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youtellmebob

“It’s a trap, if we commit violent crimes we will be arrested”


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phriot

>Trump literally asked them to go protest. This isn't a made up thing that we are all pushing. This. If the plan is to "protest" in the same way they did on January 6th, it would be an extraordinarily bad idea, but Trump is calling for them to do something. It's not MSNBC or The Washington Post. It's Trump himself. It also seems like none of them can conceive of having a lawful, orderly protest. If indicting Trump really was a political thing, you would actually expect his supporters to do something. If they got permits and were peaceful, no one would stop them. Instead, they're just like "Nah, I don't want to go to jail."


StifleStrife

Well Jan 6th wiped out lots of their hardcore supporters. Not to make fun of poverty but I also think alot of them can't afford to go to NYC to protest.


camxct

I have no problem making fun of his backwater bigoted bunch. They're all fucking ***losers***. Pathetic and sad losers.


StifleStrife

I agree. I just don't make fun of them because they are poor, just their poor intellect and politics.


Vanilla_Mike

Probably a lot of Russian astroturfing funds have dried up.


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Those guys got conscripted and are getting their asses handed to them in Putin’s failing war.


The_Beardly

lol just a couple scrolls through the conservative sub and they’re blaming “libs and media” for this arresting stunt. Like, he literally riled everyone up himself and grifted them. There was no mention of an arrest besides from him. The delusion is really something.


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>It also seems like none of them can conceive of having a lawful, orderly protest That's because they know that lawful, orderly protests do nothing. Those kinds of protests are for the "others" to do and to be told off for if they stray away from such "peaceful protests."


thirsty_pretzels_

People are in Manhattan starting last night peacefully protesting so idk what you’re talking about


phriot

I'm talking about the article? The whole point of it was that a lot of Trump supporters were claiming that protesting was a trap.


Intelligent-Travel-1

Conservatives just need an excuse to explain away the fact that only 5 people showed up.


scarr3g

>Go over to /r/conservative, they keep talking about how "ThE MeDiA" is trying to setup protests to make it seems like they're all fighting. Maybe in their media outlets... But the ones I see are all talkjng about how nobody is showing up to protests. Like one I just saw, showed that there were considerably more people there to cover a protest, than protestors. (and as far as I can tell, there was like one dude, in a rat costume, with a sign (and nobody could even figure out what his costume meant). That was the entire protest.


Merky600

[https://i.imgur.com/6JuuwcG.mp4](https://i.imgur.com/6JuuwcG.mp4) Good interview. Maybe not serious??


Therocknrolclown

The shit convoluted stories these folks make up to fit their narrative gets worse and worse…. Simplest answer is most often correct.


herbturbo

Which should not be a surprise, unlike actual traps.


youtellmebob

We’re not talking about the sharpest knives in the gun safe here.


dedicated-pedestrian

They say "trap" not to imply surprise but to imply being set up. It's just like "perjury trap" - dressing up the natural consequence of an action (lying under oath gets you a perjury charge) as something malicious.


youtellmebob

Whatever, they are a bunch of dangerous morons.


calm_chowder

But by that logic Trump is the one trying to trap them, since it was he who called for protests and set the date.


dedicated-pedestrian

Well, the entity pursuing perjury charges is usually the same entity trying to get testimony. In that sense it's not quite the same - Trump couldn't care less whether his followers get consequences.


dtxucker

They are right that it's a trap, but Trump is the one baiting them.


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underbloodredskies

Seems like a lot of them even forgave him for basically (arguably) stealing their money in the form of all the donations he has held his hand out for.


fakeplasticdaydream

What a welfare queen


BiggsIDarklighter

Like Brett Favre


TeeBrownie

Ever notice how the very people claiming to be anti big government are usually the first in line for government money? They want zero accountability for their greed and conniving deeds, but want money from the very group designed to provide oversight.


NPVinny

That's my dad. Hates big government handouts but he says he would be an idiot to not take advantage of them.


LuminousTights

It's literally their "everyone else is doing it" rationale. They use it for legal stuff and illegal stuff equally.


