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spanone

(135,827 posts)
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 06:25 PM Oct 2020

CNN: The absolutely bonkers threat Donald Trump made this week

(CNN) - At a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said something incredible -- even by his standards.

Recounting how his campaign had to move the site of the rally to comply with Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's Covid-19 protocols, Trump said this:

"I'll remember it, Tom. I'm gonna remember it, Tom. 'Hello, Mr. President, this is Governor Wolf, I need help, I need help.' You know what? These people are bad."


Let's be very clear what Trump is doing here: He is threatening to withhold federal aid -- or some sort of other assistance -- the next time Pennsylvania needs it because the state's governor, according to the President, made it difficult to find a site to hold a campaign rally. Yes, really.


https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/27/politics/tom-wolf-donald-trump-pennsylvania/index.html

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CNN: The absolutely bonkers threat Donald Trump made this week (Original Post) spanone Oct 2020 OP
in another time, such behavior would have been major news... with Trump... just another day Demovictory9 Oct 2020 #1
And totally impeachable. coti Oct 2020 #3
His former secretary is wrong. It's not just his ego. He's mobeau69 Oct 2020 #2
Fact. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #4
He also spoke about Bien being shot malaise Oct 2020 #5

coti

(4,612 posts)
3. And totally impeachable.
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 06:37 PM
Oct 2020

And criminal. What he said was illegal, using public funds to coerce political support.

mobeau69

(11,141 posts)
2. His former secretary is wrong. It's not just his ego. He's
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 06:35 PM
Oct 2020

frantically trying to keep the con going so he can use the power of the office to avoid prosecution and potentially time in a jail cell for his crimes.

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
4. Fact.
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 06:40 PM
Oct 2020
That's the predicament Wolf finds himself in, however. Because he is dealing with the most radical -- and norm-breaking -- President ever to hold the job.


tRump is not "most radical--and norm-breaking". The man is insane and should never have been anywhere close to the Oval office.
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