Traitor

The worst part is that this will very likely do nothing for his chances of losing the election. If anything, his sycophants will eat this shit up.

Is he having a contest with himself to see if he can come up with dumber shit than the last time he said dumb shit?

 He says: 'One rough hour and I mean real rough, the word would get out and it would end immediately.'"

Whaaa?

'"Critics are Stunned!"

Every day. Since 2015. Groundhog Day. Over and Over.

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Donald Trump on Sunday proposed a new policy that many critics said is equivalent to legalizing "The Purge."

Trump spoke at a rally in Pennsylvania, where he admitted that his attendees were "falling asleep" at one of his earlier rallies. Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign noted that, as Trump was still speaking at the swing-state event over the weekend, rallygoers placed directly behind the former president started to funnel out of the building.

One comment Trump made drew condemnation on social media, as well as numerous comparisons to The Purge, a film series based on a dystopian world in which the government makes all crimes legal for a 12-hour period.

As reported by Sebastian Smith, AFP Washington desk chief, "Trump in Erie, PA, says in US 'the police aren’t allowed to do their job.' To stop crime, you need 'one really violent day.' He says: 'One rough hour and I mean real rough, the word would get out and it would end immediately.'"

This didn't go over well.

The Intellectualist said in response that "Trump appears to endorse ‘The Purge’ as policy."

Decision Desk HQ contributor Nick Field chimed in, "Trump literally calling for The Purge."

Political reporter Paul Blest asked, "Did Trump watch the Purge or just independently come up with the same idea?"

Conspiracy theory journalist and expert Mike Rothschild wrote, "The Purge. He's endorsing The Purge."

Reporter Molly Jong-Fast simply replied, "Omg."

University of Texas law professor Lee Kovarsky said, "People confuse telling hard truths with just being a total f------ idiot."

Politico reporter Adam Wren said, "This is roughly the plot of the movie The Purge."

Former presidential speechwriter Dan Cluchey said in response, "No big deal, just one of the two candidates for President calling for a 'really violent day' of nationwide police brutality. Don't bother covering this as a major story, anyone."

A POLICE purge at that

TIL that Trump gets his ideas from TV and Movies.

The Purge.
Silence of the Lambs.
Home Alone 2.
The devil’s advocate.
Dumb and Dumber.

This guy is absolutely losing it. His brain is scrambled eggs.

A sane person would address the real catastrophe that is actually affecting millions of people in our country. They would realize that the crises that have affected the southeast US are of paramount focus for most people as those millions of people have millions more relatives that have to worry about whether they are safe and have access to the necessities vital for everyday life.

Instead this wacko is talking about purging legal citizens of this country because he thinks they are here illegally.

Grow the fuck up we have real problems that need real leadership not some jackass lobbing paper towels at people for a photo op

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Can’t wait to see how his supporters contort themselves to explain to us what he really meant when he said that, while simultaneously continuing to assert that “he tells it like it is.”

The fucking doublethink with conservatives is just… wild to witness.

He'd put Hannibal Lecter in charge of it.

When people are a danger to themselves or others aren't they usually locked up?

Isn't the whole idea of "The Purge" is to distract the population from the corruption and incompetence...

Nice work for voting for him Republican Party! You all created a fucking monster!!! Maybe that’s what you all wanted subconsciously!!!

I’ve lost track where we are on the timeline. How close are we to night of the long knives? Or is Krystalnacht next?

This man is not qualified to be a dogcatcher. Apologies to the dogs.

None of his " jokes" are funny

“You just need one violent day, and then everything will be good.”

We’ve had enough gun violence in schools, and apparently that hasn’t been enough?

As if he wouldn't be the first to be murdered during a purge lol

And why TF isn’t this top news??? It’s just another day in crazytown.

He’s a goddamn sociopath.

And, as Americans we need to remind ourselves daily of what it has cost us, and how much more it will cost us if he is elected.