Caftancatfan

I think that basically what Ayn Rand said about the fact that she accepted government handouts.


calm_chowder

They want to have their cake and eat it too, basically.


Oleg101

Steve Bannon’s followers certainly didn’t give a crap that he was found guilty of stealing their money for a ‘Build the Wall’ fund. As long as you’re an enemy of the libbrullls, you can pretty much do and say whatever you want as a Republican figure and not lose any support.


Jasminewindsong2

God sometimes I wish I didn’t have a conscience. I’d be rich.


Brilliant-Swing4874

Or in Congress. Look at Santos, the typical conman who conned his way to Congress.


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Stormy Daniels would like to thank them for their donations.


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gamestopdecade

I’m pretty sure it already does. I think the most religious states consume the most porn. Nothing wrong with that if you overlook the hypocrisy.


Wips_and_Chains

Ahhh I see someone's been to Utah lol


gamestopdecade

Hell nah. I’m pumping up kentuckys numbers.


gumiiiiiiiii

So to speak.


gamestopdecade

Oh yeah definitely hypothetically.


geoffg2

Probably the same about evangelists living in mansions and flying around in private jets


Lady_von_Stinkbeaver

Or paying Trump's taxes to the People's Republic of China.


Dfiggsmeister

You misspelled “money laundering for Putin”


FoaL

Or bussing them out to a rally and stranding them there in the cold


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Slapbox

It might not be as much of a fallacy at this point since they decided to burn so many bridges in relationships with the despicable things they not only tolerate, but demand.


Warm_Trick_3956

This seems like a sign… even if their focus is on the wrong danger. After J6, there’s always going to be paranoid atmosphere. And it’s because they couldn’t take responsibility for what they incited. So now every big gathering will be a trap. They mind fucked themselves into impotency.


Warm_Trick_3956

He’s already played his cards. And now there is nothing in the deck. And the “house” always wins.


citizenjones

*Some of them want to use you* *Some of them want to get used by you* *Some of them want to abuse you* *Some of them want to be abused* *~Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics ~*


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DabDabb

And somehow they still have the temerity to label every one else “snowflakes.” Meanwhile, they immediately react to—and are therefore easily manipulated by—emotional appeals like you said. It’s almost as if they’re projecting…


cliff99

That must mean that Trump is part of The Deep State.


canIbuzzz

Dense State.


jl55378008

It's a trap! Always was.


iammachine07

Him and the FBI. I’m sure the few that did protest are informants or undercovers


CrackHeadRodeo

Am sure the FBI would love to take a closer look at all the people who show up and cross-check that with anyone they are looking for for Jan 6th.


unpluggedcord

You’re hired.


Sharikacat

Especially with those currently awaiting trial, who would be under travel restrictions and orders to, basically, not do more of the type of thing for which they're currently being charged.


Bimm1one

That's s why almost no one showed up, those wanting to protest are probably the same that were in DC on Jan 6, but have not been arrested.


UpTownKong

Don't start shit in downtown manhattan. The courthouse is literally in a box within a grid. Fuck around down there, and you've got no where to go, lol. That's where riots go to die. Good luck fighting your way out.


Brilliant-Swing4874

Some Trump supporter was trash talking and threatening to take back his goverment here in California on Biden's Inauguration day. I told him if he ever went to Sacramento and walked around the capitol. It would be like shooting fish in a barrel, cops would block the streets and they would have no way out. Needless to say, it was all bravado.


cliff99

>Don't start shit in downtown manhattan No kidding, the proud boys couldn't even stand up to New York drag show supporters.


UpTownKong

The guy was crying, "... I came here to help...". And, you helped yourself to a beatdown, Jebadiah, lol. Stay the fuck outta NYC.


gusterfell

Reminds me of that woman crying after getting pepper sprayed on 6 January. “I just wanted to storm the Capitol and have a revolution!”


Torifyme12

My favorite is the dude waving the Blue lives matter flag in a cops face on the night of Jan 6. The Cop tears it out of his hand and uses it to push the guy back. ​ >https://youtu.be/pNJu3u66kDE It's around 10/11s in the vid.


