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Arrest Trump now!!!! (Original Post) RandySF Jul 2016 OP
+1000 MoonRiver Jul 2016 #1
Is there a Whitehouse.gov petition SticksnStones Jul 2016 #2
Start one and I'll sign it! auntpurl Jul 2016 #4
Me, too Panich52 Jul 2016 #8
Me 3 lark Jul 2016 #30
Me 3. musicblind Jul 2016 #53
Someone did! auntpurl Jul 2016 #54
Saw it! Signed it! Rec'd it! And posted on Reddit SticksnStones Jul 2016 #57
WhiteHouse.gov petition to deny Donald Trump national security briefings workinclasszero Jul 2016 #55
I'm pretty sure that is actually treason. auntpurl Jul 2016 #3
One of many acts of treason the fool has clearly committed. MoonRiver Jul 2016 #5
+1 uponit7771 Jul 2016 #10
Treason didn't stop Reagan (or Cheney) groundloop Jul 2016 #17
I'm absolutely gobsmacked. He can't be allowed to get away with this. nolabear Jul 2016 #6
K&R for the pursuit of justice meow2u3 Jul 2016 #7
"But but if nobody wrote the emails it wouldn't have happend1!11!" RonniePudding Jul 2016 #9
He is not going to survive this. Beautiful, isn't it? We live in interesting times. randome Jul 2016 #11
Said many people many times oswaldactedalone Jul 2016 #13
The AWM demo isn't enough to win presidential elections anymore. RonniePudding Jul 2016 #14
This is different. He's showing even more erratic behavior than before. randome Jul 2016 #18
We have our nickname: Traitor Trump tandem5 Jul 2016 #12
Sad but brilliant! caballojm Jul 2016 #15
That works. As well as Vladimir Trump, or Russian Serf Trump dbackjon Jul 2016 #21
Traitor tRump BLACK4EVER Jul 2016 #25
"Comrade Trump" Nictuku Jul 2016 #58
TP = Trump Potėmkin L. Coyote Jul 2016 #31
I'll have to switch from "Deadbeat Donald" to that. nt Ilsa Jul 2016 #38
I think Hillary should take a page out of Trump's playbook and give him a nickname. Gary 50 Jul 2016 #44
Sadly, there are too many low Ilsa Jul 2016 #49
I rather like Moscow Don... First Speaker Jul 2016 #47
+1 uponit7771 Jul 2016 #59
They are working for Trump already workinclasszero Jul 2016 #16
Or, is he diverting attention from who really did the hack? L. Coyote Jul 2016 #19
Well yes he couldnt have done it but off the top of my head I know of one cstanleytech Jul 2016 #42
Lock Him Up!!! nt TeamPooka Jul 2016 #20
He's treasonous. nt liberalnarb Jul 2016 #22
I am completely dumbfounded . . . awestruck . . . How did the knuckle dragging tea party crazies Liberal In Red State Jul 2016 #23
The RW smeared Bernie as a "commie" but OK for their Messiah to team up with "commies" WTF 63splitwindow Jul 2016 #27
Cause.....fetuses! MoonRiver Jul 2016 #29
We called our local FBI. She indicated they were aware of what he said. We will see if this is free Laser102 Jul 2016 #24
Hah! NICE sarae Jul 2016 #28
Thank you. nt Ilsa Jul 2016 #39
crickets madamesilverspurs Jul 2016 #26
Pffft, silly you. HeartoftheMidwest Jul 2016 #32
Hell, he probably paid for the first round relayerbob Jul 2016 #33
Treason is part of the Rethuglicon platform and has been for many years . geretogo Jul 2016 #34
Thats a fact workinclasszero Jul 2016 #63
Have you seem the headlines "PUTIN TRUMP MAKING RUSSIA GREAT AGAIN" Liberal In Red State Jul 2016 #35
I'm beginning to think Pence is going to be the GOP candidate. C Moon Jul 2016 #36
OK, so what happens if Trump drops out of the race (or is arrested)? Stonepounder Jul 2016 #37
Any way they could repudiate Trump and make Pence candidate? cheyanne Jul 2016 #51
LOCK HIM UP Angry Dragon Jul 2016 #40
Wont happen since the government isnt in the habit of arresting people for making cstanleytech Jul 2016 #41
But only one of them is running for president. MoonRiver Jul 2016 #48
Not really, not unless something would emerge that cstanleytech Jul 2016 #52
Exactly! MoonRiver Jul 2016 #60
Except so far there is no evidence of such a link other than the convenience of it cstanleytech Jul 2016 #61
I don't care what it looks like. MoonRiver Jul 2016 #62
Unless the legal definition of treason for the US has changed what he has said is not treason. cstanleytech Jul 2016 #66
We don't know what the story is until the FBI investigates. MoonRiver Jul 2016 #68
I think you are going to be waiting a long time then for that investigation to start then. cstanleytech Jul 2016 #69
Exactly n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2016 #65
I can't wait to hear the speeches tonight! I hope Obama rips him to shreds. B Calm Jul 2016 #43
it's un-fucking-real Fast Walker 52 Jul 2016 #45
And now he is saying the Geneva Convention is outdated!!! Whether it is or is not . . . You don't Liberal In Red State Jul 2016 #46
you're right-- he is the devil Fast Walker 52 Jul 2016 #70
I've been thinking about this sofa king Jul 2016 #50
Why are people supporting this man? musicblind Jul 2016 #56
Because..greed...money...hate. workinclasszero Jul 2016 #64
Because they think he will make america great again!!! cstanleytech Jul 2016 #67

