After Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested cities like Chicago should be used as "training grounds for our military," Gov. JB Pritzker said the 25th Amendment should be invoked to remove the president from office, saying "there is something genuinely wrong with this man."

"It appears that Donald Trump not only has dementia set in, but he's copying tactics of Vladimir Putin. Sending troops into cities, thinking that that's some sort of proving ground for war, or that indeed there's some sort of internal war going on in the United States is just, frankly, inane and I'm concerned for his health," Pritzker said Tuesday afternoon. "There is something genuinely wrong with this man, and the 25th Amendment ought to be invoked."

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[–] 65 points 1 year ago (9 children)

That's the correct approach. Keep calling out the obvious dementia, the guy's barely a vegetable. Just look at the recent speech with the generals , the orange turd is unrecognisable, he barely moves.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    That microphone placement is hilarious. Every single time, it's in front of his mouth. He must not have had a mini stroke in a while though, it looks pretty good.

    Full speeches: Trump, Hegseth address military leaders at rare meeting in Quantico

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhGeNPJlIK4

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago*

    That microphone placement is hilarious. Every single time, it’s in front of his mouth.

    It's learned behavior. It's how he speaks into Putin's microphone.

    But yeah, he has been sounding increasingly mush-mouthed lately.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    And then what? Vance taking power is not what you'd want, I believe

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  • [–] 42 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    He shouldn't be removed for dementia, he should be removed for treason and prosecuted as such. Along with all his goons.

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  • Need more to join him in being patriots and standing up to fascist tyranny

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  • [–] 93 points 1 year ago (17 children)

    I'm not sure this would fix much...

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  • [–] 129 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    I'm willing to bet Vance doesn't get the blind worship that Trump gets from his followers.

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  • [–] 66 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It's a cult of personality, and Vance has all the charisma and personality of a couch.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I think its too late to hope on that point, maybe if they all fall to infighting between the tech bro, christian nationalist, and groyper factions they'll tear themselves apart but he would have to be removed very soon for the country to be salvaged into anything resembling the one we knew growing up

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Dude George W Bush was their guy two elections in a row.

    There people are mindless lampreys just looking to latch onto anything that promises to hurt brown people.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    If Trump goes down via something like the 25th amendment, or like, assassination, I can see the base rallying around Vance. But left to their own devices to pick a successor? Idk. The whole "Trump 2028" meme, as much as it's supposed to "trigger the libs," kinda shows a lack of confidence or at least excitement regarding Vance, and I can envision a contested primary, especially as things continue going towards shit and they have to find someone or something to blame.

    Personally, I suspect that we've entered a period of one term presidents. There are systemic issues that will cause things to continue to get worse regardless of who's in charge (barring radical change) and at the modern pace of discourse, four years feels like an eternity.

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    The only way Trump is going out is if we the people force him out. I’m open to other suggestions but a general strike is the only way I can see that is realistic.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I know lots of tankies like to jump in and help the qons out by claiming Russia was a "hoax" when it comes to Taco.

    But let's look at the outcomes - if you were one of our enemies, including Russia, you would be beside yourself in how much damage Taco is doing to this country.

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  • It's pretty obvious that Russia owns Trump, but the legitimate evidence of Russian links gathered by Mueller only landed on members of his staff. Even that was soured by suspect evidence (servers in Trump tower, Steele dossier, wikileaks sources, fusion GPS meeting Natalia Veselnitskaya).

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Pritzker/Trump UFC match when?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    I remember in like 2014 people were saying that Putin had syphallis or dementia or whatever and "wouldn't last long" in power

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    he's copying tactics of Vladimir Putin

    Fuck Putin, but he didn't order the army into cities... Unless we count wars, like literally war conflicts, not the made up shit about antifa occupied Los Angeles.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    25th or 2nd.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Impeachment is a lower hurdle and more appropriate. But it's no more likely than the 25th being invoked.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    … so the assumption is that Vance will be better?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Did he say “inane” or “insane”?

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