A poll released by the University of Chicago via the Chicago Project on Security and Threats offers a chilling account of the growing radicalism in America, particularly after the second foiled assassination attempt of former president Donald Trump, the poll found that 26 million Americans believe “the use of force” is justified to keep Trump from regaining the presidency.
As discussed in my book, “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage,” we have seen an increasing level of rage rhetoric in our political system. For some, violent language can become violent action. There is a normalization that can occur as extreme actions become more acceptable to more and more citizens:
“We are living in an age of rage. It permeates every aspect of our society and politics. Rage is liberating, even addictive. It allows us to say and do things that we would ordinarily avoid, even denounce in others. Rage is often found at the farthest extreme of reason. For those who agree with the underlying message, it is righteous and passionate. For those who disagree, it is dangerous and destabilizing.”
With the unrelenting claims of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and others that democracy is about to die in America, some now feel a license to commit criminal acts in the name of “saving democracy.”
It is the ultimate form of self-delusion that one saves democracy by committing political violence against those with whom you disagree.
We have seen this radicalism spread in past years from higher education into society at large.
Years ago, many of us were shocked by the conduct of University of Missouri communications professor Melissa Click who directed a mob against a student journalist covering a Black Lives Matter event. Yet, Click was hired by Gonzaga University. Since that time, we have seen a steady stream of professors joining students in shouting down, committing property damage, participating in riots, verbally attacking students, or even taking violent action in protests.
It is now common to hear inflammatory language from professors advocating “detonating white people,” denouncing police, calling for Republicans to suffer, strangling police officers, celebrating the death of conservatives, calling for the killing of Trump supporters, supporting the murder of conservative protesters and other outrageous statements.
At the University of Rhode Island, professor Erik Loomis defended the murder of a conservative protester and said that he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence.
At the University of California Santa Barbara, professors actually rallied around feminist studies associate professor Mireille Miller-Young, who physically assaulted pro-life advocates and tore down their display. Despite pleading guilty to criminal assault, she was not fired and received overwhelming support from the students and faculty. She was later honored as a model for women advocates.
At Hunter College in New York, Professor Shellyne Rodríguez was shown trashing a pro-life display of students.
She was captured on a videotape telling the students that “you’re not educating s–t […] This is f–king propaganda. What are you going to do, like, anti-trans next? This is bulls–t. This is violent. You’re triggering my students.”
Unlike the professor, the students remained calm and respectful. One even said “sorry” to the accusation that being pro-life was triggering for her students.
Rodríguez continued to rave, stating, “No you’re not — because you can’t even have a f–king baby. So you don’t even know what that is. Get this s–t the f–k out of here.” In an Instagram post, she is then shown trashing the table.
Hunter College, however, did not consider this unhinged attack to be sufficient to terminate Rodríguez.
It was only after she later chased reporters with a machete that the college fired Rodríguez. She was then hired by another college.
Another recent example comes from the State University of New York at Albany, where sociology professor Renee Overdyke shut down a pro-life display and then resisted arrest. One student is heard screaming, “She’s a [expletive] professor.” That of course is the point.
While Democratic leaders have condemned the second assassination attempt on Trump, they have continued the unhinged rhetoric of how this may be our last election and democracy is about to die in America.
At the same time, some leaders have allied themselves with violent groups.
We have continued to follow the attacks and arrests of Antifa followers across the country, including attacks on journalists.
Some Democrats have played a dangerous game in supporting or excusing the work of Antifa, one of the most violent anti-free speech groups in the world. Former Democratic National Committee deputy chair Keith Ellison, now the Minnesota attorney general, once said Antifa would “strike fear in the heart” of Trump. This was after Antifa had been involved in numerous acts of violence and its website was banned in Germany.
Ellison’s son, Minneapolis City Council member Jeremiah Ellison, declared his allegiance to Antifa in the heat of violent protests. During a prior hearing, Democratic senators refused to clearly denounce Antifa and falsely suggested that the far right was the primary cause of recent violence. Likewise, Joe Biden has dismissed objections to Antifa as just “an idea.”
