The problem with Trump’s lies about Democrats being ‘to blame’ for alleged assassination attempt

[krichton]

LOL Nice spin. Doesn't everyone love being lied to, their vote disenfranchised, their leader unceremoniously tossed to the curb in a palace coup by his "friends" and a candidate that they unanimously rejected installed by the party bosses as their candidate?

Biden stepped down. People are allowed to do that in a free country. Maybe this last part is what you're really mad about. That and the fact that Trump doesn't have some feeble old man to run against.

 

[Rawley]

Biden stepped down. People are allowed to do that in a free country. Maybe this last part is what you're really mad about. That and the fact that Trump doesn't have some feeble old man to run against.

LOL. Going with the fiction that we voluntarily stepped down. Guess God came down and talked to him that weekend, huh? LOL

 

[krichton]

LOL. Going with the fiction that we voluntarily stepped down. Guess God came down and talked to him that weekend, huh? LOL

That's reality. Was he pressured and seen the error of his ways, very possibly, but it was still his decision in the end. Something Trump would be too immature and narcissistic to do. If you can't accept that, that's your problem. Maga still has trouble accepting election results. Just grow up. Life is better that way.

 

[krichton]

yea they did....thats how all this began.....

So people need to be told by democrats that Trump is a convicted felon? I thought his trial did that on it's own?

 

[Rawley]

That's reality. Was he pressured and seen the error of his ways, very possibly, but it was still his decision in the end. Something Trump would be too immature and narcissistic to do. If you can't accept that, that's your problem. Maga still has trouble accepting election results. Just grow up. Life is better that way.

You poopyhead. I win

 

[Harry Dresden]

So people need to be told by democrats that Trump is a convicted felon? I thought his trial did that on it's own?

were have you been?.....they believe that trial was all political......dam krichton pay attention....

 

[beautress]

‘First, the investigation into the alleged would-be shooter is just beginning. The idea that the former president can speak to the suspect’s motivations, in detail, is difficult to take seriously. Given the preliminary evidence, Ryan Wesley Routh’s politics were, to put it mildly, idiosyncratic, supporting Republican, Democratic and independent candidates — including, in 2016, Trump himself. To characterize him as some kind of lifelong Democratic partisan is a stretch.

Second, Trump clearly sees accusations that he’s a “threat to democracy” as beyond the pale, but, in reality, the Republican candidate really has endorsed an authoritarian-style vision that would undermine democracy. This assessment is based almost entirely on Trump’s own rhetoric and public statements. When the former president’s critics, in Democratic politics and elsewhere, accuse him of being a threat to democracy, their case is rooted in fact.

Third, these assessments aren’t just coming from the left. Trump’s own former defense secretary, Mark Esper, has described the former president as a “threat to democracy.” The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward, who remained neutral in every presidential race throughout his lengthy career, made an exception for Trump, calling him a “threat to democracy.” Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, a giant of conservative jurisprudence, directly accused Trump and his allies of waging a “war on democracy,” adding that the former president is a “clear and present danger” to American democracy.

Fourth, if Trump genuinely believes that accusations about “threats to democracy” are beyond the pale, he should probably take a moment to explain why he keeps accusing people he dislikes of being “threats to democracy.” At last week’s presidential debate, for example, he pointed at his Democratic rival and declared, “They talk about democracy. ‘I’m a threat to democracy.’ They’re the threat to democracy.”
[…]
Trump doesn’t want to be criticized, and he would love nothing more than to bully Democrats into pulling their punches in the campaign’s final 50 days, even as he condemns them in increasingly hysterical terms. Many Republicans apparently want the public to believe that it’s dangerous to tell voters that a dangerous candidate is actually dangerous.’

The problem(s) with Trump blaming Dems for apparent assassination attempt

The more Donald Trump blames Democrats for apparent assassination attempts, the more outrageously wrong his argument appears.

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Many Republicans are of course wrong – there’s nothing ‘dangerous’ about acknowledging the fact that Trump is a threat to democracy and unfit to be president.

Trump survived an assassination attempt and his enemies blab about his policies being to blame for creeps lying by using a "threat to democracy" excuse? Hubris!!!

