'The dictionary definition of fascism': Conservative columnist condemns Donald Trump's MAGA 'cult'

[OKTexas]

‘William Saletan, a writer for the conservative website The Bulwark, defends President Joe Biden’s anti-MAGA use of the term “semi-fascism” in an article published on September 1.

“Republicans are furious over President Biden’s recent remarks linking Donald Trump and his supporters to ‘semi-fascism,’” Saletan writes. “For days, they’ve been all over TV and social media, denouncing Biden’s use of the F-word. But Biden was right. Many of the ideas and tactics deployed by Trump and his apologists, including those who decry Biden’s comparison, fit the dictionary definition of fascism.”

Saletan stresses that refusing to accept democratic election results, which is what Trump and his followers did after the 2020 election, is an “authoritarian” act.

“A stickler might say that an attempt to overturn an election isn’t really fascist unless it involves the use of state power or mob violence, but Trump and his allies tried to use both,” Saletan explains. “Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s right-hand man in several abuses of power, says it’s Biden, not Trump, who runs America like ‘a damned dictatorship.’ But in December 2020, after the Electoral College had certified Biden’s election, Giuliani — at Trump’s direction — phoned the acting deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security to ask whether DHS could seize voting machines from states. Then, at Trump’s January 6th rally on the Ellipse, Giuliani exhorted the crowd: ‘Let’s have trial by combat!’”

Saletan adds, “Giuliani didn’t just help to incite the attack on the Capitol. To this day, he continues to whitewash it and excuse the perpetrators.”’

'The dictionary definition of fascism': Conservative columnist condemns Donald Trump's MAGA 'cult'

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Al the whore challenged his defeat, the bitch clinton said her election was stolen and last but not least, the black bitch in GA still claims she's the rightful governor of the State. Also the commies challenged the EC results in both the elections I just noted and the bitches goons rioted in DC the day Trump was inaugurated. So take your little self serving BS and shove it up your commie ass. The whole point of xidens speech last night was to try to incite violence, I just hope no one takes his bait.

Stacey Abrams is a liar

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[OKTexas]

Find the people who are belligerent to women who do not behave and act in some "traditional" way and you will find the fascists. That one is common across every authoritarian movement of the modern era.

FOAD commie, forcing women to compete against men in sports is NOT supporting women. This country has been declining since you commies have been attacking the values that made it the greatest country on earth.

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[OKTexas]

If only that's what it still meant....but where else in history did a cult take a four letter acronym and twist it..........hmmmmmmmmmmm

The only ones doing the twisting are you commies.

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[Mindful]

They're for making America into Europe.

Which isn’t much to hope for. With a bunch of clowns running Germany.

 

[OKTexas]

We were never perfect, but it seems that this push to "Make America great again" is what is causing the UNITED states to be divided & filled with hate.

The division and hate have all come from the left, and not just in the past 6 years, it's been going on for decades.

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[Mindful]

‘Sinister backdrop’: ‘Biden’s ‘hate speech’ matched ‘dystopian aesthetic’

US President Joe Biden’s "hate speech" on the American soul today perfectly matched the “dystopian aesthetic”, according to Sky News host Rita Panahi. "Far from unifying the country, the President is keen to paint half of America as filled with extremists who want to destroy democracy," Ms...

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[EvilEyeFleegle]

It is a bold move to insult half of the country. That is what Hilary Clinton did six years ago with her denunciation of the “basket of deplorables.” But “deplorables” is so last season. Joe Biden, the Democrats and their media cheerleaders have decided to go one better. They seem to have decided that the best way to win the hearts and minds of the American public is dismiss half of us as “fascist.”

Or to give credit to President Biden, merely semi-fascist.

I wonder what he means by semi fascist. > (my comment)

President Joe Biden made appalling remarks about the Republican Party and their supporters, referring to them as fascists.

Biden calling half the country ‘fascist’ is a cynical political ploy

Biden decided that the best way to win the hearts and minds of the American public is dismiss half of us as “fascist.”

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Half the country?? You wish!

Maybe 20%--maybe~

 

[surada]

naturally the term make america great again makes communist sick

Hitler campaigned on Make Germany great again.

 

[Independentthinker]

‘William Saletan, a writer for the conservative website The Bulwark, defends President Joe Biden’s anti-MAGA use of the term “semi-fascism” in an article published on September 1.