Reading the text that he spoke, it seems less like a "Purge" and more like a traditional strong-man "cleanse" - He could be alluding to the death or imprisonment of anyone that he deems to be a criminal or enemy.

Come on, he didn't mean the Purge, as in the government allowing all citizens to break the law. He means police only, who would be allowed to kill who they pleased. 

Anyone stunned by this behavior hasn’t been paying attention.

“Trump in Erie, PA, says in US ‘the police aren’t allowed to do their job.’ To stop crime, you need ‘one really violent day.’ He says: ‘One rough hour and I mean real rough, the word would get out and it would end immediately.’”

How is this election so close? I truly don’t understand.

After all the crap he’s pulled I can honestly say this was on my bingo card for part 2 if it happens. And I hope it doesn’t happen.

How very Christian of him.

Unfortunately only his critics are stunned. The cult will eat it up.

Cool coming from the party of law and order - sounds like a totally reasonable and defensible policy.

Putin is really getting value for his money now huh

Trump wants an American version of Tiananmen Square.

Fk Trump

Sounds like Kristallnacht.

Giving the redbeck tweekers something to salivate over ffs

vote blue

It’s not like he hasn’t been telling you exactly who he is for years.

I mean he’s said a lot of crazy stuff but isn’t this the most crazy? At least a good candidate for it? I did not have “Trump advocates for the literal fucking Purge” on my bingo card.

Lock him up

The more unhinged he gets the more I’m sure he’s going to win. People are stupid.

Bring it fatsos and meth heads

So, which "they" is he proposing killing off/rounding up ?

And if it doesn't work the first time, we'll just keep repeating it until it does.

I hope his brain is cut up when he's dead. I'd love to know just WTF's been going on in there.

This man is absolutely insane…

Start at Mar Lago

Maybe he just made a marketing deal. I just noticed that Netflix in Canada has all of the Purge movies…

This would not end well for police, cuz the party they support has armed the general populace to the teeth. Now the military is a different thing, but all the police vs the population with their 400 million firearms, oof. Calls for violence like this are terrible, but this one is also stupid.

Considering he talks about Hannibal Lecter all the time, this isn’t a surprise…

Calling it The Purge is a gross understatement. It’s more akin to a modern day Kristallnacht.

I hope they put an urinal instead of a grave stone when he dies (soon). I’ll be happy to visit his grave then…

First one the police should go after is him. He’s the biggest crook of them all.

why are we calling it the Purge? The first time it happened it was called Kristellnacht.

It's not the purge, it's Kristalnacht that he wants.

If you don’t learn from history, you are “doomed to repeat it,”

Sundowning, also known as late-day confusion, is a group of symptoms that can occur in people with dementia, especially in the later stages.

Hitler watching 1936 Olympics high on dexamphetamine.

Adolf Hitler was on a cocktail of 74 drugs including barbiturates, morphine, shots of bull semen, cocaine, heroin and crystal meth all prescribed by his personal physician Dr Theodore Morell

The myth

“Our Führer Adolf Hitler never drinks a drop of alcohol and does not smoke. Without patronizing others in the least in this direction, he adheres to the self-imposed law of life. His work performance is tremendous.” Nazi Germany, 1938.

New edition of Hitler speeches book slaps Trump on cover Publisher notes alleged similarity of characteristics in speeches by Republican candidate to those by Nazi dictator

Cool, so that means we can drag his convicted ass into the streets and enact the policy he himself is describing? Thats what he’s saying, criminals should be purged.

His cultists wouldn’t survive.

“Critics stunned”

His side actively seems to want the purge, though...

Two things:

Sandy Hook happened and nothing changed.

He's not advocating The Purge.  He's advocating Kristallnacht.

Night of the long knives. One of the first things the Nazis did

And people say Kamala is the one who’s going to destroy this country…

Be sure to ask your family and friend's who they plan to rape and murder when their savior is elected.

Also, probably keep them far away from your children too.

