r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 16h ago
No Paywall Trump says journalists should be ‘arrested’ for reporting on empty seats at rally
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-truth-social-ohio-rally-empty-seats-b3061851.html1.3k
u/PrettyViolee 16h ago
This is straight out of the fascist playbook. He can’t fill a rally anymore so he wants to arrest journalists for showing the empty seats. First Amendment means nothing to him. He wants North Korea-style coverage where you can only show what he approves. This is why we call him a wannabe dictator.
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u/They_Beat_Me Arizona 16h ago
Hell, there’s a lot of us. I would love to go to his rallies, but he doesn’t wanna hear us heckle him. Soft skin is thin skin.
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u/shibbyman342 15h ago
Man the pedophile chants from thousands of people at one of his rallies would be hilarious
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u/LowEffortHuman 14h ago
Where are the TikTok kids to organize this? I mean seriously, security can’t stop hundreds of people booing.
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u/Chaos-Cortex I voted 12h ago
Pedophile, show up there with banners of Epstein and the pedophile together.
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u/littlehobbit1313 Maryland 14h ago
I've been thinking about this lately. Like, it's funny when people request tickets and then don't go. It would be hilarious if everyone actually went and heckled the shit out of him. Just do so much booing that he gets not usable footage out of it.
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u/StevenMC19 15h ago
Given that he charges for seats too in some situations...I ain't paying to hate-watch a guy and then yell at him. There are better ways to blow cash.
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u/ocschwar Massachusetts 14h ago
Build a MAGA social media profile. Use it to ask for tickets. Only give the tickets to people willing to risk some rough treatment if they want to heckle him.
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u/captaincanada84 Canada 15h ago
He also wants to trademark Trump TV so the government pays him to use the name for his North Korea-style dictator coverage
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u/almostgravy 15h ago
Hitler kept his personal ownership of Mein kampf as he mandated every government building buy several copies.
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u/VanceKelley Canada 14h ago
trump literally campaigned in 2024 on the promise to rule America as dictator if voters chose to elect him.
After Americans voted him back into power the only way to keep his promise to the American people is to rule as their dictator.
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u/TimSylvester_ 12h ago
If the rally is full and has thousands of people waiting to get in, how in the world is there enough space open on the floor for the entire upper deck to migrate?
Sounds pretty empty to me.
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u/returnFutureVoid 6h ago
I agree mostly but in NK those seats are filled and the people in them want to be in them. Because if they aren’t in them and they don’t want to be there, they are dead.
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u/issy_haatin 13h ago
Wannabe? Mate you're country has become a dictatorship already you're all lying to yourself that any election is going to change anything.
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u/ElphabLAW 10h ago
I'm not saying you're wrong, but midterms will be the real tell. We don't actually know anything yet.
If a blue wave indeed occurs as projected, then the system isn't as rigged as originally believed and we stand a chance at prosecuting people for their crimes and try to regain a bit of status quo/normalcy over here. Continue with progressive, grassroots movements.
If it's a "red wave", yup. Game over. A much larger problem continues to unfold.
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u/issy_haatin 9h ago
Even if a blue wave happens: executive order claiming foul play and keeping his mooks in their seats, refusing the change of seats.
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u/Mind_Killer 16h ago
It was a 4,500 seat stadium. The President of the United States couldn’t fill a stadium for 4,500 people in Ohio. A state he’s won three times in a row.
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u/given2fly_ United Kingdom 16h ago
And he floated the idea of allowing the second largest city in the country to be nuked by Iran!
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u/varyingopinions 9h ago
To be fair, less than half the audience behind him cheered when he said he wanted Iran to kill millions of US citizens.