“Republicans are furious over President Biden’s recent remarks linking Donald Trump and his supporters to ‘semi-fascism,’” Saletan writes. “For days, they’ve been all over TV and social media, denouncing Biden’s use of the F-word. But Biden was right. Many of the ideas and tactics deployed by Trump and his apologists, including those who decry Biden’s comparison, fit the dictionary definition of fascism.”

Saletan stresses that refusing to accept democratic election results, which is what Trump and his followers did after the 2020 election, is an “authoritarian” act.

“A stickler might say that an attempt to overturn an election isn’t really fascist unless it involves the use of state power or mob violence, but Trump and his allies tried to use both,” Saletan explains. “Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s right-hand man in several abuses of power, says it’s Biden, not Trump, who runs America like ‘a damned dictatorship.’ But in December 2020, after the Electoral College had certified Biden’s election, Giuliani — at Trump’s direction — phoned the acting deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security to ask whether DHS could seize voting machines from states. Then, at Trump’s January 6th rally on the Ellipse, Giuliani exhorted the crowd: ‘Let’s have trial by combat!’”

Saletan adds, “Giuliani didn’t just help to incite the attack on the Capitol. To this day, he continues to whitewash it and excuse the perpetrators.”’

'The dictionary definition of fascism': Conservative columnist condemns Donald Trump's MAGA 'cult'

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Both sides call the other fascists. I think it is a mistake for either side to use that term. But, we do have both sides doing things to take people's rights away. Democrats are not the virgins they portend to be.

 

[The Original Tree]

‘William Saletan, a writer for the conservative website The Bulwark, defends President Joe Biden’s anti-MAGA use of the term “semi-fascism” in an article published on September 1.

“Republicans are furious over President Biden’s recent remarks linking Donald Trump and his supporters to ‘semi-fascism,’” Saletan writes. “For days, they’ve been all over TV and social media, denouncing Biden’s use of the F-word. But Biden was right. Many of the ideas and tactics deployed by Trump and his apologists, including those who decry Biden’s comparison, fit the dictionary definition of fascism.”

Saletan stresses that refusing to accept democratic election results, which is what Trump and his followers did after the 2020 election, is an “authoritarian” act.

“A stickler might say that an attempt to overturn an election isn’t really fascist unless it involves the use of state power or mob violence, but Trump and his allies tried to use both,” Saletan explains. “Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s right-hand man in several abuses of power, says it’s Biden, not Trump, who runs America like ‘a damned dictatorship.’ But in December 2020, after the Electoral College had certified Biden’s election, Giuliani — at Trump’s direction — phoned the acting deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security to ask whether DHS could seize voting machines from states. Then, at Trump’s January 6th rally on the Ellipse, Giuliani exhorted the crowd: ‘Let’s have trial by combat!’”

Saletan adds, “Giuliani didn’t just help to incite the attack on the Capitol. To this day, he continues to whitewash it and excuse the perpetrators.”’

'The dictionary definition of fascism': Conservative columnist condemns Donald Trump's MAGA 'cult'

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[The Original Tree]

Hitler campaigned on Make Germany great again.

Hillary campaigned on Make Russia Great Again.

 

[BWK]

‘William Saletan, a writer for the conservative website The Bulwark, defends President Joe Biden’s anti-MAGA use of the term “semi-fascism” in an article published on September 1.

“Republicans are furious over President Biden’s recent remarks linking Donald Trump and his supporters to ‘semi-fascism,’” Saletan writes. “For days, they’ve been all over TV and social media, denouncing Biden’s use of the F-word. But Biden was right. Many of the ideas and tactics deployed by Trump and his apologists, including those who decry Biden’s comparison, fit the dictionary definition of fascism.”

Saletan stresses that refusing to accept democratic election results, which is what Trump and his followers did after the 2020 election, is an “authoritarian” act.

“A stickler might say that an attempt to overturn an election isn’t really fascist unless it involves the use of state power or mob violence, but Trump and his allies tried to use both,” Saletan explains. “Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s right-hand man in several abuses of power, says it’s Biden, not Trump, who runs America like ‘a damned dictatorship.’ But in December 2020, after the Electoral College had certified Biden’s election, Giuliani — at Trump’s direction — phoned the acting deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security to ask whether DHS could seize voting machines from states. Then, at Trump’s January 6th rally on the Ellipse, Giuliani exhorted the crowd: ‘Let’s have trial by combat!’”

