01-10-2023, 03:51 PM
(12-25-2022, 11:48 AM)samhain Wrote: If the Trump loses his case and gets convicted of interfering with an election, he should be executed. So should the morons that participated in the attack. If you want to maintain representative democracy in good faith, then the response to such a deliberate and consequential act should be harsh. It should deter anyone from trying it in the future.People who are within the highest ranks of the GOP will tell you they do not believe in democracy and that "We the people" shouldn't have the right to choose who's voted into federal office. It should be decided by the state legislatures, and it's the bureaucrat's opinions are all that matter. The GOP does not believe we live in a democracy, they believe we live in a republic. While that is true in part, we live in a Republic of democratically elected officials. The GOP is out to remove all areas of "We the people" democracy and have us ruled by an autocrat, thus living under a fascist government.
The only reason this won't happen is that the federal government fears backlash from his followers, who would undoubtedly lose their shit and start committing acts of terrorism. Any appropriate reaction will only embolden the MAGA mob.
I will say one thing; the more Trump screws around and pisses off the right wing establishment, the more he puts his ass on the line in ways he's probably too stupid to comprehend. He was protected by the the party without fail due to fear of losing his base at the polls, but there's been a pretty significant shift even at street level in the party from what I can tell. The right will only be as loyal as polls allow them to be, and national/swing state elections have been a major failure for Trump. He's toxic and weakens Republican candidates. They'll only tolerate him for so long, and they have a very convenient means for disposing of him. Just step out of the way and let the process play out. Trump will flee to another country before he pays a heavy price, but he'll be out of the US political process for good.
The GOP of 2016 going forward is night and day from your grandad's GOP of Reagan and George H W Bush.
