Barfcart news (aka Breitbart-barfcart!) and Donald Trump's thugs
Breitbart News (aka, "barfcart news"), Trump noted: I have the (blackbooted) support of the right wing red hat military, the support of the vomit Bikers for Trump — I have the stupid tough people, but they don’t play it tough — until they go to a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad. (OMG Trump created his personal Khmer Rouge of The Killing Fields in Cambodia.)
House Democrats are beginning a series of investigations and hearings into Donald Trump.
Senate Republicans have begun to desert him.
Recall that 11 people were murdered at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27 at the hands of a white supremacist. A few days earlier, a white supremacist murdered two black people at a grocery store in Jeffersontown, Kentucky.
It is hardly the first time Trump has played down white nationalism, or signaled his support for those who might use violence on his behalf.
At a Las Vegas rally during the 2016 campaign, he said he’d like to punch a protester in the face. At another event he encouraged his supporters to “knock the crap” out of any protester making trouble.
“I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees,” he said.
But, as Trump becomes ever more entrapped in the web of his own misdeeds, his threats are becoming more ominous.
At a rally for Missouri Senate candidate Josh Hawley in September, Trump said his opponents “were lucky that we’re peaceful.” He continued: “Law enforcement, military, construction workers, Bikers for Trump … They travel all over the country … They’ve been great.” But, he warned, “these are tough people … they’re peaceful people, and antifa and all, they’d better hope they stay that way.”
In February, the White House Correspondents’ Association called on Trump to make it “absolutely clear to his supporters that violence against reporters is unacceptable.” To date, he has not.
Meanwhile, Steve Bannon, another of Trump’s bottom feeders, predicted that “2019 is going to be the most vitriolic year in American politics since the Civil War.”
Throughout his campaign and presidency, Trump has given cover to some of the most vile bigots in America. As he grows more desperate, he gives them encouragement.
It is our job — and the job of all senators and representatives in Congress, regardless of party, and of military leaders — to condemn hatred and violence in all its forms, even when the president of the United States makes excuses for it.
And it is up to all of us to reaffirm our commitment to democracy, even when the president of the United States (stupid but dangerous Donald Trump) threatens to unleash the military and vigilantes against it.
What does a megalomaniacal president Donald Trump do when he’s cornered? We’ll soon find out.
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An echo opinion published in The Intelligencer, a newspaper in Wheeling, West Virginia
House Democrats are beginning a series of investigations and hearings into Donald Trump.
Senate Republicans have begun to desert him.
Twelve defected on the wall; seven refused to back Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. In the House, Republicans joined Democrats in a 420-0 vote on a resolution to make special counsel Robert Mueller’s report public.
That report was sent to Attorney General William Barr over the weekend.
Trump cannot abide losing. His ego can’t contain humiliation.
That report was sent to Attorney General William Barr over the weekend.
Trump cannot abide losing. His ego can’t contain humiliation.
Donald Trump is incapable of shame.
So what does a cornered Trump do? For starters, he raises the specter of violence against his political opponents.
In an interview with Breitbart (aka "barfcart") News, Trump noted: “I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump — I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough — until they go to a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad.”
In case you missed it, “they” are Trump’s political opponents, including House Democrats and the mainstream media.
So what does a cornered Trump do? For starters, he raises the specter of violence against his political opponents.
In an interview with Breitbart (aka "barfcart") News, Trump noted: “I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump — I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough — until they go to a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad.”
In case you missed it, “they” are Trump’s political opponents, including House Democrats and the mainstream media.
Moreover, the “certain point” could be impeachment but is more likely to be reached if the House investigations reveal crimes Trump committed both before and after he became president.
“I actually think that the people on the right are tougher (and IMO dumber!),” Trump warned in the same interview. “But the left plays it cuter and tougher. Like with all the nonsense that they do in Congress … with all this invest(igations) — that’s all they want to do is — you know, they do things that are nasty.”
Here we have it, in a nutshell. In Trump’s mind, congressional investigations that could cause him shame and humiliation, and quite possibly result in a prison sentence, will be countered by forces loyal to him: the police, the military and vigilante groups like Bikers for Trump. (In other words his black booted thugs!)
To put it another way, the work of a democratically elected Congress will be met by Trump loyalists, who, he asserts, are “tougher” because they have brute force on their side.
It is impossible to know what bizarre scenario is playing out in Trump’s head. But another hint came on March 15, when, in the wake of the horrific shootings at two mosques in New Zealand, Trump told reporters he didn’t believe white nationalism is on the rise.
“I don’t really,” he said. “I think it’s a small group of people.”
As usual, the facts are otherwise. The number of hate groups in the U.S. increased 7 percent last year, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Hate crime reports increased 17 percent, according to the FBI.
“I actually think that the people on the right are tougher (and IMO dumber!),” Trump warned in the same interview. “But the left plays it cuter and tougher. Like with all the nonsense that they do in Congress … with all this invest(igations) — that’s all they want to do is — you know, they do things that are nasty.”
Here we have it, in a nutshell. In Trump’s mind, congressional investigations that could cause him shame and humiliation, and quite possibly result in a prison sentence, will be countered by forces loyal to him: the police, the military and vigilante groups like Bikers for Trump. (In other words his black booted thugs!)
To put it another way, the work of a democratically elected Congress will be met by Trump loyalists, who, he asserts, are “tougher” because they have brute force on their side.
It is impossible to know what bizarre scenario is playing out in Trump’s head. But another hint came on March 15, when, in the wake of the horrific shootings at two mosques in New Zealand, Trump told reporters he didn’t believe white nationalism is on the rise.
“I don’t really,” he said. “I think it’s a small group of people.”
As usual, the facts are otherwise. The number of hate groups in the U.S. increased 7 percent last year, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Hate crime reports increased 17 percent, according to the FBI.
Recall that 11 people were murdered at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27 at the hands of a white supremacist. A few days earlier, a white supremacist murdered two black people at a grocery store in Jeffersontown, Kentucky.
It is hardly the first time Trump has played down white nationalism, or signaled his support for those who might use violence on his behalf.
At a Las Vegas rally during the 2016 campaign, he said he’d like to punch a protester in the face. At another event he encouraged his supporters to “knock the crap” out of any protester making trouble.
“I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees,” he said.
But, as Trump becomes ever more entrapped in the web of his own misdeeds, his threats are becoming more ominous.
At a rally for Missouri Senate candidate Josh Hawley in September, Trump said his opponents “were lucky that we’re peaceful.” He continued: “Law enforcement, military, construction workers, Bikers for Trump … They travel all over the country … They’ve been great.” But, he warned, “these are tough people … they’re peaceful people, and antifa and all, they’d better hope they stay that way.”
In February, the White House Correspondents’ Association called on Trump to make it “absolutely clear to his supporters that violence against reporters is unacceptable.” To date, he has not.
Meanwhile, Steve Bannon, another of Trump’s bottom feeders, predicted that “2019 is going to be the most vitriolic year in American politics since the Civil War.”
Throughout his campaign and presidency, Trump has given cover to some of the most vile bigots in America. As he grows more desperate, he gives them encouragement.
It is our job — and the job of all senators and representatives in Congress, regardless of party, and of military leaders — to condemn hatred and violence in all its forms, even when the president of the United States makes excuses for it.
And it is up to all of us to reaffirm our commitment to democracy, even when the president of the United States (stupid but dangerous Donald Trump) threatens to unleash the military and vigilantes against it.
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