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Guy said he'd be dictator on day one and that sometimes it's okay to suspend the constitution. Some of us are concerned about what things he said might be true.


Fact check: False.

It was clearly a joke, as in taking the first day of office to clean up the perceived mistakes of his predecessor. Do you know any dictators who only planned to rule for one day?

And also, are you still confused why Americans wholeheartedly rejected this BS?


How are you so confident that it is a joke? I'm not that confused about why people give him a pass on stuff like this, but that doesn't mean I like it.


"When people tell you who they are, believe them."


Huh?? But how is he wrong?


Edited: nevermind.


Read about Godwin's Law here: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodwinsLaw

In a nutshell, you automatically lose any argument if you have to invoke Hitler or the Nazis.


seems like liberals collectively forgot about it




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