Saletan adds, “Giuliani didn’t just help to incite the attack on the Capitol. To this day, he continues to whitewash it and excuse the perpetrators.”’

'The dictionary definition of fascism': Conservative columnist condemns Donald Trump's MAGA 'cult'

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Great article, but he hasn't discovered America for most people in this country. I don't say that to dis-respect what he is saying, I'm just saying, if you have eyes, ears, and a conscience, common sense should tell us all what this was, without knowing every detail. It was a Fascist/Authoritarian attempt at a coup to overthrow the will of the people, Democracy, and the rule of law, because one man was mentally disturbed from losing. That's what this is. And it continues today. The insurrection continues based on Trumps BIG LIE.

 

[BWK]

Hillary campaigned on Make Russia Great Again.

No evidence= you lie. You lose again.

 

[BWK]

Mr. Saletan is neocon, not a conservative at all.

If he was really a conservative, he wouldn't be so anxious to forfeit this political war to Biden and his Antifa allies.

After all, politics is about implementing policies, not "personalities". I could give a shit less how great a guy Brandon or Obama is, if they implement marxism and guys like Saletan refuse to launch a defense, Saletan is useless to me.

What policies would you impement to help people? Taking away womens HC?

 

[BWK]

Find the people who are belligerent to women who do not behave and act in some "traditional" way and you will find the fascists. That one is common across every authoritarian movement of the modern era.

Deprive them of their own autonomy. That's what they did.

 

[The Original Tree]

No evidence= you lie. You lose again.

I win Pinko. You still cannot define what a woman is, and you still have yet to explain why Joe is destroying our economy while boosting the economies of his allies in Russia, North Korea and China.

Russia is purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea, US official says | CNN Politics

Russia is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for use on the battlefield in Ukraine, a US official tells CNN.

www.cnn.com

Then there is this:

Sen. Cotton calls out Obama-Biden admin, Clinton on Russia collusion hoax

The declassification of former CIA director John Brennan's notes proves Hillary Clinton colluded with foreign entities to inject disinformation into the 2016 campaign, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told "Fox & Friends" Wednesday.

www.foxnews.com

Docs: Obama Knew Clinton Launched Russia Collusion Hoax

President Barack Obama knew that Hillary Clinton and her presidential campaign manufactured the Russia Collusion Hoax to derail opponent Donald Trump, and James Comey and John Brennan knew it too. ...

thenewamerican.com

One moment, please...

DC Court Case Exposes Clinton, FBI Targeting Trump in “Russia Collusion” Scandal - Judicial Watch

Hillary did it. And the FBI helped.That’s the Occam’s Razor conclusion behind court action in Washington last week that added new details to a growing mountain of evidence about the true forces behind the sensational “Russia collusion” allegations that nearly brought down the Trump presidency.

www.judicialwatch.org

Russian Collusion? Yep, But It Was Clinton/Obama, Not Trump

Russian Collusion? Yep, But It Was Clinton/Obama, Not Trump- Newly released information confirms that it is Hillary Clinton — as secretary of state — and

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[BWK]

Has anyone ever considered that DJT, his supporters and those of us Conservatives who support many of his ideas even if we don’t support him have realized that Democracy and/or the Republic systems of Government DON’T WORK ANYMORE (if they ever did to begin with)?

That's a self inflicted wound by Republicans. Democrats believe in the existing institutions and norms we had, minus Republicans war on women.

 

[BWK]

I win Pinko. You still cannot define what a woman is, and you still have yet to explain why Joe is destroying our economy while boosting the economies of his allies in Russia, North Korea and China.

Russia is purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea, US official says | CNN Politics

Russia is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for use on the battlefield in Ukraine, a US official tells CNN.

www.cnn.com

Then there is this:

Sen. Cotton calls out Obama-Biden admin, Clinton on Russia collusion hoax

The declassification of former CIA director John Brennan's notes proves Hillary Clinton colluded with foreign entities to inject disinformation into the 2016 campaign, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told "Fox & Friends" Wednesday.

www.foxnews.com

Docs: Obama Knew Clinton Launched Russia Collusion Hoax

President Barack Obama knew that Hillary Clinton and her presidential campaign manufactured the Russia Collusion Hoax to derail opponent Donald Trump, and James Comey and John Brennan knew it too. ...

thenewamerican.com

One moment, please...

