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Trump says he would have "every right to go after" political enemies if elected
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Former President Trump said during an interview with Fox News on Wednesday that he'd have "every right to go after" his political opponents if he's elected in November.

Why it matters: It's the second time in as many days that the presumptive GOP presidential nominee has publicly suggested he would seek retribution against his political enemies.

    The former president and his allies have ramped up their retribution rhetoric since Trump was convicted of 34 felony charges in his New York criminal trial last week.

Driving the news: "When this election is over, based on what they've done, I would have every right to go after them," Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity, when asked if he would use the justice system to go after his enemies.

    Trump said that the suggestion that he would go after his political allies if he wins in November is "wrong" and "it has to stop."

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Trump needs to learn when to keep his damned mouth shut!
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Trump needs to learn when to keep his damned mouth shut!

I was thinking the exact same thing.  He doesn't need to announce that he's going after political enemies; just do it!!

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I was thinking the exact same thing.  He doesn't need to announce that he's going after political enemies; just do it!!

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Trumps biggest political enemy is deficit spending.  Why doesn't he go after that?
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I was thinking the exact same thing.  He doesn't need to announce that he's going after political enemies; just do it!!

Unless he's not going to.
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The only evil here is in the way the question/statement is framed.

If the law is to be enforced, the egregious rape of not only statute but the Constitution by the members of the current administration not only needs to be addressed, but punished.
At virtually every level of the Administrative State, from the EPA to the JCS to the FBI and DOJ, not to mention DHS, and a host of other agencies, either the job is not getting done, it is being done with enormous variances in enthusiasm (violation of 'equal justice under the law'), or the government has been weaponized against the American People.

Certainly, in a just judicial system, these violations and violators should rightfully be investigated, prosecuted, and held to the letter of the law.

Is that political? Or is it just doing what should be done?

It wouldn't take bending and twisting interpretations of the existing statutes and Constitutional limitations, just enforcement.

If the current regime considers that "going after' them, they've earned it.
They know what they have done is wrong, and they are trying to make any prosecution for those crimes into something political.
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Trump says no and then maybe on pursuing revenge prosecutions if elected
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June 7, 2024 9:22 am
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Former President Donald Trump has escalated suggestions that he would go after political opponents while also saying the action would not be appropriate.

Following Trump’s conviction, he has been vocal about his distaste for the Department of Justice and other law enforcement agencies. Still, he has flip-flopped on whether he believes going after political opponents would be justifiable.

While speaking with Sean Hannity on Fox News on Wednesday, Trump suggested he would not seek retribution via prosecution.

“It has to stop because otherwise, we’re not going to have a country. … I would have every right to go after them, and it’s easy,” Trump said.

Trump also backtracked statements he made during the 2016 presidential election, in which he called for his opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to be “locked up.”

“Wouldn’t it be terrible if I locked up the wife of the president of the United States — former — and locked up the former secretary of state?” Trump asked, referring to Clinton. “It’s a terrible thing.”

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I was thinking the exact same thing.  He doesn't need to announce that he's going after political enemies; just do it!!


No, this is America, not Russia where his buddy Putin does this type of crap.
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Unless he's not going to.


Like he was going to put Hillary in jail.
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No, this is America, not Russia where his buddy Putin does this type of crap.

Just so you know, you have become so predictable that it is no longer necessary for me to read a thing you write.
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No, this is America, not Russia where his buddy Putin does this type of crap.

Yes, you do seem quite comfortable with Leftist criminality and political oppression.
The Republic is lost.

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Yes, you do seem quite comfortable with Leftist criminality and political oppression.


What oppression?
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Just so you know, you have become so predictable that it is no longer necessary for me to read a thing you write.


Oh no, the horror of you not reading my posts!  Well anyway.



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What oppression?

The abuse against conservatives by the DOJ and FBI is well documented, ad nauseam both here and across right wing media. That you refuse to see it, you obviously are all for it.
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What part of Trump will be our his retribution don't people understand?
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While I vehemently oppose anybody using the power of government against political opponents , there is a lopsided application of the law when it comes to Trump and anybody who supports him that needs to be remedied

This was blatantly obvious in the case of Roger Stone lying to Congress versus Anthony Fauci. Fauci did not get a 1am SWAT team pulling him out of his bed for his lying to Congress. It shouldn’t matter what anybody thinks of Stone or Fauci personally. If lying  to Congress is against the law, then it needs to be against the law for anybody who lies to Congress

And Hillary should not have been let off scot-free for what she did. When these people are allowed to get away with things that nobody else would, it only emboldens them

In order for the law to have credibility, it needs to be equally and fairly applied.  But how do you fix this?

This is a very dark path that were heading on

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Trump says he would have "every right to go after" political enemies if elected
Erin Doherty


Former President Trump said during an interview with Fox News on Wednesday that he'd have "every right to go after" his political opponents if he's elected in November.

Why it matters: It's the second time in as many days that the presumptive GOP presidential nominee has publicly suggested he would seek retribution against his political enemies.

    The former president and his allies have ramped up their retribution rhetoric since Trump was convicted of 34 felony charges in his New York criminal trial last week.

Driving the news: "When this election is over, based on what they've done, I would have every right to go after them," Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity, when asked if he would use the justice system to go after his enemies.

    Trump said that the suggestion that he would go after his political allies if he wins in November is "wrong" and "it has to stop."

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https://www.axios.com/2024/06/06/trump-hannity-biden-prosecution-fox-news

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Bigun wrote above in reply 10:
"Just so you know, you have become so predictable that it is no longer necessary for me to read a thing you write."

I've had that guy "on ignore" for years.
He's staying there.
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While I vehemently oppose anybody using the power of government against political opponents , there is a lopsided application of the law when it comes to Trump and anybody who supports him that needs to be remedied

This was blatantly obvious in the case of Roger Stone lying to Congress versus Anthony Fauci. Fauci did not get a 1am SWAT team pulling him out of his bed for his lying to Congress. It shouldn’t matter what anybody thinks of Stone or Fauci personally. If lying  to Congress is against the law, then it needs to be against the law for anybody who lies to Congress

And Hillary should not have been let off scot-free for what she did. When these people are allowed to get away with things that nobody else would, it only emboldens them

In order for the law to have credibility, it needs to be equally and fairly applied.  But how do you fix this?

This is a very dark path that were heading on

That's right. And it needs to be fixed. But the answer is not to fight fire with fire. That is liberty lost.

The answer is to remove the power, that neither side can use it.

Start with the dissolution of the Dept of Homeland Security. Do the same with DOJ. force the law back into its disparate groups. Groups in competition tend to keep their competitors straight.

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Trump needs to learn when to keep his damned mouth shut!

Agreed. It's been his main problem since day one.

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Trump needs to learn when to keep his damned mouth shut!

Good luck with that.
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Stop feeding TBR trolls!   :laugh:


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