 

[beautress]

Except that it's been republicans trying to kill him.

A Democrat lays the blame for Trump's assassination attempt was on the Republican Party as it's cause? That is so creepy It's sick.

 

[beautress]

‘First, the investigation into the alleged would-be shooter is just beginning. The idea that the former president can speak to the suspect’s motivations, in detail, is difficult to take seriously. Given the preliminary evidence, Ryan Wesley Routh’s politics were, to put it mildly, idiosyncratic, supporting Republican, Democratic and independent candidates — including, in 2016, Trump himself. To characterize him as some kind of lifelong Democratic partisan is a stretch.

Second, Trump clearly sees accusations that he’s a “threat to democracy” as beyond the pale, but, in reality, the Republican candidate really has endorsed an authoritarian-style vision that would undermine democracy. This assessment is based almost entirely on Trump’s own rhetoric and public statements. When the former president’s critics, in Democratic politics and elsewhere, accuse him of being a threat to democracy, their case is rooted in fact.

Third, these assessments aren’t just coming from the left. Trump’s own former defense secretary, Mark Esper, has described the former president as a “threat to democracy.” The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward, who remained neutral in every presidential race throughout his lengthy career, made an exception for Trump, calling him a “threat to democracy.” Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, a giant of conservative jurisprudence, directly accused Trump and his allies of waging a “war on democracy,” adding that the former president is a “clear and present danger” to American democracy.

Fourth, if Trump genuinely believes that accusations about “threats to democracy” are beyond the pale, he should probably take a moment to explain why he keeps accusing people he dislikes of being “threats to democracy.” At last week’s presidential debate, for example, he pointed at his Democratic rival and declared, “They talk about democracy. ‘I’m a threat to democracy.’ They’re the threat to democracy.”
[…]
Trump doesn’t want to be criticized, and he would love nothing more than to bully Democrats into pulling their punches in the campaign’s final 50 days, even as he condemns them in increasingly hysterical terms. Many Republicans apparently want the public to believe that it’s dangerous to tell voters that a dangerous candidate is actually dangerous.’

The problem(s) with Trump blaming Dems for apparent assassination attempt

The more Donald Trump blames Democrats for apparent assassination attempts, the more outrageously wrong his argument appears.

www.msnbc.com

unless they're

Many Republicans are of course wrong – there’s nothing ‘dangerous’ about acknowledging the fact that Trump is a threat to democracy and unfit to be president.

You can stop the brainwashing angle. Mature people don't listen to conniving liars unless they are doctors of psychiatry. President Trump is so effective a leader that his opponents have connived the incompetency lie. Tough bananas.

 

[Crepitus]

A Democrat lays the blame for Trump's assassination attempt was on the Republican Party as it's cause? That is so creepy It's sick.

How can you possibly be that oblivious?

 

[beautress]

How can you possibly be that oblivious?

I read all the hubris that was set against my favorite President ever, Donald John Trump. I disagree with the naysaying hubris about a truly good guy, aka President Trump.

 

[Crepitus]

I read all the hubris that was set against my favorite President ever, Donald John Trump. I disagree with the naysaying hubris about a truly good guy, aka President Trump.

But the fact is that the people who has taken a shot at him are disillusioned former tRumplings. not Democrats.

That's just the reality of the situation.

 

[beautress]

But the fact is that the people who has taken a shot at him are disillusioned former tRumplings. not Democrats.

That's just the reality of the situation.

That's a new one I didn't even hear about.Are you certain they were registered, active Republicans? I haven't turned the TV on, do not read the papers, and I don't listen to the radio, either. I've been a Republican for a long time because of their fiscal conservity, keeping taxes as low as they can, and devoted to the truth.even when others win by lying. They also love this country and do all they can to make America good for our own country and others nations as well. Keep in mind that I have no animosity to the other parties in the US, because I became a Republican when I married one because my late husband was totally wonderful while he was alive, truth was his reputation, and he was a respected professional engineer of the highest standard. Lucky me.

 

[Crepitus]

That's a new one I didn't even hear about

Then you need to get out from under that rock more often.