▲ 1180 ▼ Donald Trump vows to lock up political enemies if he returns to White House (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world 254 comments fedilink hide all child comments Former president tells Glenn Beck he would have ‘no choice’ but to lock up opponents ‘because they’re doing it to us’
[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee -5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Do you realize how many people would have to be in on a conspiracy like that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It's not really a conspiracy, because groups have been openly advocating for it since like 2009 It's not even something they hide. They run on it. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/gop-spends-big-in-state-level-effort-to-change-u-s-constitution permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MyFairJulia@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) HOW DID I MISS THAT? DID WE CONSTANTLY IGNORE IT OR SMTH? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Here's the website for a conservative group that pushes for it. Idk how everyone seems to miss it - it's why Republicans have been angling for such extreme gerrymandering since 2010 and want to dominate state legislatures so much https://selfgovern.com/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] xxkickassjackxx@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago There's no need for formal conspiracies when all of these economic and political elites share the same ideology, which they learned from their environment growing up in similar positions of privilege within the dominant culture. George Carlin permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCB@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It's not really a conspiracy, because groups have been openly advocating for it since like 2009 It's not even something they hide. They run on it. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/gop-spends-big-in-state-level-effort-to-change-u-s-constitution permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MyFairJulia@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) HOW DID I MISS THAT? DID WE CONSTANTLY IGNORE IT OR SMTH? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Here's the website for a conservative group that pushes for it. Idk how everyone seems to miss it - it's why Republicans have been angling for such extreme gerrymandering since 2010 and want to dominate state legislatures so much https://selfgovern.com/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MyFairJulia@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) HOW DID I MISS THAT? DID WE CONSTANTLY IGNORE IT OR SMTH? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Here's the website for a conservative group that pushes for it. Idk how everyone seems to miss it - it's why Republicans have been angling for such extreme gerrymandering since 2010 and want to dominate state legislatures so much https://selfgovern.com/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCB@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Here's the website for a conservative group that pushes for it. Idk how everyone seems to miss it - it's why Republicans have been angling for such extreme gerrymandering since 2010 and want to dominate state legislatures so much https://selfgovern.com/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xxkickassjackxx@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago There's no need for formal conspiracies when all of these economic and political elites share the same ideology, which they learned from their environment growing up in similar positions of privilege within the dominant culture. George Carlin permalink fedilink source parent