Republicans are seeking to capitalize on Trumpās assassination attempt ā using it to demand everyone stop talking about his threats to democracy
AsĀ Donald Trump recovers from anĀ assassination attemptĀ and Republicans head toĀ MilwaukeeĀ for his coronation this week, the GOP elite has rallied around a new messaging strategy: emotionally blackmailing Democratic politicians, journalists, Hollywood celebs, and numerous other Trump critics into shutting up about the former presidentāsĀ openly authoritarianĀ vows and his extreme policyĀ agenda.
Since the deadly shooting at a Pennsylvania rally Saturday, prominent conservativesĀ have beenĀ working to blameĀ the incident on Trumpās enemies for labeling him a āfascistā and for fanning heated ārhetoricā that, in their telling, caused the would-be assassin to shoot at the former and perhaps future American president. āWhen the message goes out constantly that the election of Donald Trump would be a threat to democracy and that the Republic would end, it heats up the environment,ā House SpeakerĀ Mike JohnsonĀ (R-La.)Ā saidSunday, adding: āItās simply not true. Everyone needs to turn the rhetoric down.ā
Iāll stop talking about trump being a fascist when he stops being a fascist. Maybe a little after that to make sure. Maybe a lot after that.
I saw some Congressman talk about how itās wrong to say heās a threat to democracyā¦
Dudeās hat literally says 45-47, after 50 court dismissing his claims. How much more blatant does it need to be before you actually are a threat to democracy? After youāve already completely destroyed it?
I agree. However, isnāt the 45-47 just him being the 45th president and him wanting to be the 47th?
I donāt think it means 45, 46, and 47ā¦ though I could be wrong because itās him. It should probably be 45&47 or 45/47 to be more clear, but again itās him.
Itās the subtext that matters. It could just as easily say 45,47, or the options you said, but it pretty definitively says Trump should be president for three terms, and if Trump is elected, I guarantee he wonāt step down to a democratic election when his term is up, itāll either be:
They already know, itās the one thing the blue no matter who crowd has been promising all along - that Biden will sAVe dEmoCrAcY, but now that someone actually tried to get rid of the threat to democracy (even if that wasnāt his motive), the only thing they have to cling on to is their ācivilityā aka āthe rulesā (written and enforced by authoritarians looking to maintain their position), because the truth is, they never gave a shit about ādemocracyā (one never really existed anyway) only about their āteamā winning, because to them itās still just a game, thatās why they stand by Biden despite him clearly posing no threat to fascism whatsoeverā¦