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muriel_volestrangler

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Sat Jul 4, 2026, 02:31 PM Jul 4

The Rapist marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by promising to break the 1st Amendment

And not in a vague way, but by throwing US citizens out of the country for free speech - and then saying he'll turn the US into a one party state:

So, on the eve of this 250th anniversary of American heritage, we resolve and swear for all to hear that the citizens of the United States of America will vanquish communism quickly. Don’t let them take too much of your time. You know they’re wasting your time, don’t you?

But we’re not going to let them take too long or too much of our time as they play their games and send them into exile. We will send them quickly away and we will continue to build our country bigger and better and stronger than ever before. America will never be a communist country.

We can only lose the midterms if we allow ourselves to lose the midterms if we are foolish, stupid, and unwise. But if we terminate the filibuster as we should do and immediately vote for the Save America Act, then we will not lose an election for 100 years.

We do that. We’re not going to lose an election for 100 years. The Communist Party is made up of illegal immigrants, criminals, and everybody that doesn’t want to work. Communism is a loser. It always was, and it is right now.

https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-mount-rushmore-250th-birthday-semiquincentennial-july-3-2026/

Under The Rapist's ideal regime, it could only aspire to being a banana republic; he'd like the full totalitarian experience (fascist flavour).
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The Rapist marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by promising to break the 1st Amendment (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jul 4 OP
'Misquoted the Declaration': Outrage mounts over Trump's July 4 speech stumble LetMyPeopleVote Monday #1

LetMyPeopleVote

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1. 'Misquoted the Declaration': Outrage mounts over Trump's July 4 speech stumble
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 01:23 PM
Monday

trump has never read the Declaration, the US Constitution or any other document.

President Donald Trump drew scorn from conservatives and liberals alike for a July 4 stumble that threw his patriotism, and his education, into question.

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-07-05T13:00:21Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-declaration-of-independence-2677159406

President Donald Trump drew scorn from conservatives and liberals alike for a July 4 stumble that threw his patriotism, and his education, into question.

Trump addressed the nation on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with stern, and inaccurate, words for his opponents.

"And as our Declaration of Independence tells us," Trump said, "we are all made in the image of one almighty god. And a communist will never say that."

The video clip on X was quickly modified to include readers' added context. That message alerted viewers to the issue.

"The Declaration of Independence does not say 'we are all made in the image of one almighty god,'" the message reads. "It states that 'all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.'",,,

Alex Nowrasteh, a senior vice president for policy at the conservative think tank Cato Institute, resorted to sarcasm with jab at national conservatives who support Trump.

“Trump may have misquoted the Declaration but that’s ok because the Declaration should have said that," he wrote. "-NatCons, probably."

Matthew Boedy, a professor of rhetoric at the University of North Georgia, urged the president to better his education.

"America in 2026: its president misquotes the Declaration of Independence," Boedy wrote. "Open the civics centers. Just for him."
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