Trump Sides With Protesters; Whitmer Bucks GOP Legislature

A tense week in Michigan culminated Thursday with images of angry and armed protesters swarming the state capitol while Republican lawmakers let Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) COVID emergency declaration lapse.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1306878
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Trump has appeared to take a particular dislike to Whitmer

Ya’ think?

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Nothing like having a president who is busy supporting armed insurrection…

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Someone’s gonna get killed if he keeps this up.

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Let’s ship these armed protestors to Guantanamo. They are a menace to society.

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So a couple dozen citizens whine about not being able to go where they want while being allowed to wander the halls of the state capital with guns (irony alert), and the Governor is supposed to make deals with them?

70+% of America supports the stay at home orders. It’s ridiculous.

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They need to stop treating these idiots with kid gloves.

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Sounds like Trump has written off Michigan in November. If he hasn’t,he might as well.

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Enter one Justin Amash…

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Per the photo header: I want these spittle-flecked psychotic assholes arrested and quarantined: preferably together, in a cage.

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The President of the United States is guilty of incitement, and his fellows Repubs remain silent.

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Because of course he did. This is his “base.” Armed nuts who don’t understand the concept of quarantine.

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Feature, not a bug. There’s nothing more that he’d like then to have this get violent, so that he can have all his aggrieved supporters be the “victims”.

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If this is allowed to stand Michigan will soon be ungovernable. Their choice…

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Very good people on both sides.

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“These are very good people, but they are angry.”

…and they’re armed like a fully kitted SWAT team.

But they mean well :roll_eyes:

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But, O My Gawd! The money pipes are dry, an’ we’ll all die!!

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That’s the cover story. The issue is that Michigan elected a female Democrat for Gov. That’s what pisses them off.

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Trump sides with meat processing plants:

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Let’s ship them to the White House instead and let him shit his Depends.

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