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The Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have the president assassinated (apnews.com)
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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke.

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[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 39 points 3 days ago

She's Rodrigo Dueterte's daughter. I guess that whole family is fucked up

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 2 days ago

Probably just many of them. There's usually some kids that fucking hate their family

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 days ago

I don’t mean to make this about the US, but it’s nice to know that the world is full of idiots voting against their best interests.

[president Marcos] is the second child and only son of 10th president, kleptocrat and dictator Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos

[-] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Reverse "Hang Mike Pence" situation eh?

[-] kowcop@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

Sounds like what someone would say when they have done nothing

[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 days ago

That's pretty divisive/dysfunctional. Marcos is definitely in CIA corruption pocket. There is a key conditionality in her threat that she is accusing Marcos/allies of being behind threats against her, and the threat is a "dead man switch"

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