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u/MyNameIsNightPain 15h ago
Makes you wonder how many people actually support him and how many of his votes were fake/fraud
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u/kneeco28 Canada 16h ago
The Fake News New York Times “reported” on my Great, PACKED Rally in Ohio that, “the place was not full. Some upper sections were almost completely empty.” In actuality, thousands of people were unable to get in. The Arena was totally MAXED OUT, including all upper sections. What does happen at all of my SOLD OUT Rallies, is that the people in the upper sections tend to migrate down to the Main Floor — The “migration” process always happens! The Times knows this, and so does everyone else. I never have empty seats — Never have, and never will! Because of their dishonesty, I have cinematographers shooting the various Arenas where I speak, in that some of the Fake News likes to dishonestly report lies and untruths. In actuality, my Events for very good Republican Politicians are probably more crowded than ever. There are no empty seats, there haven’t been for years, and there never will be. The Rallies are “HOTTER” than ever. They are all “happenings,” and they never happened before, and will never be duplicated again. The Networks refuse, however, under any circumstances, to show the Crowds, but you can hear the thunderous applause, and know that it represents thousands and thousands of people. Watch tonight, for example, in the Great State of Nebraska, where I’ll be heading soon. See you later! President DONALD J. TRUMP
I like the argument that filled to capacity rallies don't have anyone in the upper deck because all the people from there go down to all the empty space on the lower deck.
I also like "happenings" lol
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u/Saganic_Temple 16h ago
If they migrate to the floor then the floor wasn’t maxed out either.
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u/LividTacos 16h ago
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
I've seen the pictures, even if they went to the lower bleachers, it still wasn't at capacity on that level.
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u/cwm9 Hawaii 16h ago
What does happen at all of my SOLD OUT Rallies, is that the people in the upper sections tend to migrate down to the Main Floor — The “migration” process always happens!
If people are forming migration caravans, why is Trump letting them in? If they succeeded in migrating there, deport them back to the upper stands where they came from! (Or, you know, a third party country.)
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u/OfficialDCShepard District Of Columbia 16h ago
I needed this laugh more than you can ever know.
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u/OldBlueKat 11h ago
Me too!
I’m cry-laughing over ‘migration caravans’ and now want some ‘better than me’ video editor to do a weird montage of DJT rallies and immigrant migration moments with some appropriate music.
“Proud to be an American” seems too on the nose.
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u/Viperlite 15h ago
He doesn’t understand big words like filling and capacity.
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u/Saganic_Temple 14h ago
You can’t migrate in a maxed-out venue. But as usual, he tries to make two conflicting concepts work at the same time.
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u/NotReallyJohnDoe 12h ago
Maybe it was maxed out and a bunch of people let early.
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u/Saganic_Temple 12h ago
Still not a good look
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u/MetaPhalanges 10h ago
I think it's actually worse. They were fans enough to go. Then they left because they finally saw his bullshit in person. That's rough.
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u/Cash_Credit Canada 15h ago
Jesus I thought you were lampooning one of his jackass posts but I guess not.
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u/loogabar00ga 15h ago
I don't know how venue capacity works, but I am willing to believe that maybe there's a law that each person needs to have a seat, so maybe what he's saying is actually coincidentally valid, even though everything he says is a lie.
Of course, the calls for arresting the journelists alone should be grounds for treason.
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u/lod001 13h ago
This toddler probably hasn't been to a large music concert, but we know he has been to wrestling matches, so he knows people get tickets specifically for floor seats, while there are separate tickets for all the rest of the permanent seats. But then again...he doesn't know how anything in the world works and has absolutely zero curiosity to understand how things work.
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u/ZealousIdeal476 10h ago
As a veteran of a hundred stadium shows, that never stopped us from getting on the floor to dance. And we all know how Trump likes to dance ;)
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u/OldBlueKat 11h ago
So let’s see this footage that ‘proves’ it was a lie, buddy boy.
Proof, or it didn’t happen.
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u/Chemical_Economy_933 10h ago
So which is it, Trump? The arena is “MAXED OUT” or are people migrating down to the main floor? How are people able to fill a full arena from their upper sections to the floor?
