I never want to hear anyone pretend the GOP is tough on crime or the party of police ever again. - ThreadSky

mehdirhasan.bsky.social • 79 days ago

I never want to hear anyone pretend the GOP is tough on crime or the party of police ever again.

Trump said that rioters on January 6 had "no choice" but to assault police officers

If any Democrat in the country publicly justified the assault of a police officer it is all you would ever hear about for years

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jamic07.bsky.social•79 days ago

James clyburn wants to pardon the nazi who is still ok with that day.

leftistleo.bsky.social•79 days ago

Tough on crime……when it’s non white people. Racist facists

nacholib.bsky.social•79 days ago

Dummies

karijohn.bsky.social•79 days ago

Agreed!!

hotcatmana.bsky.social•79 days ago

A decision is a choice so you choose so then you have a decision. They had a choice. They didn’t have to do it because they didn’t have to believe you lie, but they chose to so it was a decision.

barely-sane.bsky.social•79 days ago

They had "no choice" but to assault police officers?? WTF. They could have chosen to go home and not assault anyone, Donald.

zcaj.bsky.social•79 days ago

They will justify it by pointing to the fact that Hunter was pardoned, conveniently leaving out the part that Hunter did not attack anyone.
This was always Trump’s plan.

captain-corona.bsky.social•78 days ago

How could any officer of the law ever support this man.

busterandme.bsky.social•79 days ago

I feel so bad for those officers who have been so horribly betrayed, not just by the insurrectionist-in-chief but by the American people who have supported him. So shameful.

gayleharris.bsky.social•78 days ago

Very true.

mfan-90210.bsky.social•79 days ago

He will have the first members of his private militia.

clayreinabq.bsky.social•79 days ago

Traitors.

lexximagic.bsky.social•78 days ago

That's for sure

imaginecat22.bsky.social•79 days ago

I think you're missing the point. You see, it's okay (with them) when rich powerful people commit crimes, unless their last name is Biden or Hillary because they are (within their ridiculous framework) class traitors. It's the lower class (often minorities in particular) who are meant to be policed.

tucumharvey.bsky.social•79 days ago

Cult : Own the Libs

santacruzmag.bsky.social•79 days ago

You might not "want to hear it" but the media is already conditioned to repeat this as fact, which it's not, until the end of days, so now what?

christophercoder.bsky.social•79 days ago

I think he meant they had no choice but to plead guilty.

maggielue.bsky.social•79 days ago

👍

stacy78.bsky.social•79 days ago

I mean if they were though on crime they would’ve convicted DJT when he was impeached & removed him from office. They also wouldn’t have allowed him to stack SCOTUS, continue with the roadblocks in the Jack Smith J6/stolen documents cases, allowed him to be their nominee for 2024, etc.

kdawg.com•79 days ago

Remember, when it comes to MAGA and the GOP, hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug.

khaled6.bsky.social•79 days ago

Please support my family they need you 🙏🥺 Link in bio 🍉

vicstar64.bsky.social•79 days ago

Yeah and their fake outrage

pt1968.bsky.social•78 days ago

Self interest is all that matters

melkor1917.bsky.social•78 days ago

Same here. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social looks like your post got cut off; didn't see party of

Fiscal responsibility,
Personal freedoms,
Common sense,
Limited gov.

And my fav...Family values

kimora1223.bsky.social•79 days ago

They never really were. They would send a black kid to the electric chair for stealing a candy bar. But look the other way if a rich person or big business screwed someone over.

waw2nyc.bsky.social•79 days ago

But they will say it and most voters believe it🤷

hotcatmana.bsky.social•79 days ago

Didn’t they already believe it when they believed his lie and went and the rest of them cheered them on

mitchthemurse.bsky.social•79 days ago

I wonder if they're morally consistent to the Trump assassins? 🤔

austinam.bsky.social•79 days ago

Only his bone spurs prevented him from joining the march on the Capitol, choosing instead to watch hell break loose from the comfort of his dining room, no doubt with his feet in a foot spa to ease the discomfort......

mkwilson27.bsky.social•79 days ago

They elected a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist, FFS.

pcollirigger.bsky.social•79 days ago

When Republicans think about being tough on crime, they're not envisioning thick white men with bear spray as the criminals. They have a different image in their heads.

onemisanthrope.bsky.social•78 days ago

No one cares what you want.

georgeatomic.bsky.social•79 days ago

Correct!

ab9rf.bsky.social•79 days ago

"tough on crime" is coded language for "beating up on people of color"

actually, the phrase it codes for is something i have too much personal dignity to commit to words, whether spoken, written, or typed

shunkawakan.bsky.social•79 days ago

Exactly! That version of the Republican Party is long dead and buried.

ziggyman.bsky.social•79 days ago

Surely if this happens at least the police officers should bring civil law suits against their attackers?

iamthepaulina.bsky.social•79 days ago

The only ones who say so are their fanatical and amoral followers.

lawrencemoratl.bsky.social•79 days ago

Your comment is absolutely spot on. But the idea of not following/breaking the law because of “no choice” is a time honored tradition in the US. And not just by corrupt politicians. Many Americans have embraced this idea to justify their own lawlessness. Corruption knows no bounds.

gayemily.bsky.social•79 days ago

dude, why are you liberalposting

imigrnthilndr.bsky.social•79 days ago

Trump is only 'good' at saying/doing the opposite to what the Democrats have said or done - this is what he has educated his base to want, so now he has a self-fulfilling prophecy to wax lyrical about.

