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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 12:43 PM Jan 2020

Lawrence O'Donnell: "Dear Republican Senators & Chief Justice Roberts. Are you absolutely sure..."



Lawrence O'Donnell ✔@Lawrence

Dear Republican Senators & Chief Justice Roberts:

Are you absolutely sure @realDonaldTrump is not encouraging the assassination of @RepAdamSchiff?

How do you know? Seriously. How do you know?


Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump

Shifty Adam Schiff is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and probably a very sick man. He has not paid the price, yet, for what he has done to our Country!


11:36 AM - Jan 26, 2020


100% valid concern!!!
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Lawrence O'Donnell: "Dear Republican Senators & Chief Justice Roberts. Are you absolutely sure..." (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 OP
Twitter allows this shit? Capperdan Jan 2020 #1
He threatened the GOP senators with beheading earlier this week. Cracklin Charlie Jan 2020 #3
Not on Twitter, though NewJeffCT Jan 2020 #35
I reported the tweet on twitter. Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #38
I did also. madinmaryland Jan 2020 #40
Conveniently leaving the back door of violence unlocked and ajar.... magicarpet Jan 2020 #2
In Just The Past Couple Of Days We've Heard..... global1 Jan 2020 #5
How about the Ambassador? colorado_ufo Jan 2020 #53
Vlad Putin could send a goon in and shoot, poison (think that is Krimelin's favorite method) fwvinson Jan 2020 #22
Exotic poisons and defenstration. lagomorph777 Jan 2020 #54
Spot on. Evolve Dammit Jan 2020 #31
Stochastic incitement. nt tblue37 Jan 2020 #50
RW media, including Fox, have a history of trolling for assassins Hortensis Jan 2020 #4
Bill O'Reilly got Dr. Tiller killed. kag Jan 2020 #18
Yes we can not forget that words can get people killed. FM123 Jan 2020 #29
exactly - and the consequences for that notinkansas Jan 2020 #57
How soon people forget Wellstone ruled Jan 2020 #19
Deny, deny, deny, Go to Court, deny, deny, Go to Court, deny, deny, Go......... fwvinson Jan 2020 #23
The denial of course started Wellstone ruled Jan 2020 #27
Yes. spanone Jan 2020 #48
Exactly. It's called stochastic terrorism. crickets Jan 2020 #25
THAT's the term I always forget. But, yep. Purposeful strategy. Hortensis Jan 2020 #30
What would happen if an everyday common citizen posted something like this? usaf-vet Jan 2020 #6
They'd get a visit from the fbi or secret service nini Jan 2020 #10
He's doing exactly that! dchill Jan 2020 #7
Here, let me see if I can get away with it. BKDem Jan 2020 #8
People are still giving Trump the benefit of the doubt uponit7771 Jan 2020 #9
I have no doubt Kaiserguy Jan 2020 #13
Anyone else says what Trump said during a trial would be locked up. After the trial just watch how Pepsidog Jan 2020 #11
first the purge, then the putsch. Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #39
Where is the outrage? young_at_heart Jan 2020 #12
Also, I will bet that "take her out" did not mean "fire her." OMGWTF Jan 2020 #14
Seriously? relayerbob Jan 2020 #15
Well, he sees himself as king of the USA - Doesn't he have that right? packman Jan 2020 #16
Use your Mob Boss Translator cp Jan 2020 #17
Yet?? kentuck Jan 2020 #20
Fuck twitter Traildogbob Jan 2020 #21
It seems like a threat to me, but why mention Chief Justice Roberts? Polybius Jan 2020 #24
He's threatening the prosecutor in his own trial. Mersky Jan 2020 #26
tRump bdamomma Jan 2020 #28
Recommended. H2O Man Jan 2020 #32
+1 FailureToCommunicate Jan 2020 #34
Michael Cohen laid it out very well. "He speaks in code." And it's turning very ugly. He would be Evolve Dammit Jan 2020 #33
I agree. EndlessWire Jan 2020 #46
A Republican Claimed DallasNE Jan 2020 #36
Twitter, Take Down That Account DallasNE Jan 2020 #37
CLASSIC PROJECTION Skittles Jan 2020 #41
K&R! n/t PandoraAwakened Jan 2020 #42
You think this is bad behavior? warmfeet Jan 2020 #43
every fucking thing he says about others is really about what he is. pansypoo53219 Jan 2020 #44
Trump already sent out multiple tweets calling for Schiff to be arrested as a traitor wishstar Jan 2020 #45
I agree. n/t EndlessWire Jan 2020 #47
But make the comment.. raising2moredems Jan 2020 #49
Without a GIANT blue wave these threats, yes, they NoMoreRepugs Jan 2020 #51
Why isn't this considered a threat to a public official and investigated by FBI etc.? nt spooky3 Jan 2020 #52
he's a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and probably a very sick man? rocktivity Jan 2020 #55
😳 seta1950 Jan 2020 #56

