Members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have warned America for three years to take former President Donald Trump at his word.
Now, as Trump is poised to win the Republican presidential nomination, his criminal trials face delays that could stall them past Election Day, and his rhetoric grows increasingly authoritarian, some of those lawmakers find themselves following their own advice.
In mid-March, Trump said on social media that the committee members should be jailed. In December he vowed to be a dictator on “day one.” In August, he said he would “have no choice” but to lock up his political opponents.
“If he intends to eliminate our constitutional system and start arresting his political enemies, I guess I would be on that list,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose). “One thing I did learn on the committee is to pay attention and listen to what Trump says, because he means it.”
Lofgren added that she doesn’t yet have a plan in place to thwart potential retribution by Trump. But Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), who has long been a burr in Trump’s side, said he’s having “real-time conversations” with his staff about how to make sure he stays safe if Trump follows through on his threats.
“We’re taking this seriously, because we have to,” Schiff said. “We’ve seen this movie before … and how perilous it is to ignore what someone is saying when they say they want to be a dictator.”
LMAO I love how all the libs who've been salivating at the idea that Trump might get jailed are now appalled at the idea that Trump would jail his opponents. This is what happens when you start weaponizing your legal system. And before you come here to tell me that the charges against Tump are totally legitimate, I guarantee you that when Trump goes after his opponents, he'll have no trouble finding dirt on them because all US politicians are corrupt as fuck.
Letting corrupt politicians go to jail is the opposite of weaponizing the legal system. Letting ONLY everybody but the corrupt politicians go to jail is weaponization.
If your legal system went against all corrupt politicians then you might actually have a point here. However, selectively using the legal system to go after politicians from opposing parties is what weaponizing the legal system is.
My legal system is Sweden.
What's selective about it? Who else has committed as much crime? Every time Republicans complain about this stuff and we look at the numbers the Republicans are always guilty of far many more infractions AND they always get away free in a higher percentage of cases. The reality is more prosecutions are needed, and you're naive if you think otherwise.
Do the oligarchs often go to jail in Sweden?
We don't have a lot of oligarchs
lol sure https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(23)00028-5/fulltext
Unfortunately we have a right wing party in the government right now, but you're talking about a country ranked 20 globally
You live in a country where the highest 10% have 60-70% of the nation's wealth. I don't give a shit how you're tanked globally. You have oligarchs, and those oligarchs aren't going to jail for crimes they commit. Just the same as in every capitalist owned shithole.
And this is the problem with "both sides"ism.
"Sure these Republican politicians are corrupt as fuck, but all politicians are corrupt as fuck. How do I know? Look at the Republicans!"
They tried this with the whole impeachment of Joe Biden: start an investigation on bullshit and surely they'll find something because everyone is just as corrupt as they are.
They found nothing.
If you think that Biden or the rest of the democrats are any less corrupt than republicans then you're well and truly lost.
No, YOU'RE the one that's lost my dude. They couldn't even find ANYTHING on Biden but Trump has 91 felony counts and more trouble to come.
No shit we're weaponizing the legal system against Trump. He's a CRIMINAL. That's what it's FOR.
whatever helps you sleep at night I guess
Source?
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B
Where's the study on who's more corrupt? Corrupt people tend to do things that make people think they're corrupt
The study clearly shows whose interests the politicians in US consistently represent regardless of which party is in power. This very clearly demonstrates that both parties are just as corrupt. Let me know if that helped clear things up for you, or you need me to chew it for you a bit more.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2053168015608896
Try again
LMFAO that's like arguing that my cat has the same stake in the decision making process of how I run my house as I do because it happens to benefit from the decisions I make. The fact that you think that's a sound argument is frankly hilarious. Try again. 😂
Counterpoints:
Strangely none of that is about crimes being done by politicians.
You know, the thing this entire thread is about: crimes.
Oh yeah, all the people happy to see somebody gave justice for a series of criminal acts should be worried that said individual will assume power of the country and jail them as revenge. Totally a great thing.
You sure do love the idea of a dictatorship, as long as it's YOUR guy huh?
Congratulations, this is literally the dumbest things I've read all day.
Who is 'your guy'? Are you implying this person wants Trump in power?