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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The actual thread title is

Donald Trump said, tongue in cheek, that he thinks not clapping for him is 'treasonous'


That way it wont trigger all the haterz

Tongue in cheek in the sense that he wouldn't actually make it literal, illegal treason. I don't think it's tongue in cheek in the sense of not actually thinking it. He clearly does consider it to be highly unpatriotic and causing deliberate damage to the country, and therefore verging on "moral treason".

You see this logic a lot. That not supporting the current government is treasonous, or that campaigning against an elected body is somehow undemocratic. Mostly from people who don't understand the political philosophy of democracy and think it's akin to "mob rule".