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      The new byline from republicans when you bring up democracy is to start an argument that this country isn’t a democracy, it’s a republic. Never actually addressing shit like this.

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    You could play that clip of him saying “I’m not a christian” and they will still think he is their chosen one.

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    they don’t have the votes to turn the US into a Christian Theocracy, democracy is an impediment

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    Surely, across the millions of people who support him, there’s at least 5 or 6 who heard that and were like, “wait a sec…”

    Sadly there were probably also 5 or 6 who heard that and were like, “No more annoying voting? Hell yeah, brother, I’m on the Trump train now!”

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    at this rate it’s only a matter of time before he says something directly treasonous and gets picked up by the FBI before the election

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      Something more treasonous than armed insurrection at the Capitol to prevent the transfer of power away from Donald Trump?

      His lawyers argued that he should be so much above the law that he could order a political assassination of another American and face no consequences, and he won that case and the Supreme Court said that his official acts were immune from prosecution.

      Here he’s saying out loud that voting will be unnecessary in the future. The FBI will do absolutely nothing to stop him.

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    Donald Trump: “Christians, get out and vote! Just this time – you won’t have to do it any more,” the Republican former president said on Friday night at a rally hosted in West Palm Beach, Florida, by the far-right advocacy group Turning Point Action.

    “You know what? It’ll be fixed! It’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote any more, my beautiful Christians,” he said with a slight shake of his head and his right hand pressed against the left side of his chest.

    Let me fix this for him:

    Donald Trump: ”Christians, get out and vote! Just this time – you won’t have to do it any more [because voting won’t matter next time],” the Republican former president said on Friday night at a rally hosted in West Palm Beach, Florida, by the far-right advocacy group Turning Point Action.

    “You know what? It’ll be fixed [so I can’t lose again]! It’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote any more [because I’ll rig it so I can’t lose], my beautiful Christians,” he said with a slight shake of his head and his right hand pressed against the left side of his chest.

    There we go. This makes his intentions a bit more clear.