Last Thursday, Michael F said :
“Hmm…you don’t often hear the person who’s job is to see the laws be faithfully executed say fuck the law…
But, best as I can tell, the wingnut response has been…crickets. Nothing.”
Well, let’s go to Wingnut Central and have a look-see. (composite thread)
‘I think you’re afraid of the NRA’: Trump blasts Republican lawmakers in bipartisan meeting
businessinsider ^ | February 28, 2018 | Michelle MarkPosted on 2/28/2018, 3:25:32 PM by Berlin_Freeper
President Donald Trump held a freewheeling White House meeting on Wednesday to discuss various gun-control measures, at one point jabbing a Republican senator over his reluctance to raise the age of all gun purchases to 21 from 18.
“I think you’re afraid of the NRA,” Trump said to Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, arguing that raising the age limit was “something we have to think about.”
“A lot of people are afraid to bring it up,” Trump said, referring to the National Rifle Association’s vehement opposition to the proposal. Some Democrats, such as Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, smiled and nodded at Trump’s remarks.
Toomey said his reservations were due to fear that such a regulation would punish the “vast majority” of 19- and 20-year-olds in his state who own rifles or shotguns and are “law-abiding citizens.”
To: Berlin_Freeper
To: facedown
Ill advised? Try, these are his beliefs which is far more troubling
7 posted on 2/28/2018, 3:32:40 PM by Jarhead9297
To: Berlin_Freeper
Trump’s burning political capital with a blowtorch. Watch his approval ratings plummet.
9 posted on2/28/2018, 3:34:30 PM by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
To: facedown>> Dumb move. He is being ill advised.
I have found that Trump’s “off the cuff” remarks are the ones that most illustrate his mindset, and Trump himself has said as much. I don’t think this is about being ill advised, I think this is what Trump believes.
Even if it’s not, Trump said it, and he’s the President.
To: Paine in the Neck
I supported him. I have questioned some of his choices. This has done it for me. If he goes along with chipping away at the 2A, I am done.
21 posted on 2/28/2018, 3:41:20 PM by ozaukeemom (9/11/01 Never Forget. Never.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
To: Lagmeister
all this fearmongering is silly.
Trump is on our side. He is playing these Demon Rat thugs.
To: P-Marlowe
“Trump is a populist not a conservative. Sometimes popular ideas are conservative and sometimes they are idiotic. This is an example of Trump being an idiot.”
That kind of nails it.
41 posted on 2/28/2018, 3:52:10 PM by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
He’s gone mad. Alas. If we wanted bs or threats against our constitutional rights we could have elected HilLIARy. We need to find a good honest reliable conservative non-GOP-e candidate asap for the next election
82 posted on 2/28/2018, 4:57:59 PM by faithhopecharity (“Politicans aren’t born, they’re excreted.” -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
To: Berlin_Freeper
To: veracious
Wow. “Afraid of the NRA..” what great material for every democrapper to use come election time. Trump can be a bonehead at times.
113 posted on 2/28/2018, 7:06:40 PM by whistleduck (“….the calm confidence of a Christian with 4 aces”…..S.)
To: tschatski
“I hope he isn’t selling out.”
Well, what he’s saying in this meeting should not give us any comfort, and the Rats are getting all giddy. So, what does that tell you? My jaw dropped watching this.
14 posted on 2/28/2018, 2:50:09 PM by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: tschatski
just tuned in; VERY concerning that they’re talking about taking guns immediately, etc., etc…holy crap. What’s to stop every gov’t, trump and beyond, from deeming people mental and then taking their guns!!!!!!!
40 posted on 2/28/2018, 3:01:11 PM by spacejunkie2001
To: tschatski
Better hide the guns you want to keep cause sooner or later they are coming after them
58 posted on 2/28/2018, 3:09:01 PM by ATOMIC_PUNK (I think therefore im Dangerous to the liberal agenda !)
To: Mouton
Why do WE have to give something up whenever the Dems whip up a public frenzy with their paid for actors.
To: mooncoin
To: ought-six
He loses me a little bit every time he opens his fat mouth.
