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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,191 posts) Sun Dec 23, 2018, 03:58 PM Dec 2018

O'Rourke warns of threat from Trump: 'What's happening now is part of a larger threat to us all'

Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) on Sunday warned of a threat posed by President Trump, saying that the current government shutdown is "part of a larger threat to us all."

O'Rourke, writing in a post on Medium, suggested that the shutdown may have been "intended to happen" because Trump faces a number of dilemmas, including special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference and a tumbling stock market.

"But my concern for the country goes beyond the immediate pain and dysfunction that this shutdown will cause. Beyond even ensuring that this President is held accountable. What’s happening now is part of a larger threat to us all," he wrote.

He added that "if there’s no way to count on government even functioning, then perhaps ultimately we become open to something else."

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/422665-orourke-warns-of-threat-from-trump-whats-happening-now-is-part-of-a-larger

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O'Rourke warns of threat from Trump: 'What's happening now is part of a larger threat to us all' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2018 OP

tRump, IMO, would love to declare martial law and exercise his dictatorial impulses. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2018 #1

I worry he will do anything to make sure the new democratically controlled House isn't seated. CrispyQ Dec 2018 #4

Yep, he's going down a one way street right over the cliff and he's trying to take the country with RKP5637 Dec 2018 #5

nothing is off the table now AlexSFCA Dec 2018 #2

This is part of an email blast he sent out to supporters earlier DFW Dec 2018 #3

Was Trump ordered by Putin to have the shutdown? Quemado Dec 2018 #6

Beto was streaming video from the border today. nolabear Dec 2018 #7

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

1. tRump, IMO, would love to declare martial law and exercise his dictatorial impulses. n/t

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Dec 23, 2018, 04:03 PM

Dec 2018

CrispyQ

(36,509 posts)

4. I worry he will do anything to make sure the new democratically controlled House isn't seated.

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 23, 2018, 04:24 PM

Dec 2018

I will breathe a little bit easier on Jan 3, but even then, president shithole could do anything. He can't go back to his past life.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

5. Yep, he's going down a one way street right over the cliff and he's trying to take the country with

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 23, 2018, 04:28 PM

Dec 2018

him. I was just reading his tweets. He sounds like a child on a rant. He has destroyed all sophistication of the presidency. In corporations where I've worked he would have been tossed out on his ear long ago as incompetent and untrustworthy.

AlexSFCA

(6,139 posts)

2. nothing is off the table now

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Dec 23, 2018, 04:04 PM

Dec 2018

DFW

(54,436 posts)

3. This is part of an email blast he sent out to supporters earlier

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Dec 23, 2018, 04:08 PM

Dec 2018

Here is the whole thing:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211581976

Quemado

(1,262 posts)

6. Was Trump ordered by Putin to have the shutdown?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Dec 23, 2018, 06:06 PM

Dec 2018

That's been my question since the announced pullout from Syria.

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

7. Beto was streaming video from the border today.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Dec 23, 2018, 06:17 PM

Dec 2018

It was remarkable-better journalism than I ever see. The town sounded like “Chuhualito” where apparently wall construction is supposed to be happening. Beto pointed out that the construction boss wouldn’t let them come near because of safety considerations but border patrol had shown up and then left.

To show how weird this whole thing is, there’s also an elevated highway there, and he pointed out that it’s on the Mexican side of “the wall.”

FUBAR, as my father’s military friends would have called it.

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