Take all the time you need.

[Tootbsb]

The President of the United States is advocating for arresting the duly-elected Governor of California for his SPEECH

He thereafter admitted that the Governor of California had committed NO CRIME—but he still wants him arrested

Spend as much time as you need processing what that means for America

— Seth Abramson (@sethabramson.bsky.social) 2025-06-09T20:44:07.953Z

[BurnDoubt]

1. Definitely time to revisit the wisdom of Presidential Immunity. This test-case is pretty revealing.

The Founders clearly never conceived Satan at the helm.

[Iamscrewed]

2. 1 more

Impeachable offense.

[Tetrachloride]

3. I need more time

[dchill]

11. Take all the time you need. For real! 😁

[Just Jerome]

4. Hmmmmm.......

[Martin Eden]

5. If he could, he would arrest Gov Newsom

Rest assured that his #1 goal is to wield dictatorial power.

[BadgerMom]

6. Because he faced a jury post-presidency but was granted immunity, this was inevitable.

He faced legal consequences so he’ll make others do so.

California won’t vote for him so he’ll punish us.

Fauci’s facts showed him up so we can’t have vaccines.

Generals didn’t cave to his will in his first term so he put a drunk in place as Secretary of Defense.

People laughed at his hurricane map so we don’t have a national weather service.

He needed to cheat to gain a spot in the Ivy League so he went after Columbia and Harvard.

Tech oligarchs are richer than he so he needed them to bend the knee.

He’s a sick man and another 3-1/2 years of him very well might break us. I’m angry, I’m scared and I’m not proud of the amount of vitriol I feel toward him.

[dchill]

12. It's righteous vitriol.

[BadgerMom]

14. Thanks.

[dchill]

15. Not to mention an on-the-spot post!

[Magoo48]

7. If he were to arrest governor Newsom, some very serious shit would hit the fan.

We do not want his speech here, his ideas here, his picture here, or any memory of him here. We do not want his thugs here, his racism here, his hatred here, or his Nazi followers here.

There are two significant mountain ranges and three quite impressive deserts between here and DC. Most Californians like it that way, or I personally want to believe that. Though I traveled extensively as a young man. I always returned to live here, where I was born and raised, in the free republic of California I’m an old man now, and I intend to die here in the free republic of California.

And, I intend to die a free man, right here in the free republic of California. We do not recognize the authority of Kings, despots, Nazis, cult leaders, or game show hosts. And, that is how it will remain in the free republic of California.

[Orrex]

8. Why doesn't he just fucking die already?

[AntiFascist]

9. Delusional and demented leadership n/t

[Zorro]

10. Baker Act him the next time he's at Mar-A-Loco

[ReRe]

13. Simple

It means nothing because of who's mouth it came out of. A Jr High level mentality in a 79 yr old man who happens to be the dangerous 47th President of the United States.

[Torchlight]

16. Statler and Waldorf will have a tough time turning this one around onto the left

This is a chilling and authoritarian impulse, not a policy dispute. When the sitting President openly calls for the arrest of a duly-elected governor solely for words spoken—and then admits no crime occurred—it’s not just a tantrum, it’s a threat to the foundation of American democracy.

It's about the head of the executive branch demanding the imprisonment of a political rival for having opinions—and that’s the stuff of banana republics, not a functioning republic.