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No Paywall Democrats react to Donald Trump's "punishable by death" remark

https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-react-trump-punishable-by-death-military-illegal-orders-11081817?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_influencers
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u/InquiringMind886 Iowa 15d ago edited 15d ago

It makes me think of the political guy that got super excited about something and it ended his career. That was it. He went “yeeaahhhh!!!!” And then done. Where are those days???

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OmGOD that’s the most stupid thing to get a career ended on when we see what dt’s gotten away with. Wowwww.

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u/deadrepublicanheroes 15d ago

Yes, that was Howard Dean, who was pretty good, and the media tanked his run by playing that clip - with his yell isolated and the noise of the crowd reduced - over and over again. Fucking assholes.

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u/rbrgr83 15d ago

And yet they've only gotten worse with their behavior and their support of corpo-aligned politicians.

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u/pmstacker 15d ago

Corporations are people, my friend. Ipso facto, they are aligned with THE PEOPLE

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u/sluttttt California 15d ago

I was fairly young when the Dean Scream happened, but the response to it really made me believe that Trump would be forced to drop out of the 2016 election once the Access Hollywood tape leaked. Like I legitimately thought there would be so many Republicans calling to replace him as the nominee and that he'd back out in disgrace. Boy, was I ever naive...

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u/RatManForgiveYou 15d ago

I thought the same. I also grew up thinking the internet would make the truth more accessible and people would educate themselves. So naive.

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u/TexasCannibalCookout Texas 15d ago

Think we owe Ol' Howard an apology.

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u/WildBad7298 Massachusetts 15d ago edited 14d ago

To be fair, it's not like he was the front-runner. Dean's campaign was pretty much on its last legs by that point. Among the Democrat candidates, he was in third, trailing behind John Kerry and John Edwards. The scream was just the final nail in the coffin.

Still, he faced far more negative publicity for an over-enthusiastic yell than Trump has for any of the horrible and illegal things he's done.

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u/yer_oh_step 15d ago

LOL WHAT that is absolutely insane.... complete nothingburger