# Trump at his Texas rally **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 1, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719 "2022-02-01T02:02:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StraightTalk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straighttalk/32/9982_2.png) [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/1 "2022-02-01T02:02:57Z")
Trump said, “If these radical, vicious racist prosecutors do anything wrong or illegal, I hope we are going to have in this country the biggest protest we have ever had … in Washington, D.C., in New York, in Atlanta, and elsewhere because our country and our elections are corrupt." So, he’s calling for something worse and bigger than happened on Jan 6? Jeez, Trump has just got to go away. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/2 "2022-02-01T02:06:23Z")
While I agree I’m not counting on that happening anytime soon. He is toxic. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/3 "2022-02-01T03:24:09Z")
Yep. And he has the support of the Republic Party. What more proof does one need that said party is a criminal organization and domestic terrorists? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/4 "2022-02-01T03:27:44Z")
He’s also hinted that if elected in 2024, he’ll pardon the insurrectionists. Even his toady Lindsey Graham called that “inappropriate”. Less toady types referred to it as a chilling harbinger of a truly authoritarian regime. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/5 "2022-02-01T03:36:32Z")
“Sure, I let all the people who answered my last call for an uprising face the charges without issuing a single pardon. But you guys can trust me.” ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/6 "2022-02-01T03:48:48Z")
Trump’s former toadies aren’t now sure he will run or win, so there’s juuuust a hint of fence-sitting coming into play. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/7 "2022-02-01T04:53:54Z")
Republican Party, drat! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/8 "2022-02-01T04:55:22Z")
The only funny thing about that stunt of his is that the date for a president to take office is exactly two weeks after the electoral vote certification in Congress. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/9 "2022-02-01T06:56:25Z")
It was right at the top of his desk when they came in to tell him the helicopter was ready. [![](https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/9838985_012021-cc-ap-trump-leaves-img.jpg?w=1600) ](https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/9838985_012021-cc-ap-trump-leaves-img.jpg?w=1600) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/10 "2022-02-01T07:47:31Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Trump’s former toadies aren’t now sure he will run or win, so there’s juuuust a hint of fence-sitting coming into play. True. But I’d bet that all that fence-sitting allows for a lot of fundraising, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/11 "2022-02-01T11:31:58Z")
What’s he trying to say in this hellchopper picture? It’s fourth down? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/12 "2022-02-01T11:33:43Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > What’s he trying to say in this hellchopper picture? It’s fourth down? - “I have this many brains.” ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/13 "2022-02-01T12:58:50Z")
Looks like he was emulating the gesture a certain European politician used to acknowledge salutes given to him, but didn’t want to extend his fingers and reveal how short they are. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/14 "2022-02-01T13:09:50Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > What’s he trying to say in this hellchopper picture? It’s fourth down? I think it’s ASL for _covfefe_. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/15 "2022-02-01T13:21:07Z")
If you’re referring to a politician who habitually uses the term “Democrat Party”, then I’d say turnabout’s fair play. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/16 "2022-02-01T15:27:04Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > What’s he trying to say in this hellchopper picture? It’s fourth down? He’s showing his support for Tommie Smith and John Carlos. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/17 "2022-02-01T16:37:35Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Looks like he was emulating the gesture a certain European politician used to acknowledge salutes given to him, but didn’t want to extend his fingers and reveal how short they are. Actuallt, the clenched fist is traditionally the Communist salute. I just thought I’d put that out there. [https://images.app.goo.gl/uUFFFjjpVaKYcQPS8](https://images.app.goo.gl/uUFFFjjpVaKYcQPS8) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/18 "2022-02-01T16:40:57Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Trump’s former toadies aren’t now sure he will run or win, so there’s juuuust a hint of fence-sitting coming into play. They need to act at least a little anti-Trump in the lead-up to the 2022 elections. There will be plenty of time to roll over for Trump in the lead-up to 2024. ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/19 "2022-02-01T22:42:17Z")
Where is the House Un-American Activities Committee when we need it most? Oh, never mind, they only concerned themselves with Communists, who never actually presented a threat to our nation. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719/20 "2022-02-03T04:31:28Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > > [@Locrian](#): > > > > What’s he trying to say in this hellchopper picture? It’s fourth down? > > I think it’s ASL for _covfefe_ Thank you. That made my day! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-at-his-texas-rally/958719.md?page=2)