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Rudy: "Let's have trial by combat" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5FfcbpVLNo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5FfcbpVLNo Trump: The entirety of this speech,

• lliamander 6y ago
  All figurative language that politicians (and non-politicians) use all the time. Joe Biden literally expressed a desire to physically harm the President, and dramatic, ecstatic portrayals of his death have been shared for his entire presidency.
  • mushbino 6y ago
    It's looking like there might be a trial in the senate so we'll see if the "figurative language" argument holds up. Trump telling the rioters "I love you" after they stormed the capitol doesn't look too good in that regard. Comparing what you're saying about democrats and Biden to what the president has been saying for years and all of the talk on facebook, twitter, r/thedonald, Parler, and Gab is being willfully ignorant. The results speak for themselves.
    • lliamander 6y ago
      He said "I love you" in order to connect emotionally with the crowd as part of a message to tell them to go home. It's also just how he speaks to his supporters. He's not telling them that his loves them for having stormed the capitol. You are engaging in the most disingenuous interpretations of his words. And there is no willful ingorance here. I know the things said by randos on r/thedonald can often be pretty horrendous. There are horrendous randos everywhere. Just look at r/politics. The things people in power have said about Trump and his supporters is also quite terrible, and the fact that they have power makes it worse. The ignorance is yours.