Trump successfully convinced many of his followers that unless they acted, and acted fast, their very way of life was about to come to an end,” James Horgan, head of the Georgia State University’s Violent Extremism Research Group, told the news outlet. “He presented a catastrophic scenario whereby if the election was — for him — lost, his followers would suffer as a result. He made action not just imperative, but urgent, convincing his followers that they needed to do everything they could now, rather than later, to prevent the ‘enemy’ from claiming victory.”
In total, the former president saw over $200 million in political contributions following his electoral defeat last year.
Make no mistake, their relationship with Trump was quid pro quo… Every one of them spent political capital they didn’t have hoping to get the result they all wanted. It’s gonna cost them everything, including their freedom…
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There was nothing honorable about the whole sordid affair. From the start of the campaign, four years in office, a landslide loss, the pardoning of the most corrupt criminals on the planet, followed by treason against the country. Only to end with a ship of fools giving their money and freedom to a clown that would just as soon piss on them.
If being accurate and honest, should be noted that money went to his campaign fund and not to him personally. Now in the case of the Obama's and "Quid-pro-quo/groper/molester" Joe Biden we might have a case for some scamming.
Consider that neither Obama nor Biden have any real time in the free-enterprise, wealth creating side of the economy (like Trump) but rather have spent their time as career politicians, in the wealth taking(redistributing) economic sector. Yet interestingly, both have amassed million$ more than those jobs could have paid.
Meanwhile, "autonomous zones" claiming city-state-federal laws don't apply within such, combined with "occupy" for several months in many cities, along with looting, burning of private businesses, attempts to destroy Federal buildings, occupying and burning police offices, and other mayhem are insurrection and sedition several scores above what was seen on Jan. 6,2021.
