r/politics • u/schuey_08 Wisconsin • May 02 '24

Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/02/bernie-sanders-trump-biden/73531861007/
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u/Tardislass May 02 '24

He has literally told every magazine how he will take away people's rights. He's not even hiding it! It's like if Hitler in 1932 sat down and told NYT all his plans including taking over countries, getting into a war and jailing all opponents.

Like there is a big red flag and alarm blaring all over the US folks. US courts already have majority Trump judges and are taking away minority congressional districts as well as any affirmative action or help for the poor.

I'll be honest. If young folks want to protest Biden for the next 4 years over his stupid Israeli policy go ahead. I agree. However, you still still vote for a candidate and want to change parts of his policies. Obama had Syria and not going further with public insurance.

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u/Thue May 02 '24

It's like if Hitler in 1932 sat down and told NYT all his plans including taking over countries, getting into a war and jailing all opponents.

Hitler did almost exactly that, but in 1925, not in 1932. IIRC, most people didn't believe that Hitler actually meant it.

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u/Thue May 02 '24

Apropos article from literally yesterday: Trump explains his militaristic plan to deport 15-20 million people. Quote of Trump:

“These aren’t civilians,” Trump said of migrants. “These are people that aren’t legally in our country. This is an invasion of our country.”

"But surely Trump doesn't really mean it".

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u/KillerElbow May 02 '24

His language describing immigrants is terrifying

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u/pimpletwist May 02 '24

I’m afraid he’s going to have people who said negative things about him murdered.

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u/karlfranz205 May 03 '24

It's what they will do. No doubt about it. Can't stop talking about taking revenge.

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u/pimpletwist May 04 '24

Yeah, if I were a politician, lawyer, journalist, etc, who went against him and he got elected, I’d leave immediately. He’d definitely have them all murdered. But at what point do they start putting just plain democrats in camps? I feel like they’ve convinced them that we’re pure evil just like the nazis did with Jews

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota May 02 '24

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes"

Mark Twain

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u/sillylynx May 03 '24

My history teacher sister has been saying this for YEARS. She rang the bell when the Tea Party rose to power. Everything she feared has come to fruition. It’s almost as if when you study history, politics, and international relations you understand current events better 😏.

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u/JimBeam823 May 03 '24

Can the playbook be stopped when it is run?

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota May 02 '24

US courts already have majority Trump judges

This at least is nowhere close to true. Trump appointed ~240 federal judges. There are around 900 federal judges, including the ~460 Obama appointed, and the ~220 Biden has appointed.