Members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have warned America for three years to take former President Donald Trump at his word.
Now, as Trump is poised to win the Republican presidential nomination, his criminal trials face delays that could stall them past Election Day, and his rhetoric grows increasingly authoritarian, some of those lawmakers find themselves following their own advice.
In mid-March, Trump said on social media that the committee members should be jailed. In December he vowed to be a dictator on “day one.” In August, he said he would “have no choice” but to lock up his political opponents.
“If he intends to eliminate our constitutional system and start arresting his political enemies, I guess I would be on that list,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose). “One thing I did learn on the committee is to pay attention and listen to what Trump says, because he means it.”
Lofgren added that she doesn’t yet have a plan in place to thwart potential retribution by Trump. But Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), who has long been a burr in Trump’s side, said he’s having “real-time conversations” with his staff about how to make sure he stays safe if Trump follows through on his threats.
“We’re taking this seriously, because we have to,” Schiff said. “We’ve seen this movie before … and how perilous it is to ignore what someone is saying when they say they want to be a dictator.”
Kind of rich how you guys are against arresting your political opponents after what is currently happening to trump and the jan 6th prosecutions. You guys dont give a shit about justice, you just want to win, and its going to screw all of us.
This is such a smoothbrain take it isn’t even worth addressing
Thank you for reminding us that the maga brain is utterly incapable of critical thinking. Actually breaking the law is quite a bit different from Fox news throwing wild accusations at someone.
I love how you guys default to “BUT YOU ARE A MGAGA THAT LOVE TO SUCK ON SEAN HANITIES DICK!!!” Shocker for you, I am not going to vote for trump. I actually think and care about the future, and am not a mouth breather that just repeats the lines you are told.
With the maga cult lies that you just peddled in your previous comment, I don’t believe you
Or maybe you should try to look at things outside of your cult and realize what is actually happening, not just repeat the lines you are told.
Ah the I’m rubber you’re glue approach, solid.
As if you actually provided any sort of argument. The maga people equally in a cult as you are dude.
Lol cupcake you’re implying that the jan 6 prosecutions and trump’s prosecutions are, despite the mountain of evidence about them, not justice and just political stunts. You’re so full of shit your eyes are brown. At this point maga cultists like yourself probably have a worse grasp on reality than scientologists
Hint: dont start your comment with an insult or the rest of it wont be read.
Honest to God man (or ma’am), I just want grown ups in positions of power.
From what I see, the people in control are not good or acting like the grown ups we want. But the targeted prosecutions are going to make everything much worse.
Prosecutions targeted against crime is good, actually
But not against groups due to their political affiliation.
Fortunately that’s not what’s happening, but Republicans will lie about it anyway because they know their audience has no idea how much more crime they commit
Grow a brain, then reread the stupid that is your comment before interacting with humans again.