So – like every hour or so that he’s not asleep?
I’m mostly happy with what he’s done so far, but he needs to cut the bullshit.
93 posted on 2/28/2018, 3:29:11 PM by NYleatherneck
To: SkywiseHe’s selling us out and guaranteeing the Dems will take both houses in 2018.
He also just said police in Florida should have took Cruz’s guns no matter what the law said. Getting close to jump the shark territory there. God help us.
Trump: ‘Take the guns first, go through due process second’ The Hill ^ Posted on 2/28/2018, 4:10:16 PM by RevelationDavidPresident Trump on Wednesday voiced support for confiscating guns from certain individuals deemed to be dangerous, even if it violates due process rights.“I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man’s case that just took place in Florida … to go to court would have taken a long time,” Trump said at a meeting with lawmakers on school safety and gun violence.
“Take the guns first, go through due process second,” Trump said.
To: RevelationDavidSorry, Trump, but cops must obey the LAW. As must YOU! Trump, you CANNOT ban Bumpfire stocks by Executive Order. Everyone will IGNORE it, and you will look FOOLISH.2 posted on 2/28/2018, 4:12:28 PM by 2harddrive
To: donna
To: RevelationDavid
To: RevelationDavid
To: RevelationDavid
To: jyo19
To: RevelationDavidI am done. The 2A and abortion are my litmus test. Yes, I want the wall and getting rid of obamacare. But, those are my top priorities.I feel like a fool.68 posted on 2/28/2018, 4:42:11 PM by ozaukeemom (9/11/01 Never Forget. Never.)
To: 2harddriveMay God HElp America if he really said that! I don’t believe it!!75 posted on 2/28/2018, 4:47:16 PM by faithhopecharity (“Politicans aren’t born, they’re excreted.” -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
To: RevelationDavid405 days since Trump has been elected. 0 miles, 0 feet, 0 inches of new border wall built. And now Trump wants to violate the 2nd, 4th, and 14th Amendments of the United States Constitution.
To: af_vet_rr
To: RevelationDavidDear God, save us from this insane man! If I had known Trump was so weak on due process, if I had known he supported gun bans (which he LIED about), I certainly wouldn’t have voted for him. And I sure won’t vote for him in 2020.138 posted on 2/28/2018, 5:32:55 PM by backwoods-engineer (Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
To: RevelationDavidOK, “Trump walks on water” people, defend THIS insanity.162 posted on 2/28/2018, 5:52:57 PM by alstewartfan (Lines of coffee cups on parade. Soldiers for keeping the night away. Al Stewart in Delia’s Gone)
To: faithhopecharity“May God HElp America if he really said that! I don’t believe it!!”
To: RevelationDavidFreepers made their bed.Now they gotta sleep in it.Advance warning was given early and often.327 posted on 3/1/2018, 3:30:48 AM by AmericanInTokyo ( Living in denial sucks. Big time.)
I have to keep telling myself:
“there is no peak wingnut
there is no peak wingnut
there is no peak wingnut…”
Or as Buzz Lightyear would say “To INFINITY! and BEYOND!“
So this sig line seemed out of character for Cicero,
Intrigued I looked it up and found a mystery. Google suggests that the only source for this quote is “some” wacko posting on any number of winger sites, and one strange outlier. A Goodreads quote posted by username Rashid whose taste in books seem to trend towards Islam, philosophy, and Ursula le Guin.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/135528-politicians-are-not-born-they-are-excreted
What is happening here? Either we have a case of two extremes bending far enough to meet on the far side, or Rashid is playing a very subtle long game against either the world of wingers, or against Goodreads. There is a story here, I am sure of it.
For the record, Vince Lombardi did say that “Leaders aren’t born, they are made.”
Guess who forgot to properly close a tag
Also, Cicero had been dead for four decades by 3 BCE.
Freepers never fail to entertain. I remember telling one Freeper before the 2016 election that she better pray to any god she believed in and some she doesn’t that Trump didn’t get elected. My advice went unheeded.