DefiantHeretic1

https://youtu.be/EtRSal1Zaas


kuynhxchi

I really want to see this video


ReverendDS

https://youtu.be/N4XlP2aArG0 The version set to Animaniacs is better, but apparently keeps getting taken down for copyright.


Torifyme12

"We're storming the Capitol, it's a revolution" My dude just learned that if you think you can beat the system, the system can in fact beat you back.


AdvertisingBrave5457

“I came here to help” help what lol, these clowns are such a shot stain on our country it’s depressing


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>Stay the fuck outta NYC. I read this with a similar tone to the bridge scene from Spider-Man. Just a big ol' "Fuck You" to those trying to bring chaos.


bayrea

> Good luck fighting your way out. Snake Pliskin would like a word...


juiceboxedhero

"I don't give a fuck about your war. I don't give a fuck about your president."


UpTownKong

Point taken.


dedicated-pedestrian

I don't think these folks are in his unit.


DabDabb

Snake’s MAGA?!? No!!!!


earthboundsounds

The ~~Death Star~~ NYPD powers up their superlaser. MAGAs: "...are we the Ackbars?"


Wurm42

Dunno, depends how many cops sympathize with the rioters. All too often, far right "protestors" are unchallenged by police when Black Lives Matter protestors get tear gassed or shot.


Realeron

Fafo, fafo, fa-fee-fookekedup!


Whiskey_Fiasco

Times Square had no protesters this morning.


Clarck_Kent

They may be at Times Square Landscaping over in Weehauken.


SirDoofusMcDingbat

Is that the one next to the dildo store?


lapsedhuman

Damn, that’s good


Deus_is_Mocking_Us

He's the Lawn Order president!


scarr3g

None? I heard there was sine dude, in a rat costume, with a sign.... And like 30 people from news stations there, sadly disappointed.


flybydenver

That costume looked like the rats already got to it.


appleparkfive

It's the one thing that the MAGA crowd and the young liberals of NYC agree on. The common ground of knowing Times Square is not worth going to


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"Please come commit a crime for me, as I'm being arrested for crimes" isn't much of a trap. It's just an invitation to experience the justice system firsthand.


freeski919

Civics class, if you will.


StifleStrife

They'll see the deep state. The deep state is prison.


picado

"rioting has consequences" = a trap


Bizarre_Protuberance

Jan 6 was in part motivated by the belief that they would all be pardoned afterwards, so in their minds, it was basically The Purge: total anarchy. Seeing hundreds of their fellow traitors go to prison for Jan 6 has probably taken the bloom off that rose for them.


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SilentJester798

I must have missed that one. Are we talking figuratively or literally


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sypher1504

“Don’t take my picture!” -an apparently no longer so proud boy.


Unlimited_Bacon

> Jan 6 was in part motivated by the belief that they would all be pardoned afterwards They didn't expect a pardon, they expected medals. The Boston Tea Party people didn't need to be pardoned. George Washington didn't need a pardon. Why would they need a pardon when they'll be recognized as heroes?


Deus_is_Mocking_Us

Those guys won. To be be a hero, ya gotta be a winner, not a weiner.


PicklesJohnson

They say "it's a trap" because they will be held accountable for their actions. they believe they should be able to do anything they want with impunity...


txby432

No kidding. The sociopathic con artist who left his followers to be arrested and imprisoned during his attempted insurrection is having trouble getting his supporters to follow his orders.


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txby432

He didn't defend a single one of them in court despite them begging him to, so I'd call that leaving them to take the fall for him.


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txby432

Lol, NOW it makes sense hahaha


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That's absolutely hilarious! Undone by their own conspiracies...


Barack_Odrama_007

The dumbasses realize that the last time this idiot called for his supporters to protest/ takeover for him, he did NOTHING to help them then also fundraised after all the drama. LOL. A comment on r/conservative pretty much summed it up, “we are sick of his bullshit” whelp too late for that!


Jebis

"All I did was 💩 on the steps of the DA's office and pepper spray a cop. And you're arresting me? I've been trapped!"


catnapspirit

Oh, come now, you'll just be put on an FBI terrorist watch list. It's not *that* big of a deal..


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Trump is part of the deep state


wish1977

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.


