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TexasDem69

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8. The reason it wouldn't happen here

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #6)

Sun Dec 17, 2023, 03:12 PM

Dec 2023

Is because most people wouldn’t stand for it. If Trump attempted it, then civil war would ensue, and we’d have a whole lot more to worry about. The only time it’s happened in the U.S. was during the Civil War.

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If TFG wins [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 OP

Vindictiveness with a vengence..... magicarpet Dec 2023 #1

Yes but they won't call them concentration camps. RandomNumbers Dec 2023 #2

No, but it's hard to totally rule it out with trump and today's vile GOPers. Silent Type Dec 2023 #3

We could see a situation like The Troubles in Northern Ireland. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 #4

I think Trump or one of his cronies TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #5

Ferdinand Marcos DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 #6

The reason it wouldn't happen here TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #8

Capital would flee. Markets would tank. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 #11

The economic repercussions pale TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #14

100 or so people stopped traffic in DTLA for hours. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 #15

we had concentration camps in term #1 (at the boarder) Takket Dec 2023 #7

Trump already came close to invoking the Insurrection Act three years ago, but was talked out of it. LudwigPastorius Dec 2023 #9

Hope I can get into Canada multigraincracker Dec 2023 #10

If his win is shady and unlawful and we fight back, ecstatic Dec 2023 #12

We saw that bdamomma Dec 2023 #13