Former President Donald Trump urged members of a crowd in Florida to vote and said that if he wins, they “won’t have to vote anymore.”

Speaking at a Turning Point Action event in West Palm Beach on Friday, Trump, who tried to overturn the 2020 election he lost, delivered a cryptic message.

“And again, Christians, get out and vote!” he said to a cheering audience. “Just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years. You know what? It’ll be fixed! It’ll be fine! You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you, Christians! I’m a Christian. I love you. Get out. You gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again.”

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[–] 458 points 2 years ago (6 children)

What the fuck is supposed to be cryptic about this? He's making it perfectly clear that he wants to overthrow democracy in the US. And everybody who votes for him is OK with that.

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  • [–] 181 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    People asked the question before. It went something like:

    "You do realize that he'll be a dictator, right?"

    " We don't care. He'll be our dictator and that's all that matters."

    And then they'll say they do it for freedom and democracy.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Many don’t think he can pull it off, which is the scary part that might let him do it.

    “Oh, that’s all talk. He can say what he wants but can’t do shit without the House and Congress, and if he wanted to change things to get more terms? With states majority agreement that’s required? Not in his lifetime. You worry for nothing, PassingThrough, it’s all showmanship, as it always has been. And no, the Army wouldn’t help such an obvious fool overthrow the government either.”

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    [–] 261 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Your country is insane.

    In any other democratic nation in the world, a politician saying this would be finished.

    I hope for the sake of humanity that all the sane people in the US go out and tells everyone they know that cares about democracy and the rule of law what Trump is planning to do, especially in the swing states.

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  • [–] 98 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Our country is full of proudly ignorant bootlickers

    Turns out all you need to do is make up some bullshit about "American dreams" and "bootstraps," make them believe they too can (and probably already should!) be a billionaire, and the one thing stopping that are those goddamn Marxist Democrats and their "progressive taxation," and "social safety nets for the blacks (please ignore the fact that I'm on disability, it's different)".

    Republicans have been sabotaging our country's own public education system for 25+ years at this point. Selling the future prosperity of our nation down the river for a voter-base with cult-like devotion, and a unique ability to ignore objective reality.

    Unfortunately for the planet, it seems to have been wildly successful.

    The next step is to do away with democracy altogether.

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  • [–] 65 points 2 years ago (26 children)

    I hate to break it to you, but it's not just our country.

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    [–] 216 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    "I love you, christians. I am a christian!"

    Who the fuck talks like that? And who the fuck votes for a guy that talks like that?

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  • [–] 80 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    These people who talk equally as phony.

    Behold: a black person.

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    [–] 181 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Trump using the language of a tyrant is not an accident. When people say that democracy is on the line this election, we're not being hyperbolic, we're saying that because of statements like this. Please get out there and vote this November.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Him saying it out loud is an accident. People with dementia often forget that they're not supposed to say certain things out loud.

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    [–] 159 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    oh yeah, so cryptic. gotta bust out my cryptography degree for this one. might need a couple quantum computers too. wow, the crypticity is at an all-time high. its over 8000, i tell ya.

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    [–] 142 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    As an outsider I honestly just don't get what people see in this idiot. How can you take someone that talk like that seriously? He sounds like a nutter that is promising crazy stuff that would literally mean the end of the USA as we know it.

    If he'd get his way with this and the other project 2025 stuff it'd honestly be the end of America I think.

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  • [–] 86 points 2 years ago*

    Trump is a cult leader in all but name. His zealots support worldviews that have been made illegal, taboo, obsolete, or otherwise unacceptable, like white supremacy and racism, fascism, theocracy, homo-/transphobia, and mysogyny; they perceive this as an attack against their lifestyles by "the others." They will rally to the loudest voice that speaks out against "the others" and support him as long as that remains true.

    Trump cultists are irrational creatures, you can't apply rational expectations and deduce a satisfactory answer.

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    As an insider, it's even worse. You didn't have to suffer 4 years of continuous clusterfuck and embarrassment only to be topped off by a planned insurrection that they still try to gaslight everyone about.

    You're absolutely correct that it would be the end of America.

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  • [–] 45 points 2 years ago

    I'm Canadian and whenever I'm abroad, the locals ask me what the fuck is wrong with Americans. Expecting I'll know better bc we're neighbours.
    Which is true, since we're more likely to interact.
    All I can reply is, "They're just totally fucked!" It's that simple!

    Also, when I meet Americans abroad now, the first thing they do is apologize for America. That's the only Canadian trait that's rubbed off on them.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago*

    As an American, neither do I. The man was a national joke for 30+ years, and all it took was a shiny new coat of paint in the form of a reality TV show where they just straight up constantly lied about his wealth and business acumen, for people to literally begin worshipping him.

    Watching your loved ones fall into this shit is heartbreaking.

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    [–] 117 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This is as cryptic as saying "I will come to your house tonight and burn it down with everyone still in it."

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    [–] 102 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Too all the Trump supporters, if you want, you can stop voting now. No, seriously, it is a hassle. Stay home, the rest of us can handle it.

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  • [–] 99 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    In my eyes this is the actual scariest thing he's ever said.

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    [–] 95 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There's nothing subtle about Trump. So when he say something blatantly stupid and evil, it doesn't need translation or interpretation. If he says, "we're going to 'fix' voting so that you'll never have to worry about voting ever again" there only ONE way to interpret that. Believe people when they show you what they really are.

    It also doesn't help that our mainstream, "liberal news media" (you know, the one that's owned by only six corporations) is constantly running interference for Trump.

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    [–] 95 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I'm not american, but I have a feeling this election is going to go into history.

    Vote for Trump and he'll turn it into dictatorship.

    Vote for Harris and she'll be the first woman president.

    What will it be?

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Not just the first woman president, but the first female mixed race president and the first to snap back when attacked in a long time. Trump is scared. He just went from saying "you don't need to vote because we have plenty of votes" to "please vote so we can put an to end voting"

    Edited to say first female mixed race since Obama was first mixed race

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    [–] 88 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Cryptically? This motherfucker is the most transparent asshole on the planet. He couldn't convince a bucket of fish they were out of the water.

    He plain and clearly said "if I win it will be the end of democracy". There isn't subtext.

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    [–] 77 points 2 years ago

    That is not cryptic. He's saying the quiet part out loud.

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  • [–] 63 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Cryptic, no. Bizarre, yes.

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  • [–] 62 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wow, I mean technically the Antichrist and the False Prophet COULD be the same person, nothing in Revelation says they can’t.

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  • [–] 61 points 2 years ago

    In four years, you don’t have to vote again.

    Man, I thought it was just a misquote, but he kept going and getting more specific.

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  • [–] 60 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Wow so cryptic I wonder what he could be implying

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    [–] 58 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There's nothing cryptic about that at all. He's telling you what you should be believing for once.

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    [–] 40 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Cryptic implies there is something to decipher

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    [–] 39 points 2 years ago

    “btw I’m not a threat to democracy, you’re a threat to democracy”

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Doesn't seem particularly "cryptic" to me. Essentially he's saying "If we win, you don't need to vote, because I'll make sure we win from now on by rigging it".

    Seems pretty cut and dry to me what he's saying.

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