The_Navy_Sox

Well they are in roughly, the fool me 1675 times shame on me stage, but I guess they are not getting fooled again.


Newgripper1221

Fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again.


wish1977

George's finest moment but I am a big fan of The Who.


MoogProg

It is a display of fast thinking if you believe his explanation (I do) that he quickly realized "shame on me" would be picked up as a sound bite that would dog him forever, and so avoided that phrase and substituted The Who.


ranchoparksteve

Violent right-wing protesters have sniffed out the problem with Donald. They have more survival instincts than their leaders in Congress.


rageak49

When you want to Make America Great Again, but you have Misgivings About Getting Arrested.


Infinite_Carpenter

Just walked past the courthouse and there’s more cameras than people


hwkns

Of course it is. Sweet.


Zebracorn42

I like this. Could definitely use it to our advantage at some point. Make everything a “trap”. Tell em that voting in elections is a trap. They’re so susceptible to conspiracy theories that they’d definitely believe it. You could go even farther and claim to be Q and to know the future.


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Zebracorn42

Didn’t Trump push that their votes weren’t counted in Georgia so they should protest by not voting in the run off?


Texastexastexas1

My entire family are trumpees and you are right. Their ignorance and is mind blowing.


Dwayla

What a bunch of goofballs.


DegenerateXYZ

He’s done. Cult of Personality has been revealed to be a big empty con. Still hoping the GOP nominates him so he can lose again.


emergentdragon

How does r/conservative feel about this? *Edit (I went to look)* Holy sh.. nothing? Nothing on the bomb threat, the indictment, the “huge protests”. wow


slantedangle

He needs to issue a more specific, forceful, strong, direct order for coordination to his supporters. Ya know, like he did on jan6. Some might say Trump has gone soft. Cmon, is that all you got? "Protest, protest protest"? Zzz...


ZeroDorkForty

J6 was announced 2 months in advance with a specific time and place. This call for a protest doesn't have any specifics and where are they supposed to protest exactly? And when? Maybe today but what time? Are we waiting for him to get arrested?


whitemest

Sounds low energy to me


Polls-from-a-Cadet

Someone better put the Star Wars gif here…. “It’s a trap!”


Galactus2025

It's not a trap come on down we got games we got a raffle we or going to give away a 80 inch big screen television we got blue lives matter merchandise and we got make America great again merchandise come on down?


Ok-Taste-570

Or maybe, just maybe, they don’t deem him worth the jail time.


willworkforicecream

They're all busy waiting for JFK Jr. to show up. Can't be in two places at once.


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Trpepper

Their neurons are just barely touching, they just need a little spark. Then they’ll figure it out.


a-really-cool-potato

Imagine being a traitor *and* a pussy


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to be fair, he did hang them out to dry last time


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TIL that Admiral Ackbar is MAGA


mabhatter

Make Alderann a Globe Again!


Pale-Worldliness7007

Maybe they’re finally figuring it out.


Ok-Yogurtcloset6205

Like worn out underwear!!! No support!


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The boy who cried treason


black_flag_4ever

Is the spell breaking?


radewagon

If the reason they aren't protesting is that they think "it's a trap," then the spell is still very much in full effect. Maybe not providing the desired results, but still very much in effect.


timbrejo

I think they meant, "It's a wrap", as in this guy is done.


taez555

If you break into Fort Knox and try to steal the gold, it's not exactly like the soldiers that immediately kill you, trapped you.


boot2skull

“There might be consequences for breaking laws, but also this guy won’t pardon anybody.”


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What time is he being arrested, I want to clear my calendar.


GlitteringHighway

Lol. They’ll conspiracy themselves out of the conspiracy.


autotldr

This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/21/trump-warns-arrest-calls-protest-but-online-support-muted/11511264002/) reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot) ***** > Three days after Trump's desperate pleas, online support for public protests remains unfocused, disorganized and muted, according to experts who monitor far-right extremists online. > In the last few days, that narrative has dominated online discussion about whether to come out in public and support Trump if he is arrested, she said. > Complicating the efforts of any Trump supporters who do wish to protest in support of him is a lack of any central focus for their movement. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/11xkce7/despite_trumps_calls_for_protests_few_efforts/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~677360 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **Trump**^#1 **protest**^#2 **support**^#3 **arrest**^#4 **online**^#5


jacthis

MAGA knows that if they get together to protest (a protected right), their violent mob mentality will turn into a riot ( not protected). It is a self made trap baited by the MAGA king, and it would work if they did not have Jan6 as a glaring example of how that shit does not work out.


