Donald Trump on Sunday proposed a new policy that many critics said is equivalent to legalizing "The Purge." Trump spoke at a rally in Pennsylvania, where he admitted that his attendees were "falling asleep" at one of his earlier rallies. Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign noted that, as T...

Donald Trump on Sunday proposed a new policy that many critics said is equivalent to legalizing “The Purge.”

Trump spoke at a rally in Pennsylvania, where he admitted that his attendees were “falling asleep” at one of his earlier rallies. Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign noted that, as Trump was still speaking at the swing-state event over the weekend, rallygoers placed directly behind the former president started to funnel out of the building.

One comment Trump made drew condemnation on social media, as well as numerous comparisons to The Purge, a film series based on a dystopian world in which the government makes all crimes legal for a 12-hour period.

As reported by Sebastian Smith, AFP Washington desk chief, “Trump in Erie, PA, says in US ‘the police aren’t allowed to do their job.’ To stop crime, you need ‘one really violent day.’ He says: ‘One rough hour and I mean real rough, the word would get out and it would end immediately.’”

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    • explodicleEnglish
      26·
      4 hours ago

      Last time you guys said nothing bad would happen, a million of us died for no good reason.

    • brygphilomena@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 hours ago

      So just casually passing on the conspiracy that Biden isn’t actually acting as president? That someone is playing him like a puppet?

      One side is calling for literal fascist ideologies and polices. Imprisoning, deporting, and killing whomever they declare are undesirable.

      The other is calling for abortion rights, trans rights, gay rights. Actively working to make life better for all Americans, and not just themselves.

    • Xanis@lemmy.world
      5·
      56 minutes ago

      If it’s “more of the same” I’d like the sane ones to win. Y’know, just in case.