Trump Unveiling 2028 Campaign Hats Sends Users in a Spiral: 'Soft Launching a Fascist Dictatorship Is Insane'
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The Trump Store is now selling $50 "Trump 2028" hats.

Summary

The Trump Store released $50 “Trump 2028” hats Thursday, sparking backlash online as Trump has repeatedly hinted at running for a third term.

“I have had more people ask me to have a third term,” Trump said on March 31, claiming the 2020 election was “totally rigged.”

Steve Bannon said he’s exploring “five or six different alternatives” to enable a third run.

Critics on social media called it “insane” and a sign of “fascist” ambitions. Though barred by the 22nd Amendment, Trump could run again if it were overturned by Congress and the states. However, it would require a two-thirds vote of Congress and three-fourths vote of the states.

  • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Absolutely not. I would rather the constitution not get used like toilet paper for this waste of human space. But if they go full authoritarian, why not lean into it and play our own hand in a similar vein?

    I’m tired of taking the high road against fascists.

    • ExtantHuman@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      “legitimizing” their attempt to tear up the constitution by also doing it isn’t how you save it…

      • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        I might be getting misunderstood here.

        They are going to make an attempt for a third term. They are going to claim some constitutional loophole and the SCOTUS is going to agree with them.

        This is and always has been their plan. They’ve been screaming it from the rafters for the last 8+ years.

        This will happen one way or another, Trump will likely get “cleared” for a third term for some bullshit reason that every “constitutional lawyer” will decry foul on, but it will still happen because the pillars of our democracy have already crumbled.

        After that happens, we can either try and fight it and live in the past, or we can lean into it and adapt to fascism to fight fire with fire until such time that we can rebuild the pillars of our democracy.

        The 2 term limit was added as an amendment in 1947 after FDR was so damn popular that he would have just kept running and winning until he died, and the other side didn’t like it.

        They fascists should be more scared of repealing the 2 term limit than progressives, if they studied history. Which they don’t. So here we are.