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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Still Wants The FBI To Go After Hillary And Obama. Make It His Gestapo.
I think the country is heading toward a real national crisis going forward. The President's rhetoric toward the FBI is becoming more strident. We can only guess what is going on at DOJ. It may only be a matter of time before these agencies are unleashed against American voicing opposition to Trump or the GOP.
Remember what Obama just said. And remember what was said about arresting Obama for criticizing Trump while overseas.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)FreeState
(10,572 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,077 posts). . .the FBI is made up of LOTS of different kind of people, and they, in great preponderance are professionals. They aren't going to arrest a former president for having an opinion, and they all know, just like we do, that there is no such law to break.
He also doesn't have the political capital, because 32%, Virginia, and Doug Jones. He is toxic and only the radicals (like those idiots in the freedom caucus, and no i won't capitalize it) and a few frothing at the mouth senators really want to hitch their wagon to that horse('s ass).
"It" might wish he could. A bunch of his crazy supporters might wish it. But, it won't
TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)The problem is that the GOP is really a crime syndicate imitating a political party.
ProfessorGAC
(65,077 posts)Problem is, they're not really Bosses, Underbosses, or Capos. They're just button men for the real bosses.