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Scoop: Esper says Trump wanted to shoot protesters

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highroller said:
Why does the GOP need to fix anything if people vote for them?

Half of America wanted to shoot the protesters
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I thought the GOP was pro free speech? Unless the GOP believes shooting protesters is a good way of promoting free speech?
 
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tres borrachos said:
Of course they would. Hell, if those protestors are black or brown, the idea of shooting them makes them hot and horny.
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I heard some old Trump curmudgeon recently talk about how the young people are killing our country.

I didn't have the heart to tell him that he is the problem.
 
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highroller said:
Why does the GOP need to fix anything if people vote for them?

Half of America wanted to shoot the protesters
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Half of America are not the President of the United States.
Mycroft said:
Are you sure Trump was talking about "legal protesters"?
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Amazing. We have a committed MAGA making the argument that it's OK for the U.S. government to kill protesters if they're protesting supposedly illegally. Not to arrest those engaged in allegedly illegal acts, but mow them down by guns wielded by the state. This is where the MAGA movement wants to go - full on autocracy.
 
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Here long ago:

Trump wanted to shoot protesters

According to this source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/cant-you-just-shoot-them-former-defense-secretary-says-trump-wanted-violence-against-floyd-protesters-151957658.html Trump wanted to shoot protesters. I guess I'll just take this source's word for it, but generally speaking my policy has...
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bubbabgone said:
If he had been talking about Jan 6 protesters you might consider it too.
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"Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper charges in a memoir out May 10 that former President Trump said when demonstrators were filling the streets around the White House following the death of George Floyd: "Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?"


"The book was vetted at the highest levels of the Pentagon. I'm told that as part of the clearance process, the book was reviewed in whole or in part by nearly three dozen 4-star generals, senior civilians, and some Cabinet members."



You'll vote for TFG again if he runs, right?
 
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tres borrachos said:
What's illegal about gathering outside of the White House, counselor?
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Depends upon their actions when they are gathering. Some actions are illegal.
 
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CaughtInThe said:
"Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper charges in a memoir out May 10 that former President Trump said when demonstrators were filling the streets around the White House following the death of George Floyd: "Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?"


"The book was vetted at the highest levels of the Pentagon. I'm told that as part of the clearance process, the book was reviewed in whole or in part by nearly three dozen 4-star generals, senior civilians, and some Cabinet members."



You'll vote for TFG again if he runs, right?
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It's vetted for classified material. Understand now?
 
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Indlib said:
Does it matter?
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Sure. There could be justification for shooting illegal protesters. I mean, one got shot right inside the Capitol and the shooter faced no consequences.
 
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JasperL said:
Half of America are not the President of the United States.

Amazing. We have a committed MAGA making the argument that it's OK for the U.S. government to kill protesters
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Who said anything about "kill"?

Try to dial back the hyperbole, eh?

JasperL said:
if they're protesting supposedly illegally. Not to arrest those engaged in allegedly illegal acts, but mow them down by guns wielded by the state.
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Kind of like what happened inside and outside the Capitol, right?

JasperL said:
This is where the MAGA movement wants to go - full on autocracy.
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You should probably look up the definition of autocracy and then apply it where it belongs. That's not with Trump.
 
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