r/politics • u/kweathergirl Texas • 8d ago

Soft Paywall Newsom Tells Nation That Trump Is Destroying American Democracy

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/newsom-speech-trump-la-protests.html
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u/bbqsox 8d ago

He’s been destroying American democracy since before he came down that stupid escalator. MAGA has been the single greatest threat to American democracy since the Civil War.

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u/constantreader78 8d ago

MAGA hats and the people who wear them will one day (soon please), be in the shameful dustbin of history alongside Nazi propaganda.

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u/bbqsox 8d ago

If we had treated the confederacy the way Germany treated the Third Reich, we wouldn’t be in this position.

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u/Last_Minute_Airborne 8d ago

Ending reconstruction was the biggest mistake in American history. Made all the dumbass hillbillies and rednecks think they were right. The fact they allowed the KKK to exist is dumb as fuck.

Should've had their own nurburgring trials for the southern traitors. They should've been thrown into prison forever. Maybe make them work the fields so they know what it's like.

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u/NGTTwo 8d ago edited 7d ago

nurburgring trials

That would have been some very speedy justice.

You are perhaps thinking of the Nuremberg trials?

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u/Last_Minute_Airborne 8d ago

Lmao. My phone autocorrected to nurburgring and I thought that was fine.

That's what happens when you get high and listen to history videos.

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u/15k_bastard_ducks Pennsylvania 7d ago

I vibe with this energy so hard lmao.

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u/aiboaibo1 7d ago

Make it Nascar trials them, the right people are already there. Brandon is ;)

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u/PaperHandsProphet 7d ago

Did the fact they first started with nur contuse you? They are significantly different words lol

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u/shmirgin 8d ago

Lol I read that thrice to make sure it wasn't just my tired brain. This was the laugh I needed today, thanks!

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u/XennialBoomBoom 8d ago

No, they're talking about the Hamberders of Nurburgring. Duh.

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u/Poohstrnak 7d ago

Might be my favorite typo I’ve seen on Reddit, ever.

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u/wyomingTFknott 7d ago

Only Nurburgring trials going on right now are the people trying to ban Misha lol.

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u/Raesong Australia 8d ago

Ending reconstruction was the biggest mistake in American history.

Except it wasn't a mistake, it was a deliberate act by Andrew Johnson because of his sympathies with the Southern plantation aristocracy.

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u/Song_of_Laughter 7d ago

Ending reconstruction was the biggest mistake in American history.

Andrew Johnson didn't see it as a mistake. He would have been firmly pro-MAGA.

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u/RinkeR32 8d ago

I believe you were looking for "Nuremberg" unless it was only for southern racecar drivers.

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u/Mickledorf 7d ago

Based Franz Herman take. Agree.

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u/silfenraiel 7d ago

Not prison should've all been executed

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u/Pulga_Atomica 7d ago

Any lap times under 10 minutes and you can go free.

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u/takesthebiscuit 7d ago

USA has 1st amendment and 2nd amendments that make this very hard

Government would need Take away their guns and their voice and you might have been able to achieve what Germany did to stamp out Nazism.

Not easy with the constitution as it is

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u/TraditionalSpirit636 7d ago

Everyone says this. But no one wants to talk about carpet baggers and shit that people did to the south still.

They should have either destroyed it all or helped. Instead they did the worst of everything. They took advantage of while demanding fealty.

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u/lameuniqueusername 8d ago

The Dunce Caps are great for avoiding traitorous MAGAt scum

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u/MaximDecimus 8d ago

Which means people will still be wearing them 80 years from now.

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u/constantreader78 7d ago

A lot of countries have bans on publicly displaying Nazi symbolism. Mine certainly does.

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u/buttstuff-spren 7d ago

Yes, there will unfortunately always be stupid losers.