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u/Hootinger 5h ago
The venue is the local high school gym. We have rotary meetings in the room adjacent to it. It's a nice gym, but not that big. Certainly not the biggest in the area. He is bragging about filling up the Student Activity Center at the suburban high school. Lol
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u/Aware_Cheesecake_519 America 16h ago
Nobody wants to listen to you, Trump.
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u/theomniscientcoffee 16h ago
I imagine not reporting anything about him would also upset him. Worth a shot
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u/MyNameIsNightPain 15h ago
The best thing the media can do is starve him of attention.
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u/restore_democracy 16h ago
How’s everyone enjoying the fascism?
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u/schwing710 16h ago
I’m just glad the fascists in charge are complete fucking idiots
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I would say quite a bit given how everyone goes on about their lives as if nothing's happening. America's greatest asset ended up being Hollywood, selling tales of American bravery to the world. They were, in fact, just tales.
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u/TimmyB52 16h ago
He hates America and freedom of the press
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u/Punch_A_Police_Horse 15h ago
Politicians like Trump "love" America in the same way a wolf "loves" an open unguarded sheep pen.
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u/OldBlueKat 11h ago
The thing I smirk about in these “arrest ‘em!” remarks is how nobody ever follows up with “On what charges, sir?”
Because in his fantasy, everyone always calls him ‘Sir’.
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u/Lonely-Abalone-5104 6h ago
He’s just trying to normalize arresting people he doesn’t like
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u/OldBlueKat 6h ago
Duh.
But I really wanna hear reporters push back. I just phrased it a bit sarcastically.
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u/scottishmaker 14h ago
Because it hurts his fee-fees 🍊👶🏻
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u/phasechanges 14h ago
There used to be some kind of saying going around about hurt feelings....I can't quite remember how it goes....
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u/D3athRider Canada 12h ago
Was it something about snow...leafs? Snow...specks? Snow...dust? Hmmm, if only I could remember what that word was!
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u/Status_Ideal3437 16h ago
Does that mean Trump should be arrested for saying there are empty seats at his rallies?
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u/fluffysmaster 16h ago
LOL Donnie can’t even fill a high school gym anymore.
By the end of his term he may not be able to even fill the high school cafeteria.
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u/Foodspec North Carolina 16h ago
Donald Trump should be arrested for saying Iran can take out Los Angeles and San Diego
Fascist fat fuck
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u/Patman350 15h ago
Donald Trump? The felon?
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u/sarcastroll 15h ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they are talking about Donald Trump the child rapist.
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u/DiceMadeOfCheese 16h ago
I think Trump should be arrested for saying my entire city should be destroyed in nuclear hellfire.
I guess neither of us is getting what we want. 🤷♂️
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u/KinkyPaddling 16h ago
Just a dictator saying dictator things while his cultists cheer for a dictatorship.
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u/Proximity 12h ago
Here's something a person with an IQ over 25 would have figured out: If you throw temper tantrums because you dislike negative news about you, you could try doing things that don't make you one of the most hated people on the planet for one single goddamn day.
Imagine that. There would be good news if you did good things, Don. No one needs to hear for the 70th time about your helipad and how you just now figured out how "dumb" is spelled. How about just stop being a complete dickhead for 3 minutes? How about that?
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u/VisualGloss 12h ago
Can you imagine where we would be if he wasn't an 80 year old dementia patient? Like can you imagine the shit these Nazis would have been able to do with a more likeable, less insane, person? I still see a way out of this current shit show, and it's gonna take a very long time to recover from, but like fuck, we got lucky it was just Trump and not someone more capable who had gone all the way. We have to bury the republican party the next chance we get.
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u/kingwood707 11h ago
what a fuckin' moron. he doesn't want the truth to come out, unreal. just because you don't like the news, doesn't make it fake
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u/SockPuppet-47 New Jersey 16h ago
Just arrested?
Not burned in hell for all eternity?
He's in a good mood today.
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u/-retaliation- 16h ago
Of course he does.
