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AverageOldGuy

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7. GOOD FOR PRITZKER. But he did not go far enough.

Mon Aug 25, 2025, 09:46 PM

Aug 25

Trump’s term in office will end in January 2029. IF we still are a nation of laws and courts – and there is no guarantee we will be – many of those who supported Trump along with Trump himself will face justice for the myriad laws they have broken.

It will then be up to the rest of us to restore our democratic republic.

The question will be how to deal with Trump’s followers. The example of Nazi Germany after WW II may be instructive.

“Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed.
That word is "Nazi." Nobody cares about their motives anymore.
They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after. Who cares any more what particular knot they used in the binding?”
― A.R. Moxon

When Trump and his dictatorship are gone, and we are faced with dealing with his supporters, remember this:
“They joined what they joined.” Then, treat them accordingly.

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Trump allies get a stark threat from Dem gov: 'Justice will find you' [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 25 OP

.... greatauntoftriplets Aug 25 #1

It will possibly come, unles we have another republianmushroom Aug 25 #2

Luv my Guv Alice Kramden Aug 25 #3

Kick orangecrush Aug 25 #4

Tim Walz was the first, then Hochul, mwmisses4289 Aug 25 #5

I knew it was J.B. Pritzker before I even opened the thread Polybius Aug 25 #6

GOOD FOR PRITZKER. But he did not go far enough. AverageOldGuy Aug 25 #7

My favorite: "The wheels of justice grind slow, but exceedingly fine." The Blue Flower Aug 25 #8

Gratitude to Gov JB Pritzker D Illinois!💙 Cha Aug 25 #9

Sounds nice. Reality says otherwise. Username1234 Aug 28 #10

welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Aug 28 #13

You mean like the German fellow, Mussolini, Tojo, Cecescu, Ghadafi, Radovan Karadić, Samuel Doe, ... marble falls Aug 28 #14

This is exactly right and it should be in the Dem platform Prairie Gates Aug 28 #11

I just became a fan of Governor Pritzker Mysterian Aug 28 #12