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
3. He threatened the GOP senators with beheading earlier this week.
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 01:16 PM
Jan 2020

You’d think that would be enough, but here we are again.

magicarpet

(14,155 posts)
2. Conveniently leaving the back door of violence unlocked and ajar....
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 01:12 PM
Jan 2020

.... so that someone at the perfect moment for them can perpetrate the hatred and violence that they so thrive on against their political foes.

This is common Mafioso thug behavior,... but certainly not presidential.

global1

(25,253 posts)
5. In Just The Past Couple Of Days We've Heard.....
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 01:33 PM
Jan 2020

Take her out. Have their heads on a pike. And now this about Schiff paying the price.

Sounds to me that the mafia is running this country. Is anyone writing the script for Godfather 4?

 

fwvinson

(488 posts)
22. Vlad Putin could send a goon in and shoot, poison (think that is Krimelin's favorite method)
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 02:26 PM
Jan 2020

Schiff and Trump and his Trumpians would give him (Putti) a parade.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
4. RW media, including Fox, have a history of trolling for assassins
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 01:32 PM
Jan 2020

against Democrats.

A very widespread campaign, from the most extreme hate radio right up through Fox & Friends and the rest of the Fox lineup, got going during Obama's first term. Fox's more "discreet" versions included daily impassioned, distressed wonderings from their mean girls after every reporting of Obama's latest attack on America, "How long can America take this? How long until...someone just...snaps?!" Leaning forward with waving hands and mouths open in helpless female outrage to illustrate how entirely justifiable "snapping" could only be a matter of time.

O'Donnell remembers. Media finally started reporting its own phenomenon, but it was only when some clever person catchily accused RW media of "trolling for assassins" that Fox and most backed off a bunch. But it's never stopped.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
19. How soon people forget
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 02:09 PM
Jan 2020

what happens in their recent past. Maxine Waters was buried in hate mail after the Orange Anus attacked her. And RW Media crowed from the roof tops about their effectiveness in making that happen.

But today's actions by the Orange Anus is a new level of personal threats. Anything happening to Schiff would be on the level of a Assassination attempt. Is the Republican Party going to stand for this?

crickets

(25,981 posts)
25. Exactly. It's called stochastic terrorism.
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 02:54 PM
Jan 2020

It's not accidental or unintended. It's a purposeful strategy.

Stochastic Terrorism: Triggering the shooters

Jargon Watch: The Rising Danger of Stochastic Terrorism

In 2011, after the shooting of US representative Gabby Giffords, a Daily Kos blog warned of a new threat the writer called stochastic terrorism: the use of mass media to incite attacks by random nut jobs—acts that are “statistically predictable but individually unpredictable.” The writer had in mind right-wing radio and TV agitators, but in 2016, Rolling Stone accused then-candidate Trump of using the same playbook when he joked that “Second Amendment people” might “do” something if Hillary Clinton won the election.

Of course, Trump’s people later said he meant they might … “vote.” That’s how it works: Stochastic terrorism lets bullies operate in the open with full deniability, since the random element erases any provable causation.


Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
30. THAT's the term I always forget. But, yep. Purposeful strategy.
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 03:12 PM
Jan 2020

Purposeful strategies involving violence are what the Republican leadership is up to in refusing to pass any of the gun laws even Republican voters strongly support.

Encouraging increased levels of violence in society, and thus the anxiety which increases support for authoritarian government, even demands it, is a purposeful early strategy covered in detail in Fascist Takeovers for Dummies.

usaf-vet

(6,189 posts)
6. What would happen if an everyday common citizen posted something like this?
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 01:38 PM
Jan 2020

Shifty _________ [fill in the blank] is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and probably a very sick man. He has not paid the price, yet, for what he has done to our Country!

