Joyce Vance: “This is a five-alarm fire. We know what the reaction would be if Joe #Biden tweeted a photo of a bound and gagged Donald #Trump in the trunk of an electric car. Why does Donald Trump get more leeway, especially with his past history? He only continues to get it because our institutions—the courts, the Republican party—let him take it.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/we-need-to-talk-about-this?r=br61&utm_medium=ios

We Need to Talk About This

Today’s widely discussed Trump post on Truth Social isn’t just another instance of bad behavior. It’s not just a shrug of the shoulders and a resigned sigh of, “What are you going to do?” Far too often, people resignedly accept Trump’s behavior because they believe there’s no alternative. The zeitgeist is: We can’t make him stop, can we?

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

2/ ICYMI, via Steve Herman
@w7voa:

As noted by others the imagery reposted by Trump of a hog-tied Biden also appears to show a (bullet?) wound in the center of the forehead. US Secret Service, asked for a response, says it “does not confirm or comment on matters of protective intelligence.”

https://journa.host/@w7voa/112184985477356776

Steve Herman (@[email protected])

As noted by others the imagery reposted by Trump of a hog-tied Biden also appears to show a (bullet?) wound in the center of the forehead. US Secret Service, asked for a response, says it “does not confirm or comment on matters of protective intelligence.”

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3/ Biden campaign spokesman Michael Tyler told CNN in a statement, “This image from Donald Trump is the type of crap you post when you’re calling for a ‘bloodbath’ or when you tell the proud boys to ‘stand back and stand by.’ Trump is regularly inciting political violence and it’s time people take him seriously — just ask the Capitol Police officers who were attacked protecting our democracy on January 6.”
@GottaLaff
The "but I love him" crowd has a lot to answer for right now.

@GottaLaff

Hey, it's #Harry #Dunn – former #Capitol #police #officer and current Democrat for Congress
https://c.im/@cdarwin/112180767891885630#

Chuck Darwin (@[email protected])

Hey, it's #Harry #Dunn – former #Capitol #police #officer and current Democrat for Congress. I've done a lot of tough things in my life, like most of us have. I played college football, tried to make it in the NFL and CFL. That was pretty tough mentally, physically, emotionally. There were many tough days in my 15 years of being a Capitol police officer. But the aftermath of the January 6 #insurrection was one of the toughest things I've been through. My pain, my trauma, it didn't end on January 7. The tough days continued, even when I testified in front of #Congress. But I did it, despite the death threats and constant barrage of attacks, because it was my duty not just as an officer but as an American. Tough things build character, and I credit the tough days that I've experienced for getting me to where I am today – mentally healthy and an outspoken advocate for our democracy, running to serve Maryland. Will you chip in $5 or $25 to me and Forward Blue to join my team of grassroots supporters who want to protect our democracy? >> https://forwardblue.us/l/eE7Qw8 Appreciate you, Harry 💙

C.IM
@GottaLaff
This type of behaviour is unbecoming of an adult, let alone anyone with the other labels he likes to apply to himself (i.e. candidate, president, parent, grandparent etc.) 😵‍💫🫨😨
@GottaLaff @w7voa It’s not even subtle: he’s asking some gun-toting MAGAt to assassinate Biden, either in the middle of 5th avenue or elsewhere.
@JonChevreau @w7voa But at least they’re very aware of it. I hope they act.
@GottaLaff @JonChevreau @w7voa Others would be taken aside and told to behave, or else. Seems the Secret Service is either scared or supportive of old Stinky.
@JonChevreau @GottaLaff @w7voa
I'm old enough to remember what Trump's government did to comedienne Kathy Griffin over a picture of her holding a prop of his decapitated head.
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/23/716258113/kathy-griffin-life-after-the-trump-severed-head-controversy
@GreenFire @JonChevreau @GottaLaff @w7voa Yeah, well #Republicans are heavily into hypocrisy, it's part of their creed, along with Christian hate and general toxicity, sadly.

@GottaLaff @w7voa As many have said before: Most of us would be in jail for thinking about doing this...

What will it take for the republican party to grow a spine, and put an end to this type of extreme redirick...??

@rlstone4dems Republicans ARE him. It’s not about spine, it’s about what they want. They WANT a dictator, full power, $$$, and they want to rid the US and the world of anyone “different” from them.
@GottaLaff @w7voa
Relax! It's just political speech! 🙄