Liberal actor Rob Reiner declared that “democracy” can only survive if Donald Trump is convicted and thrown in jail, and all third-party candidates are prohibited from running.
Pro-Biden Reiner made the absurd statement in a recent post to X, formerly known as Twitter.
Hard Reality: For our Democracy to survive, two things have to happen. Donald Trump needs to be Convicted for Jan. 6th and there can be no Third Party Candidate.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) September 8, 2023
However, many prominent commentators said Reiner’s call to prohibit all opposition candidates is anti-democratic and would only benefit Joe Biden.
Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald said Reiner’s remarks show the Democrat’s perverted idea of “democracy,” believing that imprisoning their opponents is noble.
I love when Democrats take a break from insisting that they are "Defending Democracy" to actually explaining a bit what they mean by "democracy" — from trying to imprison their political adversaries, to suing to strike them from the ballot, to censoring the internet, to this: https://t.co/k84uNzjw04
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 9, 2023
The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway noted that removing candidates from the ballot would be “the equivalent of canceling the 2024 elections.”
Removing from the ballot the candidate most likely to defeat the ruling regime is the equivalent of canceling 2024 elections, a horrific attack on democracy. Everyone who cares about the country should loudly condemn. https://t.co/L0OgvZPAvR
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) September 9, 2023
Rob Reiner is one of Hollywood’s biggest Biden supporters, and he knows that throwing Trump in jail and banning third-party candidates will only benefit the establishment.
In 2020, the Hollywood actor fundraised for Biden, claiming Sleepy Joe was the best president since Lyndon B. Johnson.
Reiner’s remarks came as Biden’s poll numbers continued to sink.
As The Daily Fetched reported on Monday, Biden’s poor poll numbers are so bad they are alarming some Senate Democrats that their “economic messaging” on “Bidenomics” fell flat.
According to Real Clear Politics, Biden’s average approval rating pings at 42 percent, while a CBS/YouGov poll showed his approval rating at 40 percent versus 60 percent who are unhappy with his performance.
But Reiner appears oblivious to the facts.
Reiner was also recently fact-checked by “Community Notes” on X after spreading a lie about Jan 6 prisoner and Proud Boys leader, Enrique Tarrio, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Tuesday.
Reiner claimed that Tarrio had “violently stormed” the US Capitol on Jan 6, but he was even in Washington, DC, that day)
Not long before the 2022 midterm elections, Reiner warned that unless Democrats held the House of Representatives, the outcome would mean an end to all further US elections.
“[Republicans] are only interested in power.” he ranted on MSNBC.
“And they will do anything to get the power. And they are willing to kill, literally kill, to get the power. You can’t have a conversation with them.”
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