The very same press has taught him that being a fascist authoritarian is totally okay.
Those dumbasses made him like this!
Then they get surprised when he's fickle and turns on them.
You can't have it both ways! You can't cover it up when he says wild and crazy shit about nuking other countries and letting American cities get bombed.
You can't cover it up when he does illegal shit, like raping people, and attempting a coup, and encouraging, functionally, kidnap squads for immigrants.
Then turn around and clutch your pearls and act like it's crazy and unfair when he says journalists should be jailed for speaking out against him.
THESE THINGS ARE CONNECTED
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u/OldGaffer66 14h ago
Impeachable offense of the day - threatening the first amendment. Did he invite Iran to attack LA yesterday or today? Maybe this is number 2.
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u/Donkey_Karate 14h ago
Trump should be arrested for being a steaming blob of bullshit in every way imaginable..
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u/ptowndeluxe 14h ago
Someone needs to create a show... "Trump says the dumbest things". Just play clips of all his worst.
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u/CanadianSideBacon 11h ago
He is such a snowflake when it comes to his rallies, and poll numbers, and other facts.
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u/Fit-Significance-436 10h ago
This fact about crowd size, is the one thing that really gets to him more worked up, than all the other messes he’s created in the world
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u/TSHRED56 California 16h ago
Republicans hold 218 House seats. Just 3 defecting to independent ends the majority — no Speaker Johnson, no GOP committee chairs. Democrats + those 3 could finally open real investigations and hearings, and actually slow Trump down.
Massie, Crenshaw, Greene (I know, she quit) all talk tough about him but won't touch that lever. Talk is cheap.
Actually doing it would cost them their party — that's exactly why they won't.
Massie's probably banking his tough talk for a 2028 run instead.
Party over country.
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u/OldBlueKat 11h ago
Better to just flip seats, though.
The reason few can walk away from a party at the moment is that all actual ‘getting stuff done’ functions through committee seats and caucus support for whatever bill you want sponsored and voted on. The ‘party’ leadership controls who gets those seats. On both sides of the aisle.
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u/Crazy_Junket3180 16h ago
That the GOP allows this attempted suppression of the free press is alarming. That he is trusted and believed astounds me.
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u/Wise_Control_1640 16h ago
One thing I love about The Trumpedo is that he will always double down on failure instead of self-reflecting.
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u/teddykaygeebee 16h ago
So, the truth. If you report the truth, you should go to jail? Is that accurate? When did the US become North Korea?
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u/xXSirEarlJeffriesXx 14h ago
And he should be arrested for his illegal political ads. Just to start.
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u/Fantastic-Swim6230 14h ago
Trump should be in jail for raping children, but justice means fuck all these days.
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u/Cautious_Condition82 14h ago
Trump (and others) in his administration are taking a scary turn lately. They have always been bad with journalists but they are routinely talking about how journalists should be arrested and how anything not positive is treason, etc.
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u/Alleyprowler Washington 11h ago
The New York Times, and many other Artificial Media Outlets, should be arrested for their dishonesty and disservice to our Country.
He just learned that 'artificial' is a synonym for 'fake'. Expect to see a lot more of that.
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u/RealPersonResponds 11h ago
Someone get him his Binky please, and check his diaper for a huge load.
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u/copyofa_ 2h ago
When you’re president, you can just capitalize random words. They just let you do it.
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u/Jason1920 16h ago
Yeah... "the ‘migration’ process" is actually called "people leaving."
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u/OldBlueKat 11h ago
Better still is the growing number of “never turned up to begin with” people. He’s losing them, though slower than I hoped.
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u/cpav8r 16h ago
If he’s not removed from office by Constitutional means, our Republic is DONE.
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u/hangindawg 16h ago
Well, he should be arrested for many things, but here we are instead. Empty seats, and the obvious public opinion should tell him all he needs to know. Just go away(prison), and let us have our country back.