I bet that the poster would get a visit from the FBI and/or the U.S. Secret Service. And rightfully so, because it sure sounds like a threat at the least of bodily harm or worst.

nini

(16,672 posts)
10. They'd get a visit from the fbi or secret service
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 01:50 PM
Jan 2020

And get their acct banned.

However their fuhrer can do anything he wants

BKDem

(1,733 posts)
8. Here, let me see if I can get away with it.
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 01:44 PM
Jan 2020

Lyin' Donald Trump is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and a very sick man. He has not paid the price, yet, for what he is doing to our Country!

[It's a shame nobody listens to a word I say, especially not Armed Maniacs who think I'm The Chosen One.]

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
11. Anyone else says what Trump said during a trial would be locked up. After the trial just watch how
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 01:50 PM
Jan 2020

Barr uses the FBI and DOJ to go after Schiff and Dems. No one is safe.

OMGWTF

(3,959 posts)
14. Also, I will bet that "take her out" did not mean "fire her."
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 01:58 PM
Jan 2020

People have already died because of this GD misanthrope.

relayerbob

(6,544 posts)
15. Seriously?
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 02:04 PM
Jan 2020

More likely, they're absolutely sure it is, and that they've been similarly threatened. They value their families, even if they don't have family values.

Today's GOP: Putting the snivel back into cowardice since 2016.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
16. Well, he sees himself as king of the USA - Doesn't he have that right?
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 02:05 PM
Jan 2020

Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest? (sometimes expressed as troublesome or meddlesome priest) is an utterance attributed to Henry II of England, which led to the death of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170.

cp

(6,636 posts)
17. Use your Mob Boss Translator
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 02:07 PM
Jan 2020

"Not paid the price yet" is a direct order. Every FBI agent, SDNY prosecutor, and those familiar with mafia get it.

Traildogbob

(8,756 posts)
21. Fuck twitter
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 02:14 PM
Jan 2020

I got banned for life for calling Tomi Lauren a street lamp post appendage after she praised gassing refugees during Thanksgiving. And trump is allowed to promote assassinations. AmurKKKa and free speech is warped. Why he had to flush 25 times. He put his adult diaper in the toilet, wiped his ass on the constitution and tried to flush it all, loaded with 5 pounds of handberders, chocolate cakes, fried chicken, and of course Diet Coke, for optimal weight.

bdamomma

(63,875 posts)
28. tRump
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 03:02 PM
Jan 2020

is very sick, come on arrest the MF'er.

If a HS school student threatened to kill or go after students, the authorities would arrest him.

what the hell are they normalizing what tRump is saying. What's next???

Evolve Dammit

(16,743 posts)
33. Michael Cohen laid it out very well. "He speaks in code." And it's turning very ugly. He would be
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 03:20 PM
Jan 2020

happy if Dems were killed. I truly believe that. His history is one of punishing those who do not agree with you (X100). Melania said it and his former business manager said it. I'm sure he learned from Roy Cohn and his Klansman father, but Michael Cohen confirmed it's his MO.

EndlessWire

(6,537 posts)
46. I agree.
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 11:14 PM
Jan 2020

Trump is very vindictive over the stupidest things. When he tweeted, "what you've done to the country," he really meant himself. This is going to be unpleasant.

Stick together and vote them ALL out.

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
36. A Republican Claimed
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 03:35 PM
Jan 2020

Voter had yet to speak. But if he meant voters he could have said voters. He didn't. He wants Rep. Schiff's head on a pike. And one segment of his supporters is itching for a 2nd Amendment solution. The concern is very real.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
43. You think this is bad behavior?
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 08:15 PM
Jan 2020

Just wait until he has been acquitted in the senate.

Threats will be passé.

wishstar

(5,270 posts)
45. Trump already sent out multiple tweets calling for Schiff to be arrested as a traitor
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 11:11 PM
Jan 2020

His threats against Schiff have been going on for many weeks and then how he got away with the "lock her up" chants going back over 3 years is stunning.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,435 posts)
51. Without a GIANT blue wave these threats, yes, they
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 12:00 AM
Jan 2020

are most certainly threats, will become reality if that Orange Shitstain wins and they control the Senate.

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