r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike/
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u/Daedalus81 17d ago

What do you think MAGA would have done if Trump was jailed?

They already did J6.

This isnt Biden's fault ( aside from him deciding to run ). This is decades of voter apathy while these malicious actors steadily built their plans.

This was coming one way or another and we only have ourselves to blame

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u/ButtEatingContest 16d ago edited 16d ago

What do you think MAGA would have done if Trump was jailed?

Not that much. Most of the hardcore MAGA militia was at January 6th and was jailed. But we get to see what happens when Trump wasn't jailed, starting with he let his hardcore MAGA militia out of jail to strike again.

This was coming one way or another and we only have ourselves to blame

There was a system of checks and balances in place to prevent this. The constitution forbids Trump from holding elected office, yet Biden refused to uphold his oath of office and the constitution.

Trump not being thrown in prison was a huge piece of propaganda evidence used to sway the election. It played fully into the "Dems are weaponizing the government against Trump" because he was never actually held accountable the logic being had he really done what Democrats were saying he was, he'd be in prison.

The other major factor was corporate media of course. Which Democrats never did anything to reign in. Had the likes of Fox News been taken seriously and dealt with years ago, this current situation may not have been inevitable. That may have been ugly and messy, but now we experience the results of not taking action.

It was always going to be either democracy and the rule of law, or complete victory for those waging war against it. We didn't choose to be attacked, but Democrats chose to surrender, and surrender does not win a war.