The vice president told a crowd of roughly 20,000 in Dallas that former President Donald J. Trump had said he would terminate the Constitution in a second term.

“Consider: Donald Trump has openly vowed if re-elected he’ll be a dictator on day one, that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies, round up peaceful protesters and throw them out of our country and even, and even and I quote, ‘terminate’ the United States Constitution,” Ms. Harris said.

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      I mean, realistically we knew it four years ago…

      Its why we kept trying to argue Biden needed a better VP. But moderates told us VPs don’t matter.

      I can hold my nose for Kamala, but fuck man. If there ain’t a real primary next election I’m over the party.

      I’ve voted D for president for literally 20 years now…

      08 was the only time I didnt just vote against the Republican party.

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        Oh my god stop with the “moderates told us” stuff, it’s such an obvious attempt to split people apart.

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          It’s givesomefucks. “Done with the party” nonsense.

          What are they gonna push next, #walkaway? Just block them and make your life easier.

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          moderates told us

          Leftist have been warning liberals about Biden for 4 years, they wouldnt listen and here we are.

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            Is that what you think happened on J6? Failure is not the same as giving up.

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                Are you suggesting that an attempt to halt the certification of a presidential election endorsed and encouraged by the sitting president in the hopes of avoiding abdicating power is equivalent to a protest over police brutality?

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                  Legal warfare, I dont like it either, but the losers do this a lot. If jan 6th was an insurrection or whatever, what was May 29th?

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            He hasn’t conceded the previous election yet…

            In his and his cultists eyes he never stopped being the president

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        Dismantling two and a half centuries of checks, balances, and protections isn’t half as easy as you may think.

        The jury is still out on whether he’s capable enough to do it if he wins again. This said, who the fuck wants to take that chance?

        Trump is also a selfish, amoral piece of shit that will pull us out of NATO and kowtow to Putin as he expands across Europe. He doesn’t care about anyone but himself, and the foreign countries and businesses he’s forever indebted to.

        The only “upside” to this guy is the delusions he’s selling his fanclub on. They’re all lies, but America is infested with enough idiots that we’re now having to deal with this situation.

        I’m so ashamed of this segment of my countrymen. What absolute rubes Trump voters are.

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          If he is going to destroy the government why even bother with an election and just say he is permanent president? And of course you are flying the Ukraine flag.

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      Which is somehow different than Biden refusing to give up power and drop out despite no one wanting him?