Donald Trump on Sunday proposed a new policy that many critics said is equivalent to legalizing "The Purge." Trump spoke at a rally in Pennsylvania, where he admitted that his attendees were "falling asleep" at one of his earlier rallies. Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign noted that, as T...

Donald Trump on Sunday proposed a new policy that many critics said is equivalent to legalizing “The Purge.”

Trump spoke at a rally in Pennsylvania, where he admitted that his attendees were “falling asleep” at one of his earlier rallies. Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign noted that, as Trump was still speaking at the swing-state event over the weekend, rallygoers placed directly behind the former president started to funnel out of the building.

One comment Trump made drew condemnation on social media, as well as numerous comparisons to The Purge, a film series based on a dystopian world in which the government makes all crimes legal for a 12-hour period.

As reported by Sebastian Smith, AFP Washington desk chief, “Trump in Erie, PA, says in US ‘the police aren’t allowed to do their job.’ To stop crime, you need ‘one really violent day.’ He says: ‘One rough hour and I mean real rough, the word would get out and it would end immediately.’”

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  • MyOpinion@lemm.ee
    130·
    2 months ago

    The Purge, Period checks, no overtime, mass deportations. The future looks bright. Thank you for bringing so much joy to the world GOP.

    • ModestMeme@lemm.eeEnglish
      82·
      2 months ago

      Don’t forget to vote third party or not at all because the Democrats aren’t perfect or because electoral college or voting day is a Tuesday…. s/

      • Facebones@reddthat.com
        19·
        2 months ago

        Dont forget to not hold democrats accountable for anything so they can move 6 more steps right and normalize all the Republican corporate shit you claimed to be against 10 years ago.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          31·
          2 months ago

          Which candidate that has a chance of winning the election in November do you think Americans should vote for?

          • Krauerking@lemy.lol
            3·
            2 months ago

            Not them but I think the answer is very obviously “not Trump”.
            Everyone should vote for “Not Trump” and it seems that more people agree than not when even his own party wanted a guy with former brain parasites than him.

            There is really some lamenting though that the bar is set so low and the Democrats seem to be happy to not even try to jump over it but take the win on not being Trump.

            It could be an amazing strategy to run on a platform of helping and pushing change instead of telling tired people they will keep things the same.

            Its obvious it needs to be “Not Trump”. But I wouldn’t expect people to be happy about voting for the equivalent of the 2000 Republican Party in spirit here in 2024 when people not wanting that anymore is how the Republicans got Trump in the first place. People are gonna get burnt out and disenfranchised on no change.
            It doesn’t mean they are right to burn it all down but people commit suicide for shitty reasons too.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
              10·
              2 months ago

              The only “not Trump” that has a chance of winning is Harris.

              Voting for any other “not Trump” actually helps Trump. You might as well just not vote.

              • Krauerking@lemy.lol
                3·
                2 months ago

                Well only true if they weren’t a Trump supporter voting 3rd party.

                People walking out of his rallies and falling asleep at them does not help Trump.

                I get that Harris is the only person with the current backing up there to win properly against him this election but if you literally take a look at your math there and say someone that votes third party would be better by not voting at all you are just trying to silence people that disagree with you rather than let them have any voice.

                Voting for third party when they wouldn’t have voted at all is not the same as helping Trump and you need to stop being so scared of Trump you keep bullying those that would with that false equivalent.

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
                  5·
                  2 months ago

                  I am not trying to silence anyone. People are free to do what they want. I stand by my position that voting for anyone but Trump or Harris achieves nothing.

                  Voting third party in modern history has never achieved anything and there is no one anywhere close to the popularity of Ross Perot, who came closest.

                  • Krauerking@lemy.lol
                    2·
                    2 months ago

                    Telling people that if they don’t vote with you they shouldn’t vote at all is pretty telling of who you are and what you want. You said it above and you barely have changed your stance to hide your disdain.

                    And now you saying people can only other vote for Trump since he’s the other representative of a deeply problematic 2 party system?

                    If people want to voice their displeasure but not necessarily achieve something, I’m not yelling at people that they are worth less than nothing when they do it. And I definitely don’t want to push the idea that Republicans have to only vote Trump because it’s his party.

          • Facebones@reddthat.com
            3·
            2 months ago

            “Vote for my candidate or your worse than Republicans”

            Much democracy, so freedom. If y’all spent half the time working against Republicans that you do attacking anybody left of Biden maybe we could have meaningful change.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
              4·
              2 months ago

              Why are you putting words in my mouth? That’s highly dishonest of you, especially when I said nothing even remotely like what you’re putting in quotation marks.

            • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              (It’s “you’re” )

              And FYI, I’m probably left of your beliefs. I just understand the existential threat of another Trump presidency. I live in the Real World, where compromise and Progress are better than holding out for perfect and getting nothing, or worse…

              If We The People (left, center, and the extremely rare Never-Trump Republicans) are somehow able to keep him and his dangerous revenge tour intentions and Project 2025 schemes out of the White House, there’s another timeline where the United States becomes a failed, fascist Oligarchy. Don’t say it can’t happen here, because history tells us it absolutely can. In fact, we’ve never been closer!

              Kamala Harris is great! Perfect? No. But at this moment in history nothing is more important than keeping Donald Trump from subverting the democracy of our entire country…

          • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            I mean, I’m gonna vote for Kamala, but Dems ain’t movin’ left, let’s be honest.

        • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          Let me guess: you’ve been calling your representatives, demanding voting reform and an end to “first-past-the-post” and holding your votes hostage at all times, not just in an election year… Right!??

          • Facebones@reddthat.com
            1·
            2 months ago

            I know you think you have some big gatcha here, but I actually do those things. Go on and keep rewarding democrats for sprinting further right and dumping whatever scraps they promise on Day One.

            • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              Well, as it stands, intentionally or not, you’re encouraging making people’s votes (not for Trump) not matter.