• PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee
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    17 hours ago

    What do you actually believe is going to happen to you? Why didn’t it happen during his first presidency? Unless you were killed and are talking from beyond the grave? In which case I’m sorry you’re dead.

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      3 hours ago

      The last time was truly different. JEB was supposed to win the Republican nomination, leading to a dynasty clash-off between the Bushes and the Clintons… except it didn’t happen, when Trump called him a big meanie poopy-pants or whatever, and he cried, looked weak, and basically went limp (tbf, his father was very ill or sth).

      So then it was a toss-up between Ted Cruz and Trump, or as the Republican leaders at the time said, a choice between being poisoned vs. shot in the head. They chose the poison.

      After that it came down to Hillary vs. Trump in the general election, and due to some helpful little Russian interference, people voted against her. Not for him, mind you, but against her. It was a one-time thing that would never, Ever, EVER happen aga-…

      Well shit.

      Edit: Tbf, after he won even Trump didn’t know what Trump was doing the whole time, besides wandering around eating McDonald’s hamburgers. Though now people are READY to make use of him - they know how, and what they want done. THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT.

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      12 hours ago

      Don’t look up the statistics for LGBTQ hate crimes under the Trump presidency then.

      The ones who survived last time are not fancying their chances, especially when their friend’s corpses are staring back at them.

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      16 hours ago

      They came in as bumbling idiots and still managed to wreck a few things, thankfully we still had some institutions left to push back on him the first time.

      They have a detailed takeover plan and a sympathetic supreme court now. Things are a little bit different.

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      16 hours ago

      Some of it did happen, including a million unnecessary COVID deaths. The rest didn’t because Republicans didn’t control all three branches of government. They will in January.

      People are really showing America’s ignorance on basic civics. It’s so depressing.

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      13 hours ago

      Its like the people who said they were going to move to Canada in 2016.

      Spoiler basically no one did

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        9 hours ago

        I have been working since 2 am on the plan we have to get our family to the UK. I have already contacted relatives and organizations that help queer kids.

        So basically I will be moving before the end of January. Enjoy your Bell Riots.

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          9 hours ago

          There will be an impact but its not going to be the massive thing. People will move on eventually. The good news for many here is that this is likely the last term for Trump. If the Republicans screw up enough they will lose power. We are ruled by democracy and enough people supported Trump to get him elected. That same power can ruin him in a heart beat.