cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20332663

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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  • @Rhoeri
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    51 hour ago

    How his loyalist minions don’t see him as a 10 year old child suggesting random actions with no consequences is so far beyond me that I think contemplating the purpose of the universe would be easier to solve.

    Every fucking thing he says is some dumbass plan that doesn’t even consider a single consequence of its own action.

    This is the mind of a spoiled rotten child that has never had to face a consequence in their life. They have others to do that for them.

    “Let’s have a purge! It won’t be me that suffers!”

    What a fucking cunt of a man!

  • @acosmichippo
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    394 hours ago

    that’s not “the purge” at all. If it was then everyone would be allowed to crime, but he’s clearly just talking about the police. It’s blatant authoritarian rhetoric, but nothing to do with the movie.

    • MudMan
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      384 hours ago

      It’s not The Purge, it’s Kristallnacht.

    • @Red_October
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      93 hours ago

      Only the police are allowed to do crimes, the rest of us just get purged.

  • FauxPseudo
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    133 hours ago

    Reminder: crime is at an all time low.

    • @jordanlundOPM
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      22 hours ago

      Well, it DID increase for a bit, but has been dropping since 2023.

  • FuglyDuck
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    655 hours ago

    when people tell you who they are… believe them.

    Sooo many people follow trump without believing a word he says.

      • FuglyDuck
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        53 hours ago

        until it’s him that gets fucked over.

        what they don’t realize is he’s fucking everyone over constantly. They’re being fucked over and too stupid to realize it.

    • @Lost_My_Mind
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      94 hours ago

      I don’t understand a word he says! He says a lot of words, but never forms a full sentence. He just drifts through half sentences, and then spews out repeating words, questions what he just said, as if he himself doesn’t know what he’s saying. Then he says the second half of a sentence he never started.

      Repeat this patern for hours, and now you know why people leave his rallys early. Either that, or they want to leave before they get shot.

    • @[email protected]
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      124 hours ago

      Yes don’t believe what he says. It’s all jokes. Or off the cuff. Don’t take the guy seriously what can go wrong.

      • @Lost_My_Mind
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        54 hours ago

        cries in 2016 memes of what if they actually ran trump?