Donald Trump protests break out in several cities: “Fascist clown”

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-protests-cities-1981841

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  2. We all need to be protesting right now. Don’t let fascism take over without opposition.

  3. Enjoy it before you can’t anymore… there will be vans waiting to haul you away when you protest, just like in Moscow.

  4. eh he got the popular vote and the electoral college

    i guess if harris won popular yinz might have had a valid complaint. but the democrats wanted to remove the electoral college, make it all populist voting, and look what happened. he slayed.

  5. But you realize you’re protesting legitimate election results, right? I don’t care for hypocrisy especially when it’s coming from “my side.” Can’t really protest him until he’s actually governing poorly. There will be plenty of opportunities for that. Heh.

  7. I was a college student at a large state school when Obama won and have a core memory of kids just spontaneously pouring out of the dorms onto the campus into a joyful street party. People were so happy, crying and hugging (even those of us who supported Hillary in the primary) because we were all so full of hope. I can’t imagine the “spontaneous” eruptions yesterday and what those kids get as core memories now.

    Frankly, I blame the democrats. Obama had the trifecta in his first term and they didn’t lock down abortion or LGBT rights. They could have done more.

  8. No they would be protesting the election of a treasonous felonious rapist murderer.

  9. Maybe you shouldn’t have withheld your vote over Gaza. Stop crying.

  10. [https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/president-donald-j-trump-free-speech-policy-initiative](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/president-donald-j-trump-free-speech-policy-initiative)

    The most significant part of Trump’s election ramifications hasn’t had nearly as much attention as it warrants.

    The open nature of social media in non-authoritarian states enables foreign governments to inject opinion and propaganda en-masse to whichever group or sector they choose. This is achieved by impersonating membership of that same group and astroturfing communities in a procedural and calculated manner using thousands of coordinated accounts.

    Trump’s blatant indicators of compromise from the Russian government, in combination with this policy, results in a digital ecosystem without checks or measures toward preventing this interference from occurring again and again. The social media platforms that were leveraged to enable these coordinated efforts of manipulation to take place unrestricted, will, in combination with the lack of any democratic government entity that may have contributed toward the hindrance of this occurring, will have zero ability to prevent this mass interference on the world population from occurring going forward. This will serve to further cement the narrative on any political party or movement those same state entities choose to inject influence over via these online platforms for the foreseeable future.

    There is massive precedent for a quid pro quo in this situation between the party benefiting solely from having the narrative crafted in their favour to influence the population deciding an election en-masse to get them elected; and the benefit to the state entity carrying out the mass interference on that same parties behalf.

    With the guardrails removed and no ability for this to be combatted going forward, the flow of propaganda to an even greater extent and severity than anyone can comprehend, and the manipulation of every online discussion going forward, is inevitable.

    The ignorance of the general population when it comes to their self-perceived ability to know when they are in contact with propaganda, in combination with a tsunami of unfettered manipulation delivered direct, means this may be the most danger democracy worldwide has ever faced.

    Your family, friends, colleagues, representatives are all exposed and vulnerable to this messaging. It results in a situation where they find themselves in the crosshairs of the policies of the party they are voting for. Simply due to their focus being on the hate, division and populist soundbites packaged alongside, instead of the policies themselves.

    Democratic governments worldwide need recognise this as the end game, and take action to regulate the ability for these platforms to be leveraged, or they will quickly lose their ability to choose to do so.

  11. There’s only one choice left that can save America now. And honestly, I doubt anyone will make it. Me? I have my exit strategy. I’m out because I’m not white, and I have no intention to die by the hands of some roving band of MAGA good ole boys driving a truck. No thanks.

    Protests against him? Not exactly the correct choice but it’s better than nothing. It’s closer to what must be done.

    Country wide strikes? Bring down the economy, make the billionaires suffer? Refuse to work for the pennies we are being thrown now amid corporate-driven inflation? Yeah that’s much more like it. But it still isn’t enough.

    What do you think is the correct choice in the face of a trump presidency AKA the clinching win for the wealthy class, for the foreseeable decades?

  12. This sounds like a fucking Russia job. Shit is just not adding up. And Musk controls X so you know how that is working out. It makes no sense.

