# If Trump is Charged and Arrested, and He Calls for Insurrection, What Do You Think Will Happen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 30, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-is-charged-and-arrested-and-he-calls-for-insurrection-what-do-you-think-will-happen/970577 "2022-08-30T03:02:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-is-charged-and-arrested-and-he-calls-for-insurrection-what-do-you-think-will-happen/970577/181 "2023-04-07T16:52:51Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > LOL, yes, and Trump said we’d see violence in the streets like we’ve never seen before if he was indicted. > > I’m not saying they won’t, but a dose of skepticism may be warranted here. Well, really, has the US ever seen “Absolutely no violence” in their streets? So yeah, it’s like we’ve never seen before! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-is-charged-and-arrested-and-he-calls-for-insurrection-what-do-you-think-will-happen/970577/182 "2023-04-07T16:54:39Z")
Fair point. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-is-charged-and-arrested-and-he-calls-for-insurrection-what-do-you-think-will-happen/970577/183 "2023-04-07T17:31:17Z")
I like how they’re all “It could be a Deep State trap! Wah!”. One could capitalize on the ignorance and suspicion. If we can only suggest to them that voting is also a Deep State trap - something ridiculous like the bar codes on the printed ballots are used by the government to keep track of voters’ selections so people can be identified later for…something…so don’t vote! It’s dangerous! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-is-charged-and-arrested-and-he-calls-for-insurrection-what-do-you-think-will-happen/970577/184 "2023-04-07T18:07:32Z")
My word! What an excellent suggestion you have there, my dear **snowthx**. We just need to get our social media influencers working to make this go viral. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-is-charged-and-arrested-and-he-calls-for-insurrection-what-do-you-think-will-happen/970577/185 "2023-04-24T18:39:30Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > If we can only suggest to them that voting is also a Deep State trap As I understand it, to a certain extent they already did that with mail-in ballots - Trump et.al. railed against them to such an extent that (beyond overseas voters) they were overwhelmingly Democratic. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-is-charged-and-arrested-and-he-calls-for-insurrection-what-do-you-think-will-happen/970577/186 "2023-04-24T19:08:50Z")
Which was then treated as proof that they were fakes. Because they were too partisan to be real. Or at least too partisan in the wrong direction to be real. As Dirty Harry _almost_ said: > Nuthin’ wrong with partisan. As long as the right partisans get shot. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-is-charged-and-arrested-and-he-calls-for-insurrection-what-do-you-think-will-happen/970577/187 "2023-04-24T19:29:14Z")
What I hope would happen is for them to charge him with insurrection, try him again, and tack on another big sentence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-is-charged-and-arrested-and-he-calls-for-insurrection-what-do-you-think-will-happen/970577.md?page=9)