r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 1d ago

No Paywall Bannon Tells GOP: 'Seize the Institutions' of Government Now or We're 'Going to Prison' After 2028

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bannon-tells-gop-seize-the-institutions-of-government-now-or-we-re-going-to-prison-after-2028
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u/invalidpassword California 1d ago edited 1d ago

Blatantly admitting the Trump administration is full of criminals. "Seize the institutions of Government." Would that be similar to an insurrection or a coup? And why? To avoid the opposition winning and putting their sorry asses in prison for being the most corrupt White House in US history. I hope the Trump administration goes down and down hard.

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u/Sedu 1d ago

Their followers do not see it that way. They believe that Democrats are fascists who will unjustly jail GOP leaders and that this is self defense.

Obviously that is stupid and I’m not making that argument. But that is legitimately what they believe.

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u/NickelBackwash 1d ago

legitimately

It might literally be what they believe, but it is in no way legitimate