Members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have warned America for three years to take former President Donald Trump at his word.

Now, as Trump is poised to win the Republican presidential nomination, his criminal trials face delays that could stall them past Election Day, and his rhetoric grows increasingly authoritarian, some of those lawmakers find themselves following their own advice.

In mid-March, Trump said on social media that the committee members should be jailed. In December he vowed to be a dictator on “day one.” In August, he said he would “have no choice” but to lock up his political opponents.

“If he intends to eliminate our constitutional system and start arresting his political enemies, I guess I would be on that list,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose). “One thing I did learn on the committee is to pay attention and listen to what Trump says, because he means it.”

Lofgren added that she doesn’t yet have a plan in place to thwart potential retribution by Trump. But Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), who has long been a burr in Trump’s side, said he’s having “real-time conversations” with his staff about how to make sure he stays safe if Trump follows through on his threats.

“We’re taking this seriously, because we have to,” Schiff said. “We’ve seen this movie before … and how perilous it is to ignore what someone is saying when they say they want to be a dictator.”

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    What I actually said was that Trump will go after his opposition and find things to investigate, just like democrats found things to investigate. I never made any arguments about who’s guilty and who’s not guilty. That’s your idiotic argument, and I keep explaining to you why it’s idiotic, but you just can’t seem to get it through your peanut sized brain evidently.

    The reality is that there is absolutely no difference between the way Trump is currently being prosecuted and the way Trump will prosecute his opponents. I’m sorry this is a difficult concept for you to understand. Going through life must be really hard when you’re a few fries short of a happy meal.

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        I’m not resorting to personal attacks. I’ve addressed the “points” you’ve attempted to make here directly and repeatedly.

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          I’m sorry this is a difficult concept for you to understand. Going through life must be really hard when you’re a few fries short of a happy meal.

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            See, you’re illustrating my point for me here. I’m not resorting to insulting you as a deflection to avoid addressing your point. I’m directly addressing your claims while commenting on the fact that you’re struggling to understand what’s being said to you. Hope that helps.

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              I see the problem here: you think you’re the smartest person around. If you think you’re being incredibly clever then there’s no way anyone could see what you’re doing.

              You’re not. You’re predictable as fuck, to the point that if you keep talking long enough you will always contradict yourself. This is because you don’t have a coherent or consistent argument, you just have being contrarian and the unearned belief that You Are Very Smart.

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                Literally described yourself there claiming that Trump has committed crimes then admitting that he hasn’t been convicted of anything. It’s always projection with you trolls.

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                  As I said, predictably contradicting yourself.

                  Since you’re having so much trouble with this idea. I’ll try to provide a grade school illustration that might help you comprehend this incredibly sophisticated concept. Let’s say you have ten people who did illegal activities such as taking bribes, and you start investigating one of those people, does that mean that say anything about the other nine?

                  So Trump hasn’t been convicted yet (currently on trial)= he didn’t do crimes.

                  All of the other politicians haven’t even been charged = they just haven’t been found out yet.

                  Yup. Totally consistent.

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                    I love how you keep thinking there’s some gotcha in me saying that there are things other politicians can be investigated for the same way Trump is being investigated. The fact that you think this is a contradiction illustrates that your brain is as smooth as a bowling ball.