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Trump Hints Another January 6 Could Happen If He Loses the Election

newrepublic.com Trump Hints Another January 6 Could Happen If He Loses the Election

The former president made multiple chilling warnings during an interview with Time magazine.

The former president made multiple chilling warnings during an interview with Time magazine.

Donald Trump hasn’t quite let go of the possibility of utilizing mob violence if he loses the next election.

In a sprawling interview for Time magazine, Trump hinted that leveraging political violence to achieve his end goals was still on the table.

“If we don’t win, you know, it depends,” he told Time. “It always depends on the fairness of the election.”

And from Trump’s perspective, that’s winning rhetoric. According to him, his incendiary comments supporting a mob mentality, his early warnings of forthcoming abuses of power, and his threats to be a dictator on “day one” are only inching him closer to the White House. “I think a lot of people like it,” Trump told Time.

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If the FEC had any fucking teeth they'd jail and disqualify him for that statement alone.
January 6th was a failed coup attempt.

How is saying you'll retry your failed coup attempt if you don't get your way something were allowing a presidential candidate to do?
I have strong doubts. The people most likely to "Jan 6" did. A number of them, particularly the mid-level leaders, that actually organized things, are in prison. They have not turned out in numbers since they started getting arrested.
Fucken Bolsonaro did the same shit and it’s looking like he’s actually gonna get prosecuted. Real shame the US government isn’t up to the high standards set by Brazil, but maybe we’ll get there someday!
How many more Babbits will trump create when he can't tell the capital police to stand down? Or even, how many of his idiot followers are even going to show up when they got fucked and abandoned last time?

You're a pathetic weakling Donnie, go sit the fuck down and pout to a judge.
Oh, fuck off, the only reason it got that far on Jan 6 is that he was already in charge and refused to call in troops to immediately shut it down. I doubt Biden sits on his hands for several hours while rioters attack the Capitol.
I know what the headline actually means but i'm choosing to believe that donny just found out about calendars.
So he is threatening to go full Mussolini then?
These morons should be greeted by the National Guard
The only reason it happened the first time is because he was able to allow it to happen... but he ain't the one in the oval office now.
May the capital police show far less restraint if next time happens.
Oh? I thought Jan 6th was AntiFA?

By all means fuck around & find out. The Capitol police will have their submachine guns this time.

Not to mention the fact your supporters won't even show up to your trials after you abandoned them & stabbed them in the back last time, you wretched piece of shit.
Hints another Jan 6 could happen

Calls for violence if he loses election

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_terrorism
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He OBVIOUSLY learned his lesson Last Time!
Traitor
This fuckstick needs to be thrown into a hole for the rest of his life.
My god the media really love him don’t they ?

They can’t quit.
This is why we all should arm ourselves heavily. And be ready to fight back.
Question is what exactly does he mean? That MAGA republicans from around USA will visit the capitol city and go to see congress, all completely peacefully. we just have to hope the LGTB people don't make a mess of it.

Because isn't that what he claimed happened?

Trump is such a malignant idiot, and so is everybody who supports him.
Yikes, forgive me if this is a naive question but how are these kinds of veiled threats against American democracy okay with Homeland Security?
Yeah. I really doubt congress is going to fuck around next time. They'll be deploying the national guard and shooting on sight. Even other GOP members were pissed about the insurrection and were targeted by insurrectionists.
so his supporters are gonna take another shit in the capital building, go to jail by the hundreds, one will get shot and a Democrat still gets elected.

k.
The difference is, if rioters try to break into the Capitol building THIS time, they're not going to get bottled water and a pat on the ass. The Capitol police are going to be loaded for bear.
The SCOTUS says that if we don't let Trump do that there is a chance that Trump may do that !
Not really, because he's not in power this time.

He can't hold a protest in DC without approval and given how 1/6 turned out, nobody will give him approval if he loses.
Please try it.

Your guy isn't in the white house this time.
Another Jan. 6? Like the chaos that is currently unfolding from the baker's dozen of MAGA protestors outside the courthouse?
If he tries it might cost him more than money
I'm more afraid what will happen if he wins, because I don't know anything about that. I'd expect a Jan 6 2.0 if he loses, but I don't know if there will be either Kristalnacht 2.0, Nazi book burnings 2.0, or just slow erosion of secular human rights in favor of christian fascism.
It’s pretty clear that his endgame is to basically cause an enormous bloodbath.
I'm not worried about it if he loses. He's just some guy. If people start to get violent on his behalf, they get arrested.

The scary part is if he wins in 2024 and has another Jan 6th (and the related effort to stay in power) after his term should have ended.
Writers are running out of ideas for this season of jackass
This time we'll be ready for his sorry ass.
You misspelled “threatened”.
Well maybe he should tell his supporters not to do that again….
LOL, "hints".
Bring it on, motherfuckers.
And it could go the same as last time.
If that happens, I don't think the turnout will be anywhere near the same as it was before.
If you didn't already know this would be the case, you're too optimistic about the situation.
At least if he does lose, there will hopefully be a riot squad waiting at the capital in case his threat comes true. It's what I'd do just in case he loses. In fact, it'd be the first thing I do! At the very least, if they don't come immediately within the first week after the election, just have them on standby just in case they eventually show up, ready to perform treason.
It’s easy to complain about trump or pontificate about January 6 and its probable replay.

Ammunition is going to get more and more expensive from here on out, go buy some bullets you think you’ll need before they’re prohibitively expensive or unavailable.
Am I supposed to be afraid of another small enclave of idiots making gigantic asses out of themselves on an international stage?
Why hint? He should come right out and say it! Stop being such a cowardly loser dude, own it, tell the crazies what you want them to do in detail!
Yea… we know. Really trying hard to not live in FL before November.
What's wrong with a Tourist Visit? Or was January 6th NOT a Tourist Visit?
Waaaaahhh
Don't interrupt your enemy when they're making a mistake.
I can’t believe Norman Reedus and my birthday dates are tainted by this
These Trumpsters are getting out of hand, huh fellas?
Republicans promising to install an authoritarian government?

When will the democratic party drop gun control given this imminent threat?

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