Would firing Mueller be the "Reichstag" moment we have all feared?

[kairos12]

If the Rethugs do nothing when Mueller is fired, does that mean that Congressional oversight has been reduced to ashes and Drumpt becomes a tyrant?

[sunonmars]

1. It would need to be, it would be either fight on the streets or give up your rights.

[SCantiGOP]

2. No

Burning down Congress and blaming it on the Democrats would be a Reichstag moment.
Let's not get too carried away with the hyperbole.

[ClarendonDem]

3. That was my thought

[Hortensis]

14. Thanks. Burning down congress, blaming Democrats,

and using that excuse to embark on mass arrests of Democrats, including all Democratic leaders.

[workinclasszero]

4. Or nuclear war with NK

Mustn't criticize the Dear Leader in time of war eh?

Trump and his party will suspend the constitution and bill of rights just for the duration, like Hitler and the Nazis did in Germany.

[es466]

5. This is my biggest fear

[Hortensis]

15. Can't happen. People need to realize that the people of

Germany had lived under authoritarian kaisers and authoritarian church for centuries through WW1. For about 15 years, while their nation was desperately poor and broken they tried a democracy mostly imposed on them. In that same era, secular changes caused conservatives to fear their children, especially their daughters, and their nation were collapsing into a Gomorrah. Almost all Germans remembered the good old days under a relatively enlightened and progressive authoritarian kaiser when things were far better for them.

And many longed to return to them. Hitler promised a return to authoritarian security, to restore prosperity, wellbeing, morality with a three-legged program strikingly like what Ronald Reagan promised here -- plus some sinister promises to rescue the economy from the Jews. He was a powerfully confident "strong man" without the maniacal slathering shown in most films we see here. Conservatives bought it, and many on the far left, wooed by inserting "socialist" in the party name and making a few promises, bought it also.

But despite the similarities in the weaknesses of people, what they wanted to return to was enormously different from what we expect for ourselves.

[brooklynite]

6. I'm not fearing anything...

"The sky is falling" posts don't really help.

[onenote]

9. They do seem to be the most popular form of post here lately.

[SeattleVet]

7. I'm thinking more along the lines of Bastille Day. nt

[onenote]

8. no.

[sofa king]

10. At the moment...

... I think a Reichstag fire is what they're going to need to get away with firing Mueller.

It looks like Mueller anticipated the Trump plan to fire him off if he got too close, and had a plan of his own.

If Dick Cheney suddenly leaves Dubai and shows up in DC, then we can start really fretting about a Reichstag moment.

[shanti]

12. Cheney is in Dubai?

I was wondering why he hasn't popped his head up recently...

[Runningdawg]

11. Indivisible Oklahoma made a great post yesterday

In part it said:

If Mueller is fired:
Do not panic.
Let Trump panic.
It will be his end.

THIS 100%

[rockfordfile]

13. Why do you think Muelller will be fired?

[Runningdawg]

16. Because animals

when backed into corners will bite the ones who put them there.