'Don't kid yourself:' Donald Trump tells Dallas rally the fate of democracy is at stake in 2020

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  1. StillBlue

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    'Don't kid yourself:' Donald Trump tells Dallas rally the fate of democracy is at stake in 2020
    Finally, a Trump statement that I agree with. If he's still a candidate next year a win for him very well may be the end to democracy as we've come to know it. More harmful lies to appease and empower the lowest morals and educations. Less 4th estate protections against tyranny. More egregious gerrymandering to entrench the system. Less court protections.
    What? He said what?
    Oh well, he started out on the right track but chose to go down the path of evil, again. For a fleeting instant I had hopes we had a common ground.
     
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    The "4th estate" have shot themselves in the foot over the last 3 years. Nobody believes a word the MSM says anymore. All MSM outlets have become too partisan to be taken as anything but propaganda on both sides. As far as what Trump said, it sounds about right.
     
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    What Trump says is right out of George Orwell's 1884. Everyone should read that book again in the context of Trumpism. Remember people Trump lies equal the lies told by the Biggus Brotherus in 1984..
     
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    I’ve read it and Animal Farm, a number of times...and it’s amazing how the modern dnc is getting closer to what Orwell wrote about
     
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    Democracy would have been him losing in 2016.

    Democracy is already dead.
     
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    The President is the one incapable of telling truths, and he doesnt even bother to retract when he's wrong.

    I proudly and fully support our MSM
     
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    Got a serious question for you...Do you really think that when you put yourself up on a holier than thou pedestal like you just did, do you really think people are going to listen to you?
     
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    You mean the democracy that democrats envision for it. Socialism, oppression of 1st and 2nd amendment rights, etc..
     
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    Really? Then you didn't get to vote in the 2018 elections when you had the chance to vote for the people that actually represent you?
     
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    Simply because you view the DNC through the mouth of Donald Trump.
     
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    Yet you do not see as an American who I hope believes in a strong representative democracy in the form of a Republic, see and are not repulsed by the fact that Our Dear Leader aka Donald J. T. is just the same as Big Brother.
     
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    The people that choose the president, do we vote for them?
    No — not a democracy

    The people that represent us in congress, do we vote for them or only who we are allowed to vote for through gerrymandering?
    No — not a democracy
     
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    I saw it before he even decided to run
     
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    How so? He appears to be unrestricting the arms of govt.
     
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    Trump's right you know. Many on the left are acting "crazy" and "sick" and appear to care more about their political party than they care about America. And you folks have been fighting the results of the election since 2016. Maybe you're upset because what Trump said hit too close to home....


    You would. It is folks like you which the mainstream media is pandering to. They spin everything to your liking to validate your biases, they embellish and propagandize and sensationalize, they push the boundaries of "lies" vs "spin", and they get you lefties fired up until you're frothing at the mouth. They're selling a product; folks like you keep them going.
     
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    Amen, well said.
     
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    You have the Dems openly embracing Socialism and you deny it?
     
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    Democrats already tried to kill democracy when the rigged the Democratic primary in 2016.

    They'll take a step further if they have to in order to prevent another embarrassment.
     
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    I read 1984 and i will say this.

    1. The media, who are vastly left wing are fake news
    2. It is the left wing, including the media, who are trying to control what people believe.
    3. People on this very forum spread leftist lies on a daily basis.

    If anyone is acting Orwellian it is the left.
    They control our kids from kindergarten until they have their PHDs.
    They control the news and they control our entertainment.
    They march and protest against free speech
    They promise and pass legislation that centralizes power in Washington DC
    They want to disarm the citizenry
    They want to stack the supreme court while they hold office
    And they want to eliminate Republicans entirely by getting rid of the electoral college.

    You literally have to be stupid to believe Trump and the Republicans are trying to make 1984 happen here now.

    It's a good attempt at fake news though...
     
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    I rest my case.
     
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    You had no case to begin with.
     
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    Case o' beer?
     
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    We never lived under a Democracy.. We are a Constitutional Republic and we will remain that way as long as the DNC does not take over again.
     
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    At the local level it is democracy in action.
     
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    Nope sorry even at the local level the Constitution is above all.
     
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