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.Donald Trump and the party of political violence
BY WILLIAM S. BECKER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 06/15/23, The Hill
Similarly, strict law enforcement is necessary to discourage Trump’s people from obscene threats of violence. Last week, The New York Times reported that Trump supporters characterized his latest indictments as an act of war and called for violence and an uprising...
On social media, Trump supporters reacted to his latest indictment by threatening civil war, declaring “we need to start killing these traitorous f—kstains […] until bodies start stacking up,” and writing that Attorney General Merrick Garland’s daughters are “fair game.”...
U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) tweeted “We have now reached a war phase. Eye for an eye,” after Smith issued the indictment regarding classified documents; Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is engaged to Trump’s eldest son, posted “RETRIBUTION IS COMING”; and Kari Lake, defeated in Arizona’s gubernatorial election last year, reminded us that many of Trump’s supporters own guns. A conservative talk show host suggested obliquely that U.S. Marines should remove President Biden forcefully from the White House.
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Donald Trump and the party of political violence
Who would have thought 50 years later that Watergate would be considered the “good old days” of standing against corruption?thehill.com
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