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

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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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[-] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 13 points 7 months ago

Another Jan. 6? Like the chaos that is currently unfolding from the baker's dozen of MAGA protestors outside the courthouse?

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[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

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.

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[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

If he tries it might cost him more than money

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

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.

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[-] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 10 points 7 months ago

You misspelled “threatened”.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago

It’s pretty clear that his endgame is to basically cause an enormous bloodbath.

[-] vimdiesel@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

This time we'll be ready for his sorry ass.

[-] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Writers are running out of ideas for this season of jackass

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Hey, maybe we could put Trump in a shopping cart and roll him off the roof of an abandoned casino!

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[-] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Well maybe he should tell his supporters not to do that again….

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

LOL, "hints".

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[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

And it could go the same as last time.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Bring it on, motherfuckers.

[-] WilderSeek@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

If that happens, I don't think the turnout will be anywhere near the same as it was before.

[-] deft@lemmy.wtf 7 points 7 months ago

Same he has only lost people nothing gained. I do not think this election will be that close but that's just me, a person from a swing state who watches neighbors remove their pro Trump shit.

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 7 months ago

It'll only have a positive outcome if we all vote like our lives depend on it

And for a lot of us it literally does

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[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

If you didn't already know this would be the case, you're too optimistic about the situation.

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