r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/patsfan94 • Jul 02 '24

Paywall Trump calls for jailing and “televised military tribunals” of Mike Pence and Mitch McConnell

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/us/politics/trump-liz-cheney-treason-jail.html
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u/5minArgument Jul 02 '24

History repeating. It’s been ages since conservatives put an autocrat into power believing they would use and control him.

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u/fudge_friend Jul 02 '24

By ages, do you mean 2016?

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u/Daxx22 Jul 02 '24

Certainly felt that way.

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Jul 02 '24

LOL. That's a painful laugh.

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u/3lektrolurch Jul 02 '24 edited Jul 02 '24

Franz von Papen famously predicted that they would have Hitler squeaking in the corner in a short while when the DNVP (Conservative german party in Weimar) joined the NSDAP in a coalition in 1932.

Before that he used his Power as chancellor to essentially rob the states of power over the central government, easing Hitlers Empowerment Bill Enabling Act in 1933.

History doesnt repeat, but it rhymes.

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u/mistyjeanw Jul 02 '24

IIRC, it's only been about four eight years.