DC Court Case Exposes Clinton, FBI Targeting Trump in “Russia Collusion” Scandal - Judicial Watch

Hillary did it. And the FBI helped.That’s the Occam’s Razor conclusion behind court action in Washington last week that added new details to a growing mountain of evidence about the true forces behind the sensational “Russia collusion” allegations that nearly brought down the Trump presidency.

www.judicialwatch.org

Russian Collusion? Yep, But It Was Clinton/Obama, Not Trump

Russian Collusion? Yep, But It Was Clinton/Obama, Not Trump- Newly released information confirms that it is Hillary Clinton — as secretary of state — and

dev2.amac.us

Keep calling out, and we'll keep proving collusion; U.S. has new intel that Manafort pal gave Trump campaign data to Russia

 

[BWK]

I win Pinko. You still cannot define what a woman is, and you still have yet to explain why Joe is destroying our economy while boosting the economies of his allies in Russia, North Korea and China.

Russia is purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea, US official says | CNN Politics

Russia is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for use on the battlefield in Ukraine, a US official tells CNN.

www.cnn.com

Then there is this:

Sen. Cotton calls out Obama-Biden admin, Clinton on Russia collusion hoax

The declassification of former CIA director John Brennan's notes proves Hillary Clinton colluded with foreign entities to inject disinformation into the 2016 campaign, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told "Fox & Friends" Wednesday.

www.foxnews.com

Docs: Obama Knew Clinton Launched Russia Collusion Hoax

President Barack Obama knew that Hillary Clinton and her presidential campaign manufactured the Russia Collusion Hoax to derail opponent Donald Trump, and James Comey and John Brennan knew it too. ...

thenewamerican.com

One moment, please...

DC Court Case Exposes Clinton, FBI Targeting Trump in “Russia Collusion” Scandal - Judicial Watch

Hillary did it. And the FBI helped.That’s the Occam’s Razor conclusion behind court action in Washington last week that added new details to a growing mountain of evidence about the true forces behind the sensational “Russia collusion” allegations that nearly brought down the Trump presidency.

www.judicialwatch.org

Russian Collusion? Yep, But It Was Clinton/Obama, Not Trump

Russian Collusion? Yep, But It Was Clinton/Obama, Not Trump- Newly released information confirms that it is Hillary Clinton — as secretary of state — and

dev2.amac.us

All those a Right-wing hack sites by the way.

From Cotton;

I think you have to assume that Joe Biden knew and was in on this from the very beginning,' Cotton says Assume? Dude, you can't do better than that? Good grief. ​

 

[The Original Tree]

Keep calling out, and we'll keep proving collusion; U.S. has new intel that Manafort pal gave Trump campaign data to Russia

Manafort? LMAO. He was working for Obama, Biden and Clinton in Ukraine on behalf of The Podesta Group. They tried to shut him up, then cut him off from evidence he could exonerate himself with by declaring The Criminal Podesta Group off limits and Immune from Prosecution and even from being called as a witness in Manafort's case.

How is what Manafort got accused of while working for Obama, Biden and Clinton even related to President Trump? Just another smear is all that was.

Meanwhile Obama committed Treason with his Ruskie pals Clinton and Biden.

One moment, please...

DNC, Hillary and Obama invented Russian 'collusion" scheme. Gregg Jarrett: 'Russia hoax' was lie created by Hillary Clinton and one of the dirtiest political tricks ever.

The genesis of the smear came from the then-presidential candidate herself.

For Hillary Clinton, inventing the lie was easy. Spreading the lie was even easier. For President Trump, uncovering the truth has been hard. The truth always has its enemies.

This is the maxim – and chilling lesson – of the Russia hoax.

Newly declassified handwritten notes authored by former CIA Director John Brennan show that on July 28, 2016, he briefed President Barack Obama on intelligence evidence that Clinton had approved a plan to vilify Trump with false accusations that he was colluding with Russia. She did it, the intel concluded, to distract from her own damaging email scandal.

GREGG JARRETT: DECLASSIFICATION OF RUSSIA PROBE DOCUMENTS COULD PROVE HILLARY CLINTON COMMITTED FELONY

It was an audacious plot put in motion by one of Clinton's foreign policy advisers and then sanctioned by the then-Democrat presidential candidate on July 26. But the genesis of the smear came from Clinton herself.

For months, she had peppered her campaign speeches with increasingly venomous accusations that her opponent was a Kremlin asset and a "puppet of Putin." There was not a shred of plausible evidence. It was a shameless lie drawn from the insidious depths of Clinton's fictive imagination. It was magnificently devious and classic Clinton.