discordantmuse.bsky.social•79 days ago

Tough on crime is a garbage American take though. It's not proven to do anything but make us drag our knuckles more.

deekmansky.bsky.social•79 days ago

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social You must understand by now that the GOP/Magans have their own set of rules. And it works well for them…

kypros-47.bsky.social•78 days ago

I still call them insurrectionists not rioters and were committing a crime when they "had no choice" as trump claims. They weren't breaking into a private home...they assaulted & broke into a federal building while assaulting those defending it. trump #RewrittingHistory is insulting &reprehensible.

danlb.bsky.social•79 days ago

It’s not just tough on crime or police:

onemoney.bsky.social•79 days ago

Trump gets scarier everyday. He's now okaying his followers to attack law enforcement if they get in the way of Trump's impending illegal murder of our constitutional republic. You know all those videos of far off lands, where govt. protests are marked by tear gas and baton blows? That'll be us.

indestructiblob.bsky.social•79 days ago

are you implying that protests in america are not already subject to violence? where were you in 2020? did you forget the tear gas and rubber bullets unleashed on BLM protests? why pretend that doesn't already happen here

bethcokid.bsky.social•78 days ago

Watched the decline of civility for the past 8+ years since the Orange Clown came down his tacky escalator. I thought Congress would save us. NOPE. I thought the DOJ would save us. NOPE. After repeatedly being let down, I don’t know what else can save us. If we survive the next 4 years, then what?

les61410.bsky.social•79 days ago

I agree with what you are saying, but as someone who has lived through the 1960s Civil Rights movement and Vietnam protests, this will not be the first time for that. 😔

bluesmuse.bsky.social•79 days ago

"Had no choice."
Now that my friends is exactly what we call "Deplorable logic."

ginsu.comintern.social•79 days ago

Calling out fascists on "hypocrisies" is such a waste of time.

They believe very little of the shit they spew, they just say whatever gets them into power.

Pointing out every incongruity accomplishes nothing. They aren't just going to go "WAIT, THAT WASN'T IDEOLOGICALLY CONSISTENT??" and disappear

elsicannottouchme.bsky.social•79 days ago

Nobody in power cares what you want to hear or not. Certainly not the Republicans, who tell you what they think you want to hear & do whatever the fuck they want to after they're foolishly believed, and sadly, not the Democrats, who pretend to represent their base but just don't get it.

itcamefromthe216.bsky.social•79 days ago

Blue line = white lives

bricks-54.bsky.social•79 days ago

In his blindly narcissistic way, Trump is making the argument for his impeachment…and worse.

kathleenfm.bsky.social•79 days ago

As the wife of a police officer this disgusts me

laurieluvsmolly.bsky.social•79 days ago

The “Back the Blue” crowd is going to suffer greatly in upcoming elections.

granny06.bsky.social•79 days ago

I never want to hear anyone pretend the GOP are godly people, they’re anything but!

lowtek.bsky.social•79 days ago

Can we all skipped the "am I a convicted felon" question on all applications from this day forward? Because clearly, if a felon can run for POTUS, surely one can run for cashier at a Walgreens! 🤔

mblehrhoff.bsky.social•79 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/mblehrhoff.bsky.social/post/3lcuxutqavs2e

reevesjw.bsky.social•79 days ago

According to the Justice Department, approximately 123 individuals have been "charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer." It's astonishing that so much of our media allows Trump to minimize the scale of this violence against the police.

vegasdude83.bsky.social•79 days ago

So the police asked for it because they got in the way?

lishang.bsky.social•79 days ago

But you will.

secretofaging.bsky.social•79 days ago

A Democrat jaywalked! Outrageous! Let's vote for the rapist. This is how they roll.

paws4justice.bsky.social•78 days ago

The GOP is pro-crime. Electing a convicted sexual predator is pro-crime. Not protesting but endorsing individuals with criminal activity to be in their government, is PRO Crime!

the92.bsky.social•79 days ago

I just want journalists to say that to everyone of them when they bring up crime. Is that too much to ask?

gomerlou.bsky.social•78 days ago

Oh, you are going to hear forever. Hopefully, NOW, Democrats will follow Representative Jasmine Crockett's example AND CALL THE LIAR, A LIAR, THE RAPIST, A RAPIST, ETC.
AND NOT ASK FOR PARDONS for trump, his kids, his scrotum sucking asswipes. Thank you.

ingoadwetrust.bsky.social•79 days ago

Here’s a dude hitting a cop with an American flag because he had no choice.

les61410.bsky.social•79 days ago

controltower.bsky.social•79 days ago

It will also (already has) legitimize our side taking them down. #FuckTrump #FuckMAGA

massivehiggs.bsky.social•79 days ago

If only that's how that worked

hellomellowfellow.bsky.social•79 days ago

He'd be singing a different tune if the majority of the insurrectionists were black.

millie29.bsky.social•79 days ago

I mean at least it shut them up about ‘the thin blue line’. Let’s agree to aggressively remind anyone caping for police brutality, that Trump threw the good cops under the bus.

dandidihollywood.bsky.social•79 days ago

The GOP stance on crime is they'd never support the "Defund the Police" movement, but they'll cut all the social programs that keep people from needing to commit crimes.

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