 in 2021, according to the Capitol Police. Many lawmakers say they live with a sense of dread ...."
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The Trump effect (Original Post) True Dough Oct 2022 OP
The MSM needs to publicize that - not both siderism. Jim__ Oct 2022 #1
Oh no! Can't do that. The reich might not like them... paleotn Oct 2022 #4
Kick dalton99a Oct 2022 #2
It's the Putin effect, Trump was just a useful tool. Meadowoak Oct 2022 #3
KR NT ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2022 #5
How many of us live with a sense of dread? BobTheSubgenius Oct 2022 #6
Kind of burried the lede NYTimes. progressoid Oct 2022 #7
The head of the snake need removal randr Oct 2022 #8

paleotn

(17,911 posts)
4. Oh no! Can't do that. The reich might not like them...
Sat Oct 29, 2022, 11:08 AM
Oct 2022

and might say mean things about them. Yea, like the right is ever going to watch CNN and MSNBC for anything ever.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
6. How many of us live with a sense of dread?
Sat Oct 29, 2022, 11:51 AM
Oct 2022

Now, magnify that and make the threat specifically aimed at you, and not just a general sense of malaise and of unknown doom. Imagine how many qualified and dedicated people have been, are being and will be pushed away from public office and public service as a result.

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