In the campaign, Trump said “I will pardon the J6 people.” The Capitol police union, the Wall Street Journal, most of the GOP senators, Fox News hosts all endorsed Trump. Sorry, but I am not sympathetic to the sudden pearl clutching of these folks about oh, this is not a good thing. They were told, they endorsed, and now, shocked? What part of “I will pardon them” did they not understand?
In the campaign, Trump said “I will pardon the J6 people.” The Capitol police union, the Wall Street Journal, most of the GOP senators, Fox News hosts all endorsed Trump. Sorry, but I am not sympathetic to the sudden pearl clutching of these folks about oh, this is not a good thing. They were told, they endorsed, and now, shocked? What part of “I will pardon them” did they not understand?
Absolutely. his opponents kept saying that - believe him. His enablers’ line was, well you can’t take him literally. And we are all going to pay the price.
100% of his institutional support network (i.e. not cultists, not hoi polloi; definitely part of "the establishment") have always done this thing where they hear what they want to hear and treat any warning that he's gonna do the terrible thing he's been talking about in the terrible way he presents it as TDS. Even a greasy Renfield like Hannity has done this before with the "dictator" riff.
In the campaign, Trump said “I will pardon the J6 people.” The Capitol police union, the Wall Street Journal, most of the GOP senators, Fox News hosts all endorsed Trump. Sorry, but I am not sympathetic to the sudden pearl clutching of these folks about oh, this is not a good thing. They were told, they endorsed, and now, shocked? What part of “I will pardon them” did they not understand?
The Capitol Police Union endorsed trump?!!! I hadn’t heard that.
Masha Gessen's rule #1 on surviving autocrats: believe what they say. https://www.nybooks.com/online/2016/11/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival/?srsltid=AfmBOor1TXqIhT4Mzq7zhcxPs_A95no2tqpGeqNXTjYupnozQUQ2_eM7
Absolutely. his opponents kept saying that - believe him. His enablers’ line was, well you can’t take him literally. And we are all going to pay the price.
100% of his institutional support network (i.e. not cultists, not hoi polloi; definitely part of "the establishment") have always done this thing where they hear what they want to hear and treat any warning that he's gonna do the terrible thing he's been talking about in the terrible way he presents it as TDS. Even a greasy Renfield like Hannity has done this before with the "dictator" riff.
Agreed! It's exactly what they endorsed and voted for.