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Diamond Member
āTop Democratic leaders on Sunday warned that Donald Trumpās drive to go after his political opponents is putting the US on a path to becoming a dictatorship and a ābanana republicā just eight months into his second presidency.
The warnings came a day after Trumpās public call for the justice department to take action against perceived enemies ā and after ABC yanked its late-night talkshow host Jimmy Kimmel off the air in the wake of a threat from regulators at the Federal Communications Commission who are loyal to the president. Such behaviors, along with others since his return to the Oval Office in January, has prompted many who are not fiercely aligned with him to describe him as an authoritarian.
Turning the justice department āinto an instrument that goes after his enemies, whether theyāre guilty or not ā¦ is the path to a dictatorship,ā Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said on CNN. āThatās what dictatorships do.ā
Schumerās fellow Democratic senator Chris Murphy, meanwhile, suggested the US was already becoming a ābanana republicā. āThe president of the United States is now employing the full power of the federal government, the FCC the department of justice, in order to punish, lock up, take down off the air all of his political enemies,ā Murphy said on ABC.ā
www.theguardian.com
Democrats are correct, of course.
The Trump regimeās criminal, unconstitutional efforts to prosecute political opponents absent evidence of wrongdoing is what despots and dictators do.
The warnings came a day after Trumpās public call for the justice department to take action against perceived enemies ā and after ABC yanked its late-night talkshow host Jimmy Kimmel off the air in the wake of a threat from regulators at the Federal Communications Commission who are loyal to the president. Such behaviors, along with others since his return to the Oval Office in January, has prompted many who are not fiercely aligned with him to describe him as an authoritarian.
Turning the justice department āinto an instrument that goes after his enemies, whether theyāre guilty or not ā¦ is the path to a dictatorship,ā Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said on CNN. āThatās what dictatorships do.ā
Schumerās fellow Democratic senator Chris Murphy, meanwhile, suggested the US was already becoming a ābanana republicā. āThe president of the United States is now employing the full power of the federal government, the FCC the department of justice, in order to punish, lock up, take down off the air all of his political enemies,ā Murphy said on ABC.ā
Trump drive to pursue critics puts US on path to dictatorship, Democrats warn
Chuck Schumer and Chris Murphy condemn presidentās call for justice department to act against perceived enemies
www.theguardian.com
Democrats are correct, of course.
The Trump regimeās criminal, unconstitutional efforts to prosecute political opponents absent evidence of wrongdoing is what despots and dictators do.
