Raskin says second Trump term would ‘look a lot like Vladimir Putin in Russia’

[CharlieH]

 

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Sunday compared a hypothetical second Trump White House term to that of President Vladimir Putin’s Russia and other authoritarian leaders in response to Trump’s veiled threats that he would go after his political opponents if reelected.

“Well, the role of the government in his view is to advance his political fortunes and destroy his political enemies. So what would a second term look like? It would look a lot like Vladimir Putin in Russia. It would look a lot like [Prime Minister Viktor Orban] in Hungary — illiberal democracy, meaning democracy without rights, or liberties, or respect for the due process, the system, the rule of law,” Raskin said on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki.”

 

Raskin, a member of the now dissolved House select committee that investigated the Jan 6., 2021, attack on the Capitol and Trump’s role in it, also described such countries as not accepting results that don’t benefit certain leaders.

“They don’t accept elections that don’t go their way,” Raskin said. “They refuse to disavow political violence. They embrace political violence as an instrument for obtaining power, and then everything flows from the will of a charismatic politician. And that is Donald Trump in their book.” 

“So we are clearly headed into a completely different form of government than any of us would recognize, as continuous with the past — right-wing, authoritarian government in league with Putin, [Chinese President Xi Jinping], Orban, [former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro], you name it,” he said.

Trump has repeatedly lashed out as he faces an unprecedented 91 criminal felony counts stemming from four separate indictments, two on the state level and two on the federal.

 

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[Tug]

Well putin is his mentor except Putin is a great deal more intelligent and not a coward trump not so smart and definitely a coward 

[thaibeachlovers]

He's a Democrat, probably hates Trump so what else would he say?

 

Trump couldn't even get a wall built where it was so badly needed, yet we are supposed to believe that he will be able to subvert the government of the US.

This sort of non news belongs with the rest of the junk mail, IMO.

[Tug]

32 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

He's a Democrat, probably hates Trump so what else would he say?

 

Trump couldn't even get a wall built where it was so badly needed, yet we are supposed to believe that he will be able to subvert the government of the US.

This sort of non news belongs with the rest of the junk mail, IMO.

We rational lucid Americans are living this we have seen the damage done by this man we do not take it lightly mr Raskin is a highly intelligent man in the thick of it so to speak he knows of what he speaks 

[Eric Loh]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

He's a Democrat, probably hates Trump so what else would he say?

 

Trump couldn't even get a wall built where it was so badly needed, yet we are supposed to believe that he will be able to subvert the government of the US.

This sort of non news belongs with the rest of the junk mail, IMO.

I am sure you know what subvert mean. Trump has already subvert the authority system and the institution by denying a legitimate election. He subverted the rule of law numerous times. He should be hated not only by the Dems but also the voting public who booted him out of office and will again do the same in 2024. 

[Danderman123]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

He's a Democrat, probably hates Trump so what else would he say?

 

Trump couldn't even get a wall built where it was so badly needed, yet we are supposed to believe that he will be able to subvert the government of the US.

This sort of non news belongs with the rest of the junk mail, IMO.

In a second term, Trump would be better able to control government. Of course, he would use the government to attack his enemies, and that would consume most of his time.

[Danderman123]

2 hours ago, Tug said:

We rational lucid Americans are living this we have seen the damage done by this man we do not take it lightly mr Raskin is a highly intelligent man in the thick of it so to speak he knows of what he speaks 

Raskin loses me on style points - like many Dems, he's a lawyer, and talks like one. Same problem with Kamala Harris.

 

Always hedging their words.