Trump’s Terrifying Threat to Jack Smith Should Be a Huge Warning

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Carlson then launched into a Freudian soliloquy by listing made-up scenarios of parents being too permissive, as a metaphor for how he sees America. If you allow a baby to smear poop on the walls or a “14-year-old to light a joint at the breakfast table,” or, he continued, “if you allow your hormone-addled 15-year-old daughter to slam the door of her bedroom and give you the finger, you’re going to get more of it.

Tucker Carlson’s vision of a Trump presidency is that “dad comes home” and says to America,

“You’ve been a bad girl. You’ve been a bad little girl and you’re getting a vigorous spanking, right now. … It’s going to hurt you a lot more than it hurts me.”pic.twitter.com/fh25KmyYmG — Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) October 24, 2024

“There has to be a point at which dad comes home. Yeah, that’s right. Dad comes home. And he’s pissed. Dad is pissed,” said Carlson. “He’s not vengeful. He loves his children. Disobedient as they may be, he loves them. Because they’re his children. They live in his house. But he’s very disappointed in their behavior. And he’s going to have to let them know.” The crowd of thousands went wild for his comparison, chanting “Daddy’s home” as Trump took the stage. Talk about weird. And Carlson, again, didn’t stop there.

“When dad gets home, you know what he says? ‘You’ve been a bad girl. You’ve been a bad little girl, and you’re getting a vigorous spanking right now. And no, it’s not going to hurt me more than it hurts you. No, it’s not. I’m not going to lie. It’s going to hurt you a lot more than it hurts me. And you earned this.’”

IntentionallyUfair on October 24th, 2024 at 17:04 UTC »

This is what Hitler and the Nazis did. They removed, imprisoned, and eventually killed critics, government officials, journalists, party opposition, and minorities.

This is the time to keep Trump from getting the power he needs to become capable of performing these actions.

Vote!

accountabilitycounts on October 24th, 2024 at 17:04 UTC »

Why? This should be assumed. Who is surprised even that he said it out loud? Fascism is no longer relegated to the "quiet part."

thenewrepublic on October 24th, 2024 at 17:00 UTC »

Donald Trump vowed Thursday to “fire” special counsel Jack Smith on his first day in office, in hopes of washing his hands of the two federal cases against him.

During an interview with conservative radio commentator Hugh Hewitt, Trump said it would be “easy” to remove Smith. “I would fire him within two seconds,” Trump said, according to The Washington Post.