Trump says country faces ‘bloodbath’ if Biden wins in November

[SteveG]

Traitor trump amping his cheering stooges up for bigly violence.

from Politico:
Trump says country faces ‘bloodbath’ if Biden wins in November
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/16...r-00147453

Donald Trump on Saturday said it will be a “bloodbath” for the United States if he doesn’t win in November.

“Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s gonna be a bloodbath. That’s going to be the least of it,” Trump said during a rally near Dayton, Ohio. “It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.”

While it was unclear what the former president meant exactly, the remarks came as Trump was complaining about the automobile industry.

He then returned to telling the crowd that China would not be able to sell any vehicles imported into the U.S. if he wins reelection.

Trump frequently paints a dark picture of the country as he lays out his case against President Joe Biden ahead of November’s presidential rematch. And he often employs increasingly heightened rhetoric when addressing the felony charges he is facing in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the run-up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

The events of Jan. 6 are a heavy presence throughout his campaign events, as Trump continues to decry the election he lost four years ago. As he often does, Trump opened Saturday’s rally with a recording of Jan. 6 prisoners singing the national anthem. Saluting the crowd, Trump then said he would issue pardons for the Trump-supporting “hostages” on the first day of his presidency.

“You see the spirit from the hostages. And that’s what they are — hostages,” Trump said in the opening words of his rally.

The Biden-Trump rematch is set to be an ugly race, in which both candidates will elevate the Capitol attack. Biden has continued to invoke Jan. 6 in his own speeches, warning that the outcome in November matters for the fate of democracy. The attack remains a political danger for Republicans and Trump’s campaign this year.

Former Vice President Mike Pence broke with Trump on Friday, announcing that he would not endorse him in 2024. On Jan. 6, Trump supporters at the Capitol called for Pence to be hanged after Trump made him a target for his refusal to aid efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The Biden campaign seized on Trump’s Saturday remarks.

“This is who Donald Trump is: a loser who gets beat by over 7 million votes and then instead of appealing to a wider mainstream audience doubles down on his threats of political violence,” Biden campaign spokesperson James Singer said in a statement.

[steve...]

If he and MAGA republicans think the Jan 6th insurrectionists are hostages, then what do they call the Capitol Police? Enemy traitors?

I can hardly believe this narcissistic sociopath is the GQP's presidential nominee.

[SteveG]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-p...024-03-17/

WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - Donald Trump said on Saturday if he does not win November's presidential election it will mean the likely end of American democracy.

The Republican presidential candidate, speaking to supporters in Ohio, made the claim after repeating his baseless assertion that his 2020 election defeat to Democratic President Joe Biden was the result of election fraud.

During an outdoor speech that was whipped by strong winds and punctuated by some profane language, Trump predicted that if he does not win the Nov. 5 general election, American democracy will come to an end.

"If we don't win this election, I don't think you're going to have another election in this country,"
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Trump opened his remarks in Dayton with a tribute to his supporters who are currently in jail for rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as they sought to block certification of Biden's 2020 election win.
Trump saluted and called them "patriots" and "hostages".

The former Republican president has been using increasingly dystopian rhetoric in his campaign speeches about the state of the country.

In the middle of a section in his speech about placing tariffs on imported cars, and foreign competition for the U.S. auto industry, Trump declared: "If I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole country."

Asked what he meant, his campaign pointed to a post on the social media platform X by a New York Times journalist, which said Trump's "bloodbath" comment came amid a discussion about the U.S. auto industry and the economy.

Asked for a response to Trump's "bloodbath" comment, Biden campaign spokesperson James Singer condemned Trump's "extremism", "his thirst for revenge", and his "threats of political violence".

[bfd]

Lotta projection going on. Must've gone off the script again. Dolt.

[RAMd®d]

Trump says country faces ‘bloodbath’ if Biden wins in November

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Trump then said he would issue pardons for the Trump-supporting “hostages” on the first day of his presidency.


So he's inciting rioting and promising bribes to those who support him.

Calling him a madman with various terms is beyond political rhetoric.

It's a charitable truth, with 'raging lunatic' being closer to actual truth.

[Lemon Drop]

Still waiting for the 2020 bloodbath, closest thing was Jan 6 and that was his sheep. Who won't be that stupid after they lose again this fall.

[pdq]

He also helpfully informed his minions that some immigrants are “not people”.

Let’s be charitable and guess that he was referring to migratory waterfowl.

[mrbigstuff]

this rhetoric is being parroted by his stooges on social media, of course. they are waiting for their daddy to rescue them from the evil clutches of the woke mobs.

[bfd]

Lemon Drop wrote:
Still waiting for the 2020 bloodbath, closest thing was Jan 6 and that was his sheep. Who won't be that stupid after they lose again this fall.

The idiocy of his cult knows/has no boundaries …

[sekker]

bfd wrote:
Lotta projection going on. Must've gone off the script again. Dolt.

This is what I was thinking too