  13. Too little too late but I guess if you’re going to protest do it now. Come January 21st you won’t be able to

  14. Get it out of your system now, come January 21 you’re going to get your skull cracked open for protesting.

  15. I wonder how many of these idiots spent the election cycle talking about how they couldn’t support Harris because of how the Biden administration handled the Israel/Gaza situation. Well, buckle up. This is what you asked for.

  16. Just saw John Burnett on NewsMax refer to the White House as Trump’s “last house.”

    On election day, I saw another reporter state “this is the third and final time Trump is running for president.”

    These people know something more is coming.

  17. This is not particularly useful. He won fair and square. People love his flavor of bullshit and want to gobble it up.

    Engage in other ways. Vote in local elections! Run for local elections! School boards, zoning commissions, anything. Donate to organizations that fight evil with lawyers. ACLU et al. I have been supporting Center for Biological Diversity: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org and they have been a thorn in GOP’s side for a long time. Go to law school or if you’re already a lawyer, volunteer for good causes. While we still have semi-independent judicial system… jam the courts. This is Trump’s own legal strategy: constant delay tactics and appeals.

  19. The best time to protest was on election day.

    Protest now, because I think democracy loving Americans will not be able to in the near future.

  20. dont comply. make it hard for the fascists every single step of the way.

  21. It would be real sad and stupid if the people who showed for the protest didn’t go out and vote.

  22. At least we can be sure they’ll not go gentle into that good night.  Seems they’re proply set on rage, rage against the dying of the light.

  23. Maybe this will finally end everyone’s complacency. No one cares what happens until it happens to them.

  24. I know a few people who didn’t vote or voted third party who are joining these protests. I’m livid.

  25. If all the dumbasses that sat out of the election because “they didn’t like either candidate” would have come out and voted maybe we wouldn’t be in this predicament. But whatever, America was nice while it lasted.

  26. Bet you the lot of these protestors didn’t vote. Fucking losers.

    We didn’t vote, so we’re getting exactly what we deserve.

  27. Lot of good it’ll do now. The only clowns are people that didn’t vote. Guess what – there were a lot of them.

  28. Fuck all these people. They should have voted.

    All I can su is what’s best for my family the next 4 years. It’s going to be a shite show.

  29. Fuckin morons.
    Y’all sat out and now the realization has set in.
    We absolutely deserve what’s coming, no sympathy for anyone who didn’t vote.

  30. In case anyone is curious- There was a protest in Chicago last night but it was planned weeks in advance an the point was to protest the genocide in Gaza. Some chants called Trump a Racist and Fascist Clown while others called out Genocide Joe and Killer Kamala for their current role in the ongoing brutalization.

  31. Great saying applies here “it’s the economy stupid” it’s the cost of living.

  32. Maybe I’m jaded but as someone who protested in 2016 and in 2020 I don’t see what protesting does. What changed? What difference did it make? In hindsight it feels like a waste of time and energy.

  33. You know it’s going to play into Trumps hands now when you protest. The rhetoric from the right will intensify police brutality cases hoping protests in cities will occur so Trump and say the same thing during George Floyd protests. He will then enact the [insurrection act](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_Act_of_1807) to stomp out discourse against the Admin

  35. Our new VP doesn’t think that childless people should even be able to vote. I and many others are not included in the Republican vision of our future. We are not real Americans, not real people to them. I’m not a citizen to them. They won’t be my president and vice president. When Trump’s tariffs make life un-livable, taking away people’s voting rights will be one way to ensure that they stay in power. The tariffs and mass deportations will tank the economy. Trump pledged to mass arrest his political opponents and hold military tribunals for them. He wants to arrest journalists. He wants to arrest citizens who donated to Democrats. He pledged to be a dictator and to use the military against people practicing their First Amendment rights. When all of that starts going down, we are all going to suffer. At least I will have a clean conscience.

  36. They should have spend the effort before the election to get friends to vote, too late now.

  37. All you had to do was vote, and this wouldn’t have happened. How do we put more energy into protesting than voting?

  38. He’s technically not a fascist. Fascists are morally and ethically consistent. It’s like their whole thing. Trump isn’t. Trump (if I may use the technical term) is an asshole.

  39. Gee maybe we should march on the capitol on January 6th and try to stop the inauguration…..oh wait, no, only fascists do that…..AND THEN THEY FUCKING WIN. America the stupid and America doesn’t care. Fuck this shithole country.

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