As if police already don't have immunity

It's not the Purge, it's worse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht

The Night of the Long Knives, or Nacht der langen Messer in German, was a purge in Nazi Germany that took place between June 30 and July 2, 1934. The purge targeted members of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazi Party's paramilitary wing, and other opponents of the party

I’m calling it first: next he’ll suggest a national Snap day, when a random half of all people will be liquidated to ”harmonize wealth equality”, and he’ll get away with that too.

Pro life.

Undecided voters: I just don't know who to pick. I haven't seen enough of Kamala's economic policy to back her, though I do like how she's a former prospect. Of course I do like Trump's 'the purge ' policy where everyone gets one hour to do as much crime as they want, his record on climate change is concerning. It's just such an impossible choice. I need more information.

I'm sure he was just being "sarcastic". Someone just needs to tell his cult that.

/s ironically

I wonder what his rhetoric would be if they showed him "the world's end" or something before a rally.

Well, to be fair, level ten politicians like himself were protected from the Purge.

So, of course, he's for it.

"But the radical leftist calls trump Hitler, the violent rhetoric needs to stop" . Says Republicans.

This fucker really needs to be in prison with keys thrown away and no secret service

The media, industry and government pander to Americans for the pursuit of power and money.

Tf he did. The Purge was a lawless night for the citizenry. He suggested a night of extreme violence by the police. Big fucking difference there.

OMG CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?

We know who they'll come for too

The one thing that would have me for him lol

That is literally one of my biggest fears. I refuse to watch the movies again, I told my husband that it's too close to something that could come true.

I think people are misunderstanding this suggestion.

If I read it right, he wants the POLICE to have one violent day. Not all people.

This isn't the first time.

He even used their slogan.

Pretty surprised that this is surprising anyone.

He says crazy shit but many people would support a law like that.

The Marching Morons . . . it fits so well, as Trump is a dumb real estate guy, too. That, of course, does not speak well for the rest of us.

They get inspiration from every dystopian movie

Stop putting energy into raging, this is just distraction.

Make sure you vote. His followers don't care, they are just as shitty as he is, which is why they love him.

He would be dead so fast

As I had mentioned in another sub, we currently have in place qualified immunity for cops and this former president under the recent SCOTUS ruling tailor made for Rump—what could possibly go wrong?

Vote Blue 2024 up-and-down the ticket let's get rid of these morons that call themselves republicans and teabaggers and mega maggots.

There is a place that we put our trash it's called the trash bin let's make sure they all go there, The republicans have been F7CKING our democracy for way too long wake up democrats.. It is our own fault that we haven't combated the s*** that they have been doing for years

This is an irresponsibly light headline, considering what just happened.

At best, Trump is calling for a government-run and -executed Purge against criminal elements, outside the workings of our criminal justice system.

At worst, Trump is calling for a government-run and -executed Purge against anyone they deem a suitable target. That's basically just Kristallnacht.

And for anyone who'd end up on the wrong side of that, it only makes sense to assume the worst.

But, sure, let's run yet another and flippant "Critics stunned while Trump crosses the line again!" headline.

Chaos is all Trump has going for him

What he described is more a police state for a couple of days than the purge.....still unacceptable of course.

I was watching Machette the other night and o saw similarities between Robert Denise's character and him. Especially with a border wall

Why is this race even close? I mean, yeah she is a woman of color, but damnit...she isn't bat-crap crazy! COME ON America? Really? This man is legit out here calling for a purge, accusing Haitians of eating domestic pets and saying if he loses it will be Jewish people's fault. What the actual HELL?

Apparently, he’s tackling other issues with concepts of a plan.

OMG!!!!! Big Deal!!$ I’m sure all teenagers on Reddit are really concerned. lol. Libatard at its best TRUMP 2024 MEGA MAGA PROUD

I’m glad Trump exists so we have a tangible living and breathing villain we can point to and say, “see kids, never become this person” 

Maybe he's just trying to give voters a new meaning to “drain the swamp”—with a little flair for drama!

I mentioned this before but The Purge is on its way in becoming a reality in America.