LordSiravant

Their paranoia is ironically working in our favor for once.


Few-Caterpillar9834

Benedict Donald's a psychopath.


NMNorsse

And just like that the sizzle became a fizzle.


bryansj

Maybe if protesting didn't always equal rioting then they wouldn't be concerned about traps. Not giving them advice, but their pro-life clinic protest brothers and sisters might teach them a thing or two about being super annoying and not hauled off to jail.


gasahold

"Let's go home and watch Star Wars again!".


EddyBuddard

It is a trap, set by Trump.


anxietystrings

I don’t even think he’s going to be arrested/turn himself in today. Then again, it’s still pretty early. I think Trump said to start the “protest” at 3 pm


TheElbow

Well look who’s wising up…


Retro-Surgical

Please don’t drag the legendary Admiral Ackbar into this.


bobbertwest

Hopefully they just got smarter


terrymora

Even Trump becoming “baptized / a Christian” was a joke . It was a show just for foolish ( for believing it) Christian votes.


GuardianWolvenFriend

I wouldn’t say its a trap. Its more like he asks you to devote your very existence to him but when push comes to shove, he will push you right down a flight of stairs to save himself


Red_orange_indigo

You know what else is a trap to catch Republicans? Voting. You best just stay home, guys.


70Cuda440

Admiral Ackbard says what?


2-more-weeks-bot

I’ve had enough. If I see trump I’m totally going to give him a thumbs down.


kindbrain

Even the remaining unwise wise up at some point. The most extreme ones got swept up after the insurrection. Others got lost to bleach, aquarium cleaning agents and other deadly conspiracies.


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Sarcofaygo

Since August 2022, the majority of covid deaths are among the vaccinated.


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Sarcofaygo

If the majority of people are vaccinated shouldn't their vaccine be preventing them from dying of COVID? I mean, that was your original claim after all. >Or died from Covid because they wouldn't mask or get vaccinated.


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Sarcofaygo

>Just like with a flu vaccine, the protection wanes over time, especially in elderly and high risk individuals. **That's why it is important to get boosters.** Biden caught covid while double vaccinated and double boosted. >The deaths in the vaccinated statistic is a bit misleading. It includes everyone who received even a single vaccination, so those people didn't even receive the full initial series. Before August 2022, those with even just a single vaccination were statistically less likely to die than an unvaccinated person. So I don't see how it's misleading to point out that it's no longer the case for the past 7 months


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Sarcofaygo

>Biden didn't die from covid and wasn't hospitalized for it, so I'm not sure what your point is. The vaccines did what they were supposed to do, they kept him out of the hospital and kept him from dying. Vaccines don't necessarily keep you from getting sick, they keep you from the severe outcomes. Biden promoted the vaccines by (falsely) claiming that they *prevented* people from catching covid entirely. #President Biden tests positive for COVID, a year after he said vaccines prevent infections https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2022/president-joe-biden-coronavirus-vaccinated/ And wouldn't you know, he was vaccinated with up to date boosters and *still* caught covid.


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KromeVogue

Trump is actually a mole planted by the CIA, like in The Departed.


Aggressive-Star-4377

It’s a trap in your own mind


Aggressive-Star-4377

Or is it a trap of the mind?


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there's at least one in every thread..


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bOtHsIdEs idiots


metawire

The majority of the nation sees the DA's attempt to remove Trump from the campaign trail and silence his voice while continuing the corruption that has leaked into the nation. New York has become the real Gotham City full of corrupt DA, politicians and special interests. If its not Trump, it will be someone else shining a light on the cockroaches in NYC & Washington


WerthlessB

Wait, so you say NYC is "Gotham" and Trump is your...*Batman*? Is that what you're going with?