"Dear POTUS, I'm being attacked in this photo"

[bigtree]

Ceren Borazan? @CerenBorazan 15h15 hours ago
Dear @POTUS I'm being attacked in this photo. I was assaulted by this man, strangled for protesting. Please help me find & prosecute this man

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[spanone]

1. K&R...

[luvMIdog]

2. having paid Flynn & maybe Trump he probably thought he could pull that shit

[CincyDem]

3. I'm sure Trump offered Erdogan the "Dictator's Club Special" when he booked his rooms in DC.

I haven't looked lately, but I think that package comes with 5 free protester beatings along with access to backchannel intelligence and a heap of military hardware.

[dalton99a]

5. +1

[Wounded Bear]

7. Are you sure that is sarcasm?

It's getting harder and harder to distinguish.

[DK504]

40. Add a few prostitutes at the Dump Motel

and the psychos all feel right at home.

[Lebam in LA]

4. Trumps wet dream

of how to be a real leader.

[lunasun]

6. Not a dream it already happened in the country where he is the leader . In the town he lives in.

[Lebam in LA]

35. True

[frogmarch]

8. They have diplomatic immunity

and even when they were still in the US, they were shielded from arrest and prosecution.

[yodermon]

9. Could they be sued in international court? or (smirk) in Turkey? n/t

[frogmarch]

14. Hmmm

Good question! I wonder how we could find out.

Just who the hell do they think they are, that they can come to our country and assault our people?

[anneboleyn]

30. But I thought Trump was so tough the world would respect us again?! This is a fucking outrage

Frankly this outrageous stunt by that dictator Erdogan shows very clearly that they (Erdogan and his goons) have ZERO respect for/fear of Trump. They know he's a toothless Russian stooge, and they know Putin has him by the balls. The image of that bodyguard, tough man, choking that young woman should be everywhere. This is Trump's new "winning" America.

[pangaia]

31. R u serious? This surprises u? Be pissed but not surprised.

Sounds like im being snarky. Im not. But, don't be any more surprised when trumps brown shirt deplorables start doing the same.

[RandomAccess]

41. They already have, and are eager for more.

In addition to all the "helpful" Trump supporters at his rally, there are things like this:

Pro-Trump rioters got away with beating anti-fascists in Berkeley — and likely won’t stop there
The Berkeley street violence was a great marketing event for alt-right types eager to attack anti-Trump protesters

http://www.salon.com/2017/04/18/pro-trump-rioters-got-away-with-beating-anti-fascists-in-berkeley-and-they-likely-wont-stop-there/

[Hekate]

16. They can be escorted out of the country and told not to come back

Than much can be done.

Where's that goddamned No-Fly List when you actually need it?

[malaise]

10. This is beyond disgraceful

Welcome to Groper Don the Con's America

[L. Coyote]

11. Charge Erdogan.

[SunSeeker]

29. Erdogan ordered a terrorist attack on American soil. Why isn't Trump outraged?

Oh never mind, it's because Trump thinks beating up protesters is cool.

[anneboleyn]

32. Hell yeah they are following his example, plus Trump will pay their legal fees

[NBachers]

12. Obama deported spies. Trump and friends import American-beating thugs.

[dchill]

13. K&R.

[dchill]

15. I'm pretty sure that they have diplomatic immunity...

Nice, right?

[Raster]

17. If they were part of Erdogan's entourage, then yes, they have diplomatic immunity...

...and most likely are already out of the Country. How alarming that a up-and-coming dictator thinks he could bring his goon squad to America, and worse, assault American citizens with seemingly no consequences.

https://theintercept.com/2017/05/17/trump-praises-erdogan-whose-bodyguards-assault-protesters-washington/

Casting aside his predecessor’s concerns about human rights abuses and the suppression of free speech in another nation, Donald Trump lavished praise on another autocratic foreign leader on Tuesday, calling it “a great honor to welcome the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to the White House.”

Just hours after Trump focused his remarks on “the exemplary valor of the Turkish soldier,” however, Erdogan’s presidential bodyguards were caught on video punching and kicking protesters outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington.

<disgustingly more>

THE tRUMP* EFFECT CONTINUES...

[anarch]

34. he doesn't just *think* that; it is demonstrably true

Our CIC, Fuckface von Clownstick, probably jacked off to the video. This is how he wants all protesters to be treated, if not simply gunned down.

I don't have the stomach to check out any of our political opponents' message boards and such, but I wouldn't be surprised if those people are gleefully celebrating this and taking it as an example of what's perfectly OK to do to anyone who would dare try to stand up to authority (well their authority, anyway...)

[Stonepounder]

25. I had trouble sleeping last night thinking about this.

Not a peep (or a Tweet) out of the White House about this, just whining about how badly shitgibbon is being treated. I finally ended up writing my own episode of 'The West Wing' in my head.

After the episode at the Turkish Embassy, Bartlett summons the Turkish Ambassador to the Oval Office and firstly proceeds to rip him a new one. Then declares the entire contingent of Erdogan's bodyguards as persona non grata and tells the Ambassador they are to be out of the country in within 24 hours. Then, just for good measure, expels about 20 other Turks working in the Embassy and tells the Ambassador that he should consider going back to Turkey for a couple of months for 'consultation with his government'. Then Bartlett tells the Ambassador 'you can go now' and, studiously ignoring the Ambassador, goes back to reading papers on his desk.

Later he makes an address to the nation from the Oval Office, telling the world what he has done and telling the American people that 'this country will not stand for this type of behavior from any country, friend or foe'.

Unfortunately, at that point, my brain was interrupted with a Tweetstorm from 45 applauding Erdogan and saying the protesters are the ones who should be locked up.

[dchill]

33. +1000.

[lark]

18. Nope, no justice here.

Only lying thuggist dictators from multiple countries, including ours. Ha, Drumpf doesn't give a shit about her, she's a protestor so he probably wants her in jail anyway, according to what he's asked the Justice Dept. to promote.

[Beautiful NM]

19. WTF

Is this the home of the free? Diplomatic immunity should have limits.

[FairWinds]

20. Trump has at least one very large investment in Turkey,

and has admitted that he has a conflict of interest as a result.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/trump-turkey-erdogan-conflict-interest

[Madam Mossfern]

21. The President

Can issue a formal protest against those actions.

[kag]

24. And I'm sure...

he'll get right on that.

[Mr. Ected]

22. Erdogan is a bully

His henchmen are bullies.

The Deplorables are bullies.

Donald Trump is a bully.

How this behavior is lauded and perpetuated is beyond me.

[pscot]

23. MakingAmericaGreatAgain

[byronius]

26. I'd like to see a truly intense and severe response to this crime.

Those men are clearly psychopaths used as attack dogs. Screw 'diplomatic immunity'; it's a pleasant concept that has no bearing on this situation. If a diplomat attempts murder -- there must be justice.

[SunSeeker]

27. K & R for exposure.

[Scurrilous]

28. K&R

[Madam45for2923]

36. That man should be banned from our country.

[Cryptoad]

37. Aww,,,, that just one of AssHOle Trump's

misunderstood buddies ,,,,,, living the Thug Life. I heard McCain say something abt it, not a peek from the rest of the spineless gonadless Republicans,,,,,

[Cha]

38. Wow.. look at those f******* brutes..

Mahalo for shining the Light, bigtree

[Solly Mack]

39. K&R

[ProudProgressiveNow]

42. K&R nt