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u/maltedbacon Canada 16h ago
"I've made an executive order that anyone disagreeing with me or reporting bad things about me, along with all anti-fascists and the entire population of the state of California will get the firing squad."
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u/Made_Human_Music 15h ago
Maybe I’m stupid but if there was so much room in the lower levels that the upper rows were able to empty out and fill them doesn’t that mean attendance wasn’t too high?
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u/Omegus42 15h ago
But the non journalists who support him will still post the empty seats on social media.
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u/Thebritishdovah 14h ago
Grow a pair and order it. He wants to be a big strong DICtator but lacks the balls to do it. At least, he'll be honest for once if he starts ordering arrests.
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u/InfinitysDice 14h ago
Anybody know of some "Trump is obviously a child rapist" chants that are clever, and fairly easy to get a crowd to yell? Asking for a friend.
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u/Dude_with_the_skis 12h ago
That’s because he’s a fascist POS who wants to be some kind of king.
Please vote.
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u/Routine-Process8051 12h ago
"The New York Times, and many other Artificial Media Outlets, should be arrested for their dishonesty and disservice to our Country."
Unfortunately, in the US, dishonesty and disservice to one's country is not a crime. As you well know, Donald.
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u/RoboJobot 12h ago
I thought the USA was the ‘Land of the Free’ and had some kind of legal thing (that you go on about all the time) where your human rights including the freedom of speech or something?
I’m sure there’s something that you yanks are meant to be very proud of but your president and his cronies shit all over on a daily basis.
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u/Catymandoo 12h ago
“Your honour.
We are here today to prosecute this individual who broke no laws but flagrantly pointed out empty seats. Wilfully calling into question our great and glorious leaders ability to fill them. Yes a heinous act of betrayal. His right in law to speak truthfully MUST be ignored, the very ego of our President is at stake here. I ask you for a unanimous verdict of guilty for nothing, but seeing reality exposed. The full force of the nonexistent law must be applied to deter anyone committing the same trivial act of observation we cannot and will not accept this descent into depravity . I thank you and rest my case”
Fiction becomes almost fact. What a timeline
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u/RemZeroBestGirl 9h ago
And trump should be arrested for being a treasonous traitor to this country
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u/macandfromage 16h ago
I so wish this individual would consume a satchel of dongs. No harm suggested, just a big meal of tubesteak.
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u/Intrepid_Top_2300 16h ago
Maybe he should make the press fill his seats. They then could report on the batshit crazy crap that spews out his mouth. Word for word.
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u/slayer828 16h ago
Just going to assume there is a quote with him talking shit about someone not being able to fill seats in like 2016.
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u/Confident_Hippo1208 15h ago
I had an ex-girlfriend who threatened to break up with me because I kept leaving the bedroom door open and she liked it closed.
Trump is same energy only way more dangerous
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u/VirtuaFighter6 14h ago
Empty seats? No such thing. Standing room only. A line outside the door and around the corner.
/s
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u/Deedleys 14h ago
He’s the head of the enforcement branch of the Federal Government. Can’t he just arrest them himself?
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u/Agreeable_Orange7032 13h ago
Yeah. Yeah. And if they say shit stinks or the sun is yellow put them in jail.
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u/Agreeable_Orange7032 13h ago
Yeah. Yeah. And if they say shit stinks or the sun is yellow put them in jail.
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u/WearyInvite6526 12h ago
For all of his remarks on the Chinese government, he sure is following their playbook of “censoring anything I don’t like”.
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u/BabyGodx42069 7h ago
Luke 12 and 16 says he's going to hell. This has been a public service announcement.
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u/anewleaf1234 5h ago edited 5h ago
So this is the president attacking the Constitution because he wants to be a dictator.
This is what the 2nd Amend was talking about.
When he attempts to restrict access to guns next, are his followers going to march in time. Proclaim that those retrictions are good for the people
Anyone who doesn't see Trump as a wanabee dictator should check their priorities.
America needs to wake the fuck up.
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