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Clips of the week: Democrats shred Trump’s dictator dreams [1]
['Daily Kos Staff']
Date: 2025-08-30
As President Donald Trump continues to play fantasy dictator, ruining lives and threatening U.S. democracy, Democratic leaders have finally started hitting back—hard.
And it’s all on video!
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will not stop trolling Trump—with facts. During a press conference on public safety last week, Newsom offered the president some important crime statistics he seems to have overlooked.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz didn’t mince words on Aug. 25 at the Democratic National Convention’s summer meeting in Minneapolis, taking aim at the deterioration of the country under Trump.
Trump received a made-for-TV honorific for turning Washington into a police state on Aug. 25, with U.S. Marshals Service Director Gadyaces Serralta presenting him with an honorary marshal’s badge.
Trump held one of his cult-of-personality Cabinet meetings on Aug. 26, which quickly devolved into a session of his minions lathering him up with obsequious praise.
Trump went full dictator on Aug. 26 when he was asked about Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's rejection of federal troops that are set to be deployed to Chicago.
Fox News pundit and former GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, whose time in Congress was spent shilling for the pro-gun National Rifle Association, continues making excuses for a gun-obsessed society following the Aug. 27 mass shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Another week, another ceaseless attack on U.S. democracy from Republicans. At least democrats are finally starting to fight back.
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