Some Democrats say his comments, directed at a Christian audience, signaled his plans to be a dictator. His campaign says he was talking about ‘uniting’ the country, and experts point to his ‘deliberately ambiguous’ speaking style.

Democratic lawmakers and Vice President Harris’s campaign joined a chorus of online critics in calling out remarks Donald Trump aimed at a Christian audience on Friday, arguing that the former president and current Republican presidential nominee had implied he would end elections in the United States if he won a second term.

At the conclusion of his speech at the Believers Summit in West Palm Beach, Fla., Trump said, “Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore. 
 You got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote.”

Democrats and others interpreted the comments as signaling how a second Trump presidency would be run, a reminder that he previously said he would not be a dictator upon returning to office “except for Day One.”

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    But democrats no longer having any power is exactly the fascist implication we are talking about.

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      Well, there’s a difference between democrats not having any power because of a coup or because R did their politics so well
I’m not defending this interpretation btw, but you asked.

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        No there isn’t because it assumes different people don’t want different things.

        How can they do politics so well that it satisfies the “radical left” if said group is evil in the first place?

        They have argued themselves into a corner by doing so much hyperbole that it leaves no room for a reasonable take.

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        I mean yeah you could make that argument, but every poll on the issues would contradict its likelihood of making sense. Not that a Republican would care, but still