Former president tells Glenn Beck he would have ‘no choice’ but to lock up opponents ‘because they’re doing it to us’

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    1 year ago

    As bad as Project 2025 looks I couldn’t see anything shot kicking out senators, “just” federal employees.
    Any sources on the more extreme claims?

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      1 year ago

      You kick out the federalist that do things like, investigate overturning elections, and suddenly the midterms are all republican wins.

      From there, you have someone who can get power passed to change things like presidential term limits. Now you have a king or an emperor with a bunch of yes men backing him up in decisions. Eventually, they can institute whatever policies they want and force states, by force, to enact what they want with military power and courts who rule in their favor.

      Oh, but there are people in the military who will stand up and do what’s right? Well, they will be branded as wackos and enemies of the state who are speaking ill of the totally “legit” election. So they are put in front of a firing squad and all that’s left are those who already believe in Der Fuhrer.

      It’s a complete shit show in the making and fucking frightening what they could do with disinformation and no checks.

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      1 year ago

      You’re definitely right. I spent a good minute going through the guide but the most nefarious stuff was gaining complete control of the executive branch. This guide is like a first step for a first term. Well brb guys, going to figure how to take over the government with only the executive branch.

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        1 year ago

        Is the army part of the executive? If yes, then… idk, build a shelter, leave, arm yourself or just accept your new overlords.

        Theoretically a president could call the army to throw out dissidents. In practice… i think the army is right-leaning but i don’t think that they would simply follow through. It depends.

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          1 year ago

          Per section 4 DOD I should be getting some brownie point by providing more goodies to each branch even the space force. I would also be making adjustments to the culture to make sure there’s no woke people. Personal army wise I think my best bet will be to use ice since they fall under Homeland security. There was a note somewhere about removing the restrictions of where they can operate.