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
2. Is there a Whitehouse.gov petition
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 11:58 AM
Jul 2016

To prevent him from getting the daily briefings?

This man is dangerous to national security

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
57. Saw it! Signed it! Rec'd it! And posted on Reddit
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 06:09 PM
Jul 2016

And emailed a link to a bunch of friends and family!

Thanks for the heads up!



 

RonniePudding

(889 posts)
9. "But but if nobody wrote the emails it wouldn't have happend1!11!"
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 12:24 PM
Jul 2016

Some people here are so laughably naive it makes my stomach churn.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
11. He is not going to survive this. Beautiful, isn't it? We live in interesting times.
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 12:29 PM
Jul 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

oswaldactedalone

(3,491 posts)
13. Said many people many times
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 12:32 PM
Jul 2016

and his popularity among morans has only risen. Inexplicable what a clusterf*ck America has become with the takeover of the media by the fascist wing of the Thug Party.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
18. This is different. He's showing even more erratic behavior than before.
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 01:17 PM
Jul 2016

His press conference sounded...interesting.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

BLACK4EVER

(39 posts)
25. Traitor tRump
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 01:36 PM
Jul 2016

is so ignorant that he talks and doesn't hear what's coming out of his mouth. To suggest a cyber search by the Russians for missing government emails is treasonous to the nth degree. T.T. (Traitor tRump) is always looking for that 10-second sound bite. To borrow the chant from his campaign with a slight change "Lock him up" . Added Post script: thirty minutes later T.T. said he was "just joking". WTF ????

Gary 50

(382 posts)
44. I think Hillary should take a page out of Trump's playbook and give him a nickname.
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 02:55 PM
Jul 2016

I'd go with Caligula.

Ilsa

(61,717 posts)
49. Sadly, there are too many low
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 04:00 PM
Jul 2016

information voters out there. I doubt traitor trump knows what it means.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
19. Or, is he diverting attention from who really did the hack?
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 01:20 PM
Jul 2016

[center]I've ruled out only one suspect:



Even though I don't believe a word he says.

cstanleytech

(26,361 posts)
42. Well yes he couldnt have done it but off the top of my head I know of one
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 02:51 PM
Jul 2016

who has the money to do it and a company he owns was already caught tapping peoples phones and that person is Rupert Murdoch.

23. I am completely dumbfounded . . . awestruck . . . How did the knuckle dragging tea party crazies
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 01:31 PM
Jul 2016

get to the point where they would support and encourage another country to help them win an election! Just like the 1950s we had more to fear from the right within our country than soviet spies . . . Now the right is inviting the Russians to rig our elections! Heaven help us!

