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And that's a big part of why, despite everything Biden is doing, I am 100% voting for him. Because if Biden wins, there will be a 2028 election where we can hopefully find someone better, and I'm not convinced that there will be under Trump.
Four years of Trump came really close to turning this country into a kakistocratic dictatorship. I really don't want to give him another chance.
Despite what that Biden's doing exactly? I've heard about Israel weapon sales that are now being forced through by republicans as well. What else?
The same guy who unilaterally banned bump stocks with an executive order being hosted by the NRA shows how much the NRA actually cares about the second amendment.
Are you claiming the "take the guns first" guy isn't a strong 2A supporter? Say it isn't so!
“If the Biden regime gets four more years, they are coming for your guns,” Trump railed.
Really pulling out the "greatest hits" with this piece here. He's got nothing else.
‘Member when Trump said he’d take guns without due process? Like he literally said that.
That’s a GOP golden oldie. I’ve heard that same bs line since the early 90s at least.
3, then 4, then 5... Just like putin.
"Let me tell you, folks, it’s so true. Just like Putin, right? It’s unbelievable. We start with 3, then we go to 4, and then 5. It's all about strength, and nobody knows strength like me. We're talking about a progression, a strategy. Just like Putin does, so smart. You have to move step by step, building power. That’s how you win, that’s how you get things done. Trust me, it works."
Trump in one of his rallies (probably)
I support a life-term prisondency for him.
Ok hear me out…
Trump wants to be a dictator, sure. He was a terrible president and it would be a disaster if he was reelected.
Now that you know my position, listen to what he said at the NRA convention. He wasn’t saying ‘hey maybe I’ll serve 3 terms’… what he was saying was ‘if I get elected in 2024 then would that be two terms or three terms? Because we all know I was elected to a second term back in 2020 and so even though Biden is acting president, I am in my second term now, so a win in 2024 is a third term.’
The man is an idiot and rambled incoherently throughout the NRA speech. He reiterated his usual batch of racist xenophobic statements and bragged about his uncle at MIT… he is a one trick pony and there is plenty to poke fun at.
Would he tout the idea of a third term for himself? Sure! Is that what he did in this case, not precisely.
The only time we elected a president more than twice, it was a Socialist, and he was so popular that we had to pass a law after he was elected a fourth time so it didn’t happen again.
Edit: fixed!
The only time we elected a president 3 times, it was a Socialist
FDR was elected to four terms. He died 85 days into his fourth.
and he was so popular that we had to pass a law to keep him from being elected a fourth time.
The 22nd amendment wasn't even drafted until after FDR was dead, and wasn't ratified until 1951. And the language of the amendment specifically exempts the president at the time of ratification. The 22nd Amendment wouldn't have stopped Truman from running again, let alone his predecessor.
FDR was a Social Democrat not a Democratic Socialist. Similar but very different
So let's see here, Trump is 77 years old, but will be 78 at the time of election. Let's just add eight years and we get 86... yep he's angling for president for life.
Yep, and his brain will be mush, so who knows who'd really be running the show.
Will be? It already is.
He's angling for hereditary dictatorship.
Republicans hate the constitution, so… this checks out.
Lock him the fuck up already
noted fascist is a fascist, more at 5
Guys I'm starting to think that this Trump fellow might not like democracy
that's how dictators dictate
To be honest I think Clinton or Obama would have been president for life if two term limits weren't imposed.
Man, all those guns, and no one shot him in the face multiple times. What a shame. Damn shame.
That would never happen: These brave 2A champions have completely banned firearms from these conventions for security reasons.
It's my biggest gripe against the left. Imagine betting your life on a game of football where one side is playing no contact tag rules and the other is playing full lethality death ball rules. We'll sit here and talk about how they're not playing fair, but pride parades won't march with guns. We'll cry about how horrid it is that they force their religion into our schools but we won't use the same system to fight it.
The left will die for their beliefs, but the right will kill for them. Only one of those methods leaves survivors.
Someone asked if Republicans will ever run a candidate other than Trump while he is alive. He has such a strong grip on the party that even if he keeps losing he may remain the R candidate, in 2028 and beyond.