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But the lie didn't stop there. Through a conduit, her campaign commissioned an ex-British spy who composed an anti-Trump dossier of rumors and disinformation derived from a suspected Russian spy.

These fabricated stories were then secretly and sedulously fed to James Comey's FBI and the gullible media, both of whom went after Trump with a vengeance.

The result was the greatest mass delusion in American history and one of the dirtiest political tricks ever perpetrated.

In short, it was Clinton who invented, financed and disseminated the collusion hoax.

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The intelligence community caught on to Clinton's machinations. The evidence of what she had done was so credible and persuasive that Brennan determined Obama must be informed immediately. That briefing is memorialized in Brennan's top-secret notes that have been buried for four long years in the bowels of the vast intelligence apparatus. Until now.

John Ratcliffe, the new director of National Intelligence, deserves credit for having the courage to dig up and make public the shocking proof. But it should have happened long ago.

On May 23, 2019, President Trump granted Attorney General William Barr "full and complete authority" to declassify and unveil the carefully guarded government secrets in the Russia investigation. Trump directed that it be done quickly to "ensure that all Americans learn the truth about the actions that were taken and to restore confidence in our public institutions."

So, why did it take more than 16 months? The answer is an indictment of the nefarious elements working destructively within our nation's clandestine intelligence operations. Their desire is power; their methods are often corrupt. The term "cover-up" is their mantra. Without conscience, they weaponize their authority for political gain.

It is truly reprehensible that the CIA, FBI and Obama concealed this vital information over the last four tumultuous years. The truth would have dramatically altered Trump's presidency, spared Americans from a rancorous national nightmare, and saved taxpayers $30 million in a phony investigation.

It was Clinton who should have been investigated for promulgating a lie, not Trump.

The evidence also shows that Trump was the victim of a contemptible hoax. He became the innocent target of a baseless and exhaustive witch hunt.

And yet, Obama remained silent. Did he do so to protect Clinton, his chosen successor, and to destroy Trump? The question answers itself.

The former president sat idly by and watched as the country devolved into convulsive turmoil. He uttered not a word about the incriminating evidence he had seen. He could have blown the whistle on Clinton, Comey, Brennan and others. Obama's failure to do so is an ugly stain on his legacy.

Brennan shares equal blame. As a paid commentator for MSNBC, he repeatedly stoked the odious narrative that Trump was a Russian asset, knowing full well that it was untrue. He even accused Trump of treason. Brennan's conduct and conspicuous silence are, by any reasonable standard, despicable.

In reaction to the recently declassified disclosures, Brennan now claims that Clinton didn't do anything wrong or illegal. Really?

Then why did he send a referral to Comey in September of 2016 calling for the FBI to investigate Clinton for conjuring up the false allegations against Trump and feeding it to the FBI and Department of Justice? Giving federal law enforcement agencies knowingly false information might well constitute crimes and Brennan obviously knew that. His revisionist deflection is transparently vacuous.

It should surprise no one that Comey's dirty fingerprints are all over the collusion lie. When confronted last week during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with the evidence of Brennan's referral against Clinton, Comey feigned no memory of receiving it or acting on it. "It doesn't ring a bell," he muttered. In Comey's mind, the whole episode had vanished. Poof!

Comey's sudden onset of acute amnesia was laughably preposterous. When the CIA tells you that a presidential candidate has concocted and propagated false evidence against her opponent and demands an investigation, it's not something any FBI director would forget. Ever.

If nothing else, the newly disclosed evidence confirms just how immoral, conniving, deceitful and unscrupulous Hillary Clinton is. Her malevolence knows no bounds. But the evidence also shows that Trump was the victim of a contemptible hoax. He became the innocent target of a baseless and exhaustive witch hunt.

In the wake of these revelations, President Trump has renewed his demand/order that all relevant documents pertaining to the Russia investigation be declassified and released, including all redactions.

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How much other damning evidence of government corruption is still hidden? If the most recent disclosure is any indication, there are mountains of it.

Americans deserve the full and unadulterated truth. Anything less would only compound the collusion lie with even more cover-ups.

Author: Gregg Jarrett is a Fox News legal analyst and commentator, and formerly worked as a defense attorney and adjunct law professor. He is the author of the No. 1 New York Times best-selling book “The Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump.”