{"id":136064,"date":"2018-04-06T07:52:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T13:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136064"},"modified":"2018-04-06T08:38:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T14:38:01","slug":"descend-banana-republic-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/06\/descend-banana-republic-status.html","title":{"rendered":"As we descend further into Banana Republic status"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the President goes off-script … again … to discredit any opposition to his regime.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn many places, like California, the same person votes many times,\u201d the president explained. \u201cYou probably heard about that. They always like to say \u2018Oh, that\u2019s a conspiracy theory.\u2019 Not a conspiracy theory, folks. Millions and millions of people. And it\u2019s very hard because the state guards their records. They don\u2019t want [you] to see it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gee, you know who else has their head government leaders declaring that the opposition party is winning elections through massive fraud? Tin-pot dictatorships, right before they crack down on the press and and start throwing opposition politicians into jail.<\/p>\n

Not that I think we’re there yet. But I have little doubt that if Trump could,<\/i> that’s precisely what he’d be doing.<\/p>\n


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As the President goes off-script … again … to discredit any opposition to his regime. \u201cIn many places, like California, the same person votes many times,\u201d the president explained. \u201cYou probably heard about that. They always like to say \u2018Oh, that\u2019s a conspiracy theory.\u2019 Not a conspiracy theory, folks. Millions and millions of people. 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