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usaf-vet

(6,215 posts)
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 12:48 PM Jan 2020

Now Mike Lee knows what it feels like.

By Dana Milbank

This is what Republicans have wrought as they remained silent, or even joined in, as Trump routinely declared his opponents treasonous and fraudulent. Now Republicans see that he can easily turn those weapons of authoritarianism against allies who disagree with him. Having excused and echoed his disinformation against others, they will have no defenses left when the charges of disloyalty are turned on them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/10/now-mike-lee-knows-what-it-feels-like/

From friend to foe in the blink of an eye.

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Now Mike Lee knows what it feels like. (Original Post) usaf-vet Jan 2020 OP
Dictators always turn against their supporters DBoon Jan 2020 #1
How low would the bar need to go before the Trump sycophants will say enough is enough? usaf-vet Jan 2020 #7
Do not ever make the mistake of counting him in our column though. Arthur_Frain Jan 2020 #2
Right you are! usaf-vet Jan 2020 #4
Mob cilla4progress Jan 2020 #3
EXACTLY! usaf-vet Jan 2020 #5
Mike Lee is not going any where. Wellstone ruled Jan 2020 #6
YUP! usaf-vet Jan 2020 #8
As someone who was Wellstone ruled Jan 2020 #9
The only reason he opposes Trump here is his Libertarian leaning. maxsolomon Jan 2020 #10

DBoon

(22,401 posts)
1. Dictators always turn against their supporters
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 01:04 PM
Jan 2020

Stalin against fellow Bolsheviks, Hitler against Röhm and the SA, Trump against Republicans who do not fully support his every atrocity

usaf-vet

(6,215 posts)
7. How low would the bar need to go before the Trump sycophants will say enough is enough?
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 01:33 PM
Jan 2020

Of course, Jim Jones Jonestown proved that his followers will drink a known poison if told to. AND to feed it to their kids.

We need to be very concerned that there is no bottomless point that some of the sycophants won't follow him to and never say enough is enough.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
6. Mike Lee is not going any where.
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 01:32 PM
Jan 2020

This Guy is hard Core Right wing and he is just playing to his Utah Audience which gets most of it's info from Sinclair owned Murdoch News Media Outlets.

Head Fake.

maxsolomon

(33,415 posts)
10. The only reason he opposes Trump here is his Libertarian leaning.
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 02:07 PM
Jan 2020

Its the one place where otherwise rabid Tea Party Conservatives will sometimes meet the Left - international relations.

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