Impeach me, I'll jail you - Philippines' Duterte dares foes to test him

[brooklynite]

Source: Reuters

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened opponents with prison if they try to impeach him, the latest in what a top U.N. official and an Asian lawmakers’ group this week called a pattern of persecution and assaults on free speech.

Duterte vented his anger late on Thursday amid intense media scrutiny and accusations that he is siding with China over a June 9 sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel, which happened inside Manila’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

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“Me? Will be impeached? I will jail them all,” Duterte told reporters. “Try to do it and I will do it. Son of a bitch.”

He added: “I am challenging you to do it. You really want to force my hand into it? Okay. You sons of bitches, do it. Yes. File it.”

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-duterte-idUSKCN1TT0HA

[Initech]

1. We have some serious fucking assholes in charge right now.

[MontanaMama]

2. MF45 will no doubt

give this idea a whirl.

[Initech]

4. Well he'll "joke" about it first, but we all know his real intentions.

[FM123]

6. I think you are right. They are not jokes, they are test balloons....

[Initech]

7. Yeah Trump and all of Putin's minions (Duterte, Erdogan, Modi, Bolsonaro...) have no sense of humor.

So when they joke about something that should be an automatic red flag!

[hlthe2b]

3. I suspect the Philippines is not far off from another military coup

Duterte should learn from history...

[kimbutgar]

5. My Filipino friend who liked an anti Duarte post on Facebook got his account attacked and

He lost access to it. Anyone who criticizes Duarte gets retaliated against in social media now. He is really causing a lot of anxiety in the Philippines..

[duforsure]

8. Sounds like something

This illegitimate president Weald do also.

[LiberalLovinLug]

9. Trump has just enough brain cells to not speak that out loud

But you know that under his breath, maybe even said directly in private corners to some Democrats, that he is vowing to "destroy" any Democrat, but especially any Republican, that dares to go against him. Destroy in the sense of using all the powers he has to harass them, their families, their businesses, etc...Ruin them financially if he can. Find personal dirt on them.

[Lars39]

10. He's already threatened the press with prison,

this wouldn't be much of a stretch.

[Grokenstein]

11. When Duterte's bloody corpse is being dragged through the streets

...maybe God Emperor Dummy-Boy will decide to get really, really quiet for a change. (Whether or not he'll be ABLE to control his mouth is up for grabs.)

[BigmanPigman]

12. Watch tRump announce the same plan here...

Maybe he will be a real patriot and announce it in his "New July 4th tRump Extravaganza".

[Everyman Jackal]

13. Macy's July 4th will start at 8 on NBC WITN on Dish and probably others.

Bloomberg.com will stream The Boston Pops starting at 8. The only price I can find is $20,000/year. If anyone can find another way of not watching Trump but watching July 4th please post.