How Putin Eliminates His Rivals
How do dictators ‘win’ elections? They eliminate their rivals!
“Throughout Vladimir Putin‘s tenure, his administration has been marred by controversy, not least of which involves the untimely and often suspicious deaths of several outspoken critics and political opponents.” – MSN
Trump Lawyer Claims Presidential Immunity Covers Having Rivals Assassinated – Rolling Stone
Trump: ‘I Could … Shoot Somebody, And I Wouldn’t Lose Any Voters’ – NPR
Dictators don’t have popular support, so they have to eliminate their rivals to ‘win’ elections. See how Putin eliminates rivals with this infographic.
Use Seal Team 6 to assassinate opponents?
“Judge: “Could a president who ordered SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political rival who was not impeached … be subject to criminal prosecution?” Trump lawyer: “If he were impeached and convicted first.” Judge: “Your answer is no?” Trump lawyer: “My answer is qualified yes.”
Trump is not accused of ordering any assassinations, but Mediaite reported this week that assassination plots were discussed by Trump’s allies in the weeks before the 2020 election. Roger Stone, a long-time right-wing political operative and acolyte to Trump, discussed assassinating Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) with his associate Sal Greco.
According to an audio recording of the conversation obtained by Mediaite, Stone told Greco that it was “time to do it … Let’s go find Swalwell. It’s time to do it. Then we’ll see how brave the rest of them are. It’s time to do it. It’s either Nadler or Swalwell has to die before the election. They need to get the message. Let’s go find Swalwell and get this over with. I’m just not putting up with this shit anymore.” – Rolling Stone
Navalny joins a long list of dead Putin foes
The death of Alexei Navalny deals a severe blow to Russia’s opposition… Its remaining leaders either in prison or in exile as a result of a crackdown not seen since the Soviet era. Over the years, Navalny was poisoned, then jailed and has now died. He is just the latest high-profile example of the Kremlin’s approach.
Russia has been recast over the past two years, as the Kremlin has waged war in neighboring Ukraine. The war was initially met with some protests inside Russia, but draconian legislation enacted within days of the invasion enabled the arrest of dissenters, many of whom ended up behind bars. Russian independent media fled the country, fearing persecution.
The war continues to fuel some dissent at home, with wives of mobilized soldiers fighting to return their men from the front lines, and people lining up to support antiwar candidate Boris Nadezhdin, who was subsequently barred from running in next month’s presidential election. But in reality, most public critics still in Russia have been locked up. – NBC News
TakeAway: Protect American democracy from those would steal power through violence. Vote for President Biden and Democrats.
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