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Tweet: If Trump is not held accountable, we are slouching toward the end of our Republic. (Original Post) Swede Jan 2023 OP
Agreed. spanone Jan 2023 #1
Good choice of words EYESORE 9001 Jan 2023 #2
More like sprinting. kairos12 Jan 2023 #3
Is there still a belief that he's not? brooklynite Jan 2023 #4
I'm strongly in favor of holding Trump accountable but ... Pete Ross Junior Jan 2023 #5
More like careening wildly. 2naSalit Jan 2023 #6
The question isn't IF He should be indicted, it's what do we do if he ISNT. Funtatlaguy Jan 2023 #7
Even if he is held accountable, which I highly doubt there is DeSantis and several others waiting to doc03 Jan 2023 #8
If the fascist take power in 2024 we will immediately become a dictatorship. Hotler Jan 2023 #9
And most Americans don't have a clue. triron Jan 2023 #11
Slouching? Nah, running towards it full speed. If he or another puke gets elected we are done for. Autumn Jan 2023 #10

EYESORE 9001

(25,943 posts)
2. Good choice of words
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 10:20 AM
Jan 2023

It evokes the poem by W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming.

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,

Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

Pete Ross Junior

(404 posts)
5. I'm strongly in favor of holding Trump accountable but ...
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 10:36 AM
Jan 2023

... but that's far from the only issue that slouches us toward the end of our republic.

Remove Trump from the picture and the forces that elected him remain.

doc03

(35,348 posts)
8. Even if he is held accountable, which I highly doubt there is DeSantis and several others waiting to
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:05 AM
Jan 2023

continue where Trump left off. It's more of a sprint.

Hotler

(11,425 posts)
9. If the fascist take power in 2024 we will immediately become a dictatorship.
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:05 AM
Jan 2023

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Protesting will be outlawed and put down by force. Political enemy's will be rounded up. It will turn dark fast.

I would think to put a dent in the leadership of the fascist the DOJ would have started locking some fuckers up. Ti k-tok Mr. Wick, Tik-tok.

Autumn

(45,107 posts)
10. Slouching? Nah, running towards it full speed. If he or another puke gets elected we are done for.
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:22 AM
Jan 2023
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