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Hotler

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Sun May 25, 2025, 10:20 PM May 25

Trump is a domestic enemy. Treat him like one. [View all]

(found on RawStory) Opinion, Quentin Young, Colorado Newsline June 17, 2022
(snip) “It was domestic enemies of the Constitution who stormed the Capitol and occupied the Capitol who sought to thwart the will of the people to stop the transfer of power,” he said. Later he said, “Ultimately, Donald Trump — the president of the United States — spurred a mob of domestic enemies of the Constitution to march down the Capitol and subvert American democracy … January 6th was the culmination of an attempted coup. … Violence was no accident. It represented Trump’s last stand, most desperate chance to halt the transfer of power.”

Thompson’s use of the phrase “domestic enemies” was deliberate. He noted the Civil War-era adoption of language regarding “all enemies — foreign and domestic” in the federal oath to account for the South’s rebellion.

In other words, the crimes committed by Trump and his co-conspirators are categorically akin to war-waging against the United States.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-is-a-domestic-enemy-treat-him-like-one/

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