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Surprised this hasn’t gotten more attention. During the debate, when #Trump claimed (falsely) that on #Jan6 “nobody on the other side was killed,” the “other side” he was talking about was the police & Congress. He also called the rioters “we” before he caught himself.
FediThing 🏳️🌈
in reply to Laffy • • •Content warning: US pol, Trump supporters, police
Trump supporters are all "blue lives matter" and "thin blue line" while the police are imprisoning immigrants or beating up/killing minorities.
But when the police are protecting elected legislators from far right rioters carrying nooses, suddenly the Trump supporters (and Trump himself) decide that the police are "the other side".
There's nothing motivating Trump and his supporters except bigotry and hatred. They see the police as a tool for expressing and enforcing bigotry through violence, and have no respect for the rule of law itself.