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DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)
Wed Aug 10, 2016, 04:30 AM Aug 2016

Dan Rather's FB comment on Trump's words yesterday

https://www.facebook.com/theDanRather/posts/10157249295185716

No trying-to-be objective and fair journalist, no citizen who cares about the country and its future can ignore what Donald Trump said today. When he suggested that "The Second Amendment People" can stop Hillary Clinton he crossed a line with dangerous potential. By any objective analysis, this is a new low and unprecedented in the history of American presidential politics. This is no longer about policy, civility, decency or even temperament. This is a direct threat of violence against a political rival. It is not just against the norms of American politics, it raises a serious question of whether it is against the law. If any other citizen had said this about a Presidential candidate, would the Secret Service be investigating?
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Dan Rather's FB comment on Trump's words yesterday (Original Post) DemonGoddess Aug 2016 OP
Dan Rather nails it! longship Aug 2016 #1
Correct me if I'm wrong but LittleGirl Aug 2016 #2
None have been definitively pinned on Putin True Dough Aug 2016 #3
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