If elected, Trump told a rally at #TempleUniversity, he would give #police "immunity" to do their jobs & "surge" federal resources to cities battling violence.
'I believe in exceptions': Trump's comments at a speech to Christian activists prompted chants of 'No dead babies!"
I'm reminded of Ian Kershaw's concept of "Working Towards the Führer".
“Hitler’s personalized form of rule invited radical initiatives from below and offered such initiatives backing, so long as they were in line with his broadly defined goals. This promoted ferocious competition at all levels of the regime”
The promises in his speeches reduce to: When you're MAGA, they let you do it. You can do anything. As long as you're working toward the Führer.
#Trump dismissed as "fake" FBI statistics that showed a continued drop in levels of violent #crime & murder across the country in the first 3 months of 2024, & accused Democratic President Joe #Biden of lying about the data.
As he often does, Trump portrayed migrants in the country illegally as dangerous & burdensome. He claimed, without citing evidence, that they were taking jobs from #Black & #Hispanic workers.
#Trump, who has falsely claimed that systematic cheating cost him #Pennsylvania in 2020, told the crowd, "Philadelphia was one of the most egregious places anywhere" for voter fraud. "We are not going to let it happen again."
At an earlier event on Sat in DC organized by the Faith & Freedom Coalition, a #conservative#Christian group, Trump urged churchgoers to vote for him.
"You gotta get out & vote. Just this time. In 4 yrs you don't have to vote, OK? In 4 yrs don't vote, I don't care."
"Like Ronald Reagan, I believe in exceptions for the life of the mother - rape & incest," #Trump said.
"You have to go w/your heart. You have to also remember you have to get elected."
Trump's comments on #abortion prompted some in the crowd to chant "No dead babies!"
He drew applause on other proposals, such as scrapping the Dept of #Education, a measure favored by many #conservative#Christians who accuse the federal govt of attacking faith-based teaching methods.
@Nonilex Se we've graduated from saying the quiet parts out loud to saying the out loud parts out loud. So Mr. Day One Dictator won't need any more elections. It would be nice if he were to exit, stage left - BUT, there are so sooo many ready and willing to take his dictator place. Must vote. Must vote up and down "the ticket" and give these dick-taters a sound drubbing. Or yeah, no one's going to need to vote again...
@Nonilex #CriminalTrump clearly says there won’t be any voting in 4 years, if he gets elected. I don’t think his base gets this as the prediction it is. If #CriminalTrump wins, there won’t be any vote
Ing, any elections, any protests, any dissenting of any kind, ever again! All our choices will be abolished! All our freedoms will be eradicated! If you like freedom, there’s only one choice this November! #VoteBlue
"#Trump dismissed as 'fake' FBI statistics that showed a continued drop in levels of violent crime... he claimed [falsely] that [immigrants] were taking jobs..."
Trump's first press secretary, Sean Spicer, started lying about economic numbers and Trump's inauguration attendance on his first day. With a grin on his face.
Instead of shunning Spicer as the fascist monster that he is, celebrities like James Corden and Stephen Colbert normalized and did PR for him.