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Read Ben Sasse:
Statements from Trump: ***“We’re going to open up libel laws and we’re going to have people sue you like you’ve never got sued before.” ***“When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. They were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak…” ***Putin, who has killed journalists and is pillaging Ukraine, is a great leader. ***The editor of National Review “should not be allowed on TV and the FCC should fine him.” ***On whether he will use executive orders to end-run Congress, as President Obama has illegally done: “I won’t refuse it. I’m going to do a lot of things.” “I mean, he’s led the way, to be honest with you.” ***“Sixty-eight percent would not leave under any circumstance. I think that means murder. It think it means anything.” ***On the internet: “I would certainly be open to closing areas” of it. ***His lawyers to people selling anti-Trump t-shirts: “Mr. Trump considers this to be a very serious matter and has authorized our legal team to take all necessary and appropriate actions to bring an immediate halt…” ***Similar threatening legal letters to competing campaigns running ads about his record.
And on it goes…
Is fear of regulatory reprisal from a Trump administration so unrealistic? I don’t think so.
”— The regulatory state and the importance of a non-vindictive President - Marginal REVOLUTION