Eyes Don't Lie

What about the Russian trolls identifying as Americans on imgflip to deceive us. Doesn't it bother you that the Kremlin is trying to influence our elections once again? Or doesn't that matter because Putin is pro Trump?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/biden-administration-accuse-russia-election-influence-efforts/index.html

America has a long history of influencing elections all around the world by both parties.

Iran, 1950s...Latin America, 1950s-60s...Ukraine in 2014 by Obama which directly led to the mess we are in now. And, most recently, the Biden administration in Israel and Brazil.

So, why should we act surprised when Russia tries to influence our elections?

Influencing elections? Since when do coups staged by Eisenhower on to topple democratically elected regimes and replaced them with right wig dictatorships qualify as influencing elections?

Eisenhower onwards*

What do you think of people that collaborate with the Russian influencers? Are they Russian shills?

When somebody tries to justify Russian meddling with "But America does it too," what do you think is the answer is to your question?

Good point!

And this after it just came out that a load of political 'social media influencers' found out they were getting duped by their Russian bosses whom they didn't know were Russian? But who did they think their benefactors were, Uruguayans?

If you can't love your country without turning it into a dictatorship, you're no American.

Where exactly is the dictatorship? Site specific examples, please....

Biden's DOJ is ramping up the censorship of political rivals...

"You'll never need to vote again" - Dictator on day 1

That is absolutely ridiculous! President Trump has no desire to abolish voting, only to have eligible voters vote.

Okay, you're batting zero right now...wanna try again?

Citing two actual Trump quotes which anybody can look up and watch is not exactly batting zero.

Of course not - we can't listen to the words that actually come out of his mouth, it's what -you think he means- that's important, right?

TDS is not an excuse for making an irrational comment unsupported by facts. You have two strikes, CtrlF, one more and you are OUT.

TIRED of leftist lies making a mockery of truth.

Grumpy Cat Defines TDS

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I would say that after nearly a decade the term would kind of lose steam, but it had no steam to begin with.
The only ones afflicted by TDS are the ones who are afflicted by TDS. Those not in the cult aren't exactly that given to being absorbed by such an affliction. Otherwise they'd be in the cult as well. It's like saying someone has a fever but they don't have the germ that causes the fever. It's impossible because math is a thing.

The comment was neither irrational nor unsupported - Trump said to Hannity he would be a dictator on day one, and told a crowd of Christian nationalists that they'd never need to vote again if he won this year.

This blind umpire act is dumb - these are words he said, and there is no redeeming context to them.

Except for day one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQkrWL7YuGk

Four more years, it'll be fixed, it'll be fine, you won't have to vote anymore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE7xoHJkgvE&t=2s

The first video title: Trump Says He Won’t Be a Dictator ‘Except for Day One’.

Trump said he is closing the border & drilling on day one and after that he won't be a dictator.

The second video references he needs to be elected to right the wrongs (from the left) and then we will be on track again going forward.

Your premise of turning our country 'into a dictatorship' remains unsubstantiated (and in fact, you are digging yourself in deeper showing you have no facts in the game).

Right, because dictators are so well known for relinquishing power once they've seized it.

Trump is an authoritarian - in word, in policy, in deed, and in fact - and has become increasingly so over the last 8 years as accountability has become a real possibility.

https://politicalcompass.org/uselection2016
https://politicalcompass.org/uselection2020
https://politicalcompass.org/uselection2024

Luckily for the majority of this, this move has led to his base of supporters shrinking.