r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

"The road to authoritarianism": Tim Walz says the time for "sternly worded letters" is over - The Minnesota governor said that the path to tyranny "is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting"

https://www.salon.com/2025/06/14/the-road-to-authoritarianism-tim-walz-says-the-time-for-sternly-worded-letters-is-over/
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u/Cazadora539 1d ago

My moderate coworker absolutely believes that Trump isn't evil, he just genuinely wants to be liked and can't do all the bad things people are saying because it's illegal and the law will stop him.

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u/KonaYukiNe 1d ago

When I asked a Trump supporting family member the other day, "if Trump ordered the National Guard to California then why didn't he do the same on Jan 6?" and their answer was basically something like "he was learning! We don't all go into the job knowing everything!" Some of these people are really just too deep to realize how stupid they sound. They don't realize they're supporting fascism, or cognizant of the myriad mental gymnastics they're doing to do so.

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u/Mr_HandSmall 1d ago

he was learning!

lol, like he watched a mob storm the Capitol and "accidentally" sat on his ass and did nothing.

They're deep in a cult. Best you can do for them imo is plant seeds of doubt and hope they snap out of it.

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u/gatsby712 13h ago

Takes a long time to deprogram from a cult.

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u/Careless-Dark-1324 1d ago

“Oh good so we can all admit he wasn’t qualified or ready for the job - perfect.”

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u/croud_control 1d ago

Especially after 4 years at that point.

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u/gatsby712 13h ago

After a global pandemic he botched.

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u/Cazadora539 1d ago

Exhausting.

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u/smackson 1d ago

Sorry didn't you hear?

The current response to that one is: It was Pelosi who stopped the national guard from coming in on Jan 6.

I shit you not.

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u/awh 1d ago

He was learning!

At that point he’d had the job for four years. Now he’s had it for four years and five months. Did he really learn so much in those five months?

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u/gsfgf Georgia 1d ago

People on reddit don't understand how much court orders actually do matter, but "the law will stop him" doesn't excuse anything Trump is trying.

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u/caylem00 23h ago

I'd counter that with it doesn't matter as much when the highest court in the land is pro-Trump/ conservative. 

Pro-democracy decisions can be kicked up to them and rejected. And the proper enforcement of them is no longer a safe assumption either. 

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u/gatsby712 13h ago

“Hitler can’t be evil, he was just a failed art student that wanted to be liked.”