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Former president tells Glenn Beck he would have ‘no choice’ but to lock up opponents ‘because they’re doing it to us’

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[–] [email protected] 131 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thought you were joking but it's holy shit it's real. The heritage foundation even has an article about it.

[–] [email protected] 145 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah I was thinking "what in the tinfoil hat is this guy rambling about"... So I looked it up and holy fuck it is legit the Republicans plan for thier next administration.

Here's a PBS article for anyone that wants to read some info on it:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/conservatives-aim-to-restructure-u-s-government-and-replace-it-with-trumps-vision

[–] ericisshort 55 points 1 year ago

Holy shit. Reality is so crazy lately that it seems more and more made up every year.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It’s fucking clinical, honestly. Like, how are even Republicans down for this shit?

[–] SulaymanF 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For the last 20 years Fox News and conservative media have been demonizing Democrats as anti-American and disloyal and trying to actively intentionally destroy America. They also are given this propaganda that they’re the real Americans and the only thing left to save the world, so that mindset gives them permission to end democracy to save their way of life.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Delusional. And then I know some of them have just always been republican so they keep voting that way regardless. Like, damn, wake up to the bullshit around you. This isn’t a matter of differing ideologies anymore - this is a matter of fighting for keeping the right to vote about those differing ideologies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hello viewers, before we sign off I’d like to remind you that you are the superior human even though you are oppressed and can’t get anything you deserve, and that those other people are idiotic soft weaklings just preparing to take over and destroy us all!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's the tea party. They infiltrated the Republican party hard core.

[–] reagansrottencorpse 2 points 1 year ago

If only the left could do the same to the Democratic party...one can dream.

[–] Eldritch 0 points 1 year ago

How can the Republican Party infiltrate itself. They're already members of them self. Therefore they cannot infiltrate themselves because they're already part of themselves.

The tea party was complete AstroTurf from the start. Run by well-known Republicans for republicans.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Because they do politics out of spite.