Laser102

(816 posts)
24. We called our local FBI. She indicated they were aware of what he said. We will see if this is free
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 01:32 PM
Jul 2016

speech.

madamesilverspurs

(15,821 posts)
26. crickets
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 01:38 PM
Jul 2016

If Hillary Clinton (or any other Democrat) had issued a public invitation to the Russians to commit cyberwar on the US, Republicans would be universally screaming for her arrest.

Gander . . . Goose . . . Crickets . . .





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Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
37. OK, so what happens if Trump drops out of the race (or is arrested)?
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 02:15 PM
Jul 2016

I don't think there is anything in the rules covering the situation. I don't think that necessarily the guy who was basically appointed to the veep slot automatically becomes the nominee, since he never ran for the office.

Could be interesting.

cstanleytech

(26,361 posts)
41. Wont happen since the government isnt in the habit of arresting people for making
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 02:47 PM
Jul 2016

crackpot statements because if it was then there would be alot more nutjob truthers in jail.

cstanleytech

(26,361 posts)
52. Not really, not unless something would emerge that
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 05:55 PM
Jul 2016

is an actual link to Trump being directly involved with the Russian government over the hack.

cstanleytech

(26,361 posts)
61. Except so far there is no evidence of such a link other than the convenience of it
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 08:20 PM
Jul 2016

happening now and if any investigation were to be launched against Trump purely based on that it would look like a political witch hunt.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
62. I don't care what it looks like.
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 08:23 PM
Jul 2016

If he committed treason, he should suffer the consequences. Let the investigation begin.

cstanleytech

(26,361 posts)
66. Unless the legal definition of treason for the US has changed what he has said is not treason.
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 09:18 PM
Jul 2016

Was he an asshole for saying it? Absolutely but he did not break any law for saying it.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
68. We don't know what the story is until the FBI investigates.
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 09:25 PM
Jul 2016

Hoping that process starts before the election.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
45. it's un-fucking-real
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 02:57 PM
Jul 2016

I honestly cannot understand how the GOP can support him after this.... except that they are the fucking GOP

46. And now he is saying the Geneva Convention is outdated!!! Whether it is or is not . . . You don't
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 03:32 PM
Jul 2016

just bail on these negotiated positions . . . How would you like to be in the US military today when we no longer have any international standards of agreed treatment for prisoners of war??? This dude is beyond scarey!!!!! He is the devil come to earth . . . and should be the one feared by the far right. My only fear is that he is doing and spewing this kind of talk 4+ months before the election . . . what can we expect as an October Surprise??????

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
70. you're right-- he is the devil
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 07:45 AM
Jul 2016

and of course the GOP can't see it at all-- so blinded by hate!

Scary as hell!

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
50. I've been thinking about this
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 04:18 PM
Jul 2016

I don't think there is much doubt among us that Trump is a national security liability and that he is apparently under the sway of a foreign nuclear power.

But he's also a vapid, insincere, narcissistic fool who is easily manipulated. The danger that he now represents to the United States largely disappears the moment he steps out of the race (though we will have to contend with the awful legacy he has created for decades to come).

The way to lead him out of this is just like the way that Bush*s handlers led him around by the nose, by presenting him with a couple of clear, pre-arranged choices which lead to the same ultimate decision. No, I do not yet know what those choices are, how to present them, or who would do it.

But I can guess what the ultimate decision needs to be: Trump can remain an obnoxious public figure by deciding himself that all of this is too much trouble and he's over it. The public interest is served without evoking a Constitutional crisis, and Trump continues to do the Lords work for us by destroying the Republican Party from the outside, rather than destroying America from within the White House.

How do we work toward that objective?

musicblind

(4,486 posts)
56. Why are people supporting this man?
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 06:03 PM
Jul 2016

What America am I living in?

I have never demonized a political opponent before, but this man is a truly bad, awful, horrible man.

cstanleytech

(26,361 posts)
67. Because they think he will make america great again!!!
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 09:22 PM
Jul 2016

Yes, they are delusional for buying his BS but there isnt really anything you can say to sway people who think racism and bigotry are something to idolize.

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