These politicians are playing a dangerous game in toying with groups like Antifa, which will not stop at threatening their opponents. Politicians like Ellison could easily find themselves the next target as groups seek to “strike fear in the heart” of the establishment.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. He is the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage” (Simon & Schuster).
Professor Turley,
You introduce Professor Pape’s polling data indicating that a substantial percentage of Americans are willing to use political violence to prevent (or restore – you tellingly left out that part) Trump from becoming President.
And then you write: “While Democratic leaders have condemned the second assassination attempt on Trump, they have continued the unhinged rhetoric of how this may be our last election and democracy is about to die in America.”
Is it unhinged though based on Pape’s polling?
That is precisely the takeaway from Pape’s work.
https://cpost.uchicago.edu/publications/july_2023_survey_report_tracking_deep_distrust_of_democratic_institutions_conspiracy_beliefs_and_support_for_political_violence_among_americans/
He literally has a “Dangers to Democracy” tracker that shows the increasing dissatisfaction with our democratic institutions.
In particular, they cite Trump’s rhetoric of “rigged elections” as convincing (back in 2023!) that 27% of Republican respondents thought that the 2024 election was already rigged against them.
In particular, they cite Trump’s rhetoric of “rigged elections” as convincing (back in 2023!) that 27% of Republican respondents thought that the 2024 election was already rigged against them.
1. Looking just at $420 MILLION Zuckerbucks poured into selected Democrat majority districts in selected battleground states to “get out the vote (democrat)’, along with the “the Biden Bribery Laptop is only Russian election disinformation” this is one of those: nothing to see here, don’t believe your lying eyes” issues? That’s not rigging… just… anomalies?
2. I won’t give them a monetizing click, but does this Professor Pape run with the idea that claiming an election was rigged only started with Trump and the craziness that went on with polling in that election?
Is he old enough to remember when crazed Democrats claimed that Al Gore lost because THAT election was rigged? That’s about 20 years prior to Trump. And then Hillary Clinton – who nobody raised a protest about as she continued claiming her election defeat was rigged.
Just Trump?
1. Per citizens United, that is neither rigging nor an anomaly.
2. You missed the point of the the poll. Pape isn’t opening as to whether perceptions are valid. He is just measuring the responses to the poll. The pill results clearly show that voters believe Trump when he says the 2820 election was rigged. Whether other presidents have used similar rhetoric is irrelevant.
Because its true
HRC STILL insists that President Trump is an illegitimate President. Jamie Raskin said congress will cause “civil war conditions” if President Trump is reelected. I see lots of grumbling from the right but, no violence, yet. Keep pushing, FAFO.
AMERICA – BACK TO THE FUTURE
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The contribution of the Founders:
– Freedom, Free Enterprise, Free Markets, Private Property, Severely limited and Restricted Government.
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The contribution of the “Reconstruction Amendments”:
– Communism.
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The contribution of the 19th Amendment:
– Abortion.
For the Left, Violence is a tool that they adjust like a volume control. Forvthe Right it is a switch, On…or Off. When the Right decides to flip that switch to On…well, it won’t be pretty.
Bogus issue. Trump has used violent rhetoric far more than any candidate.
To the extent that is true that is only because those on the left believe any challenge to them is violence.
In the real world your statement is just not true.
But that is NOT the issue.
The point of Turley’s post is not that Democrats will SAY violent things about their opponents – but they the will DO violent things.
What politicians and others SAY is a RIGHT. Trump is taking advantage of two assassination attempts to blame the rhetoric on the left – and he is perfectly entitled to do so. It is far more reasonable to beleive that when PResident Biden SAYS “Put a Bullseye on Trump” that someone will try to assassinate him,
That to beleive that when Trump says “Their eating the cats” that unrelated foreign actors will phone in fake bomb threats.
Regardless, this is NOT about what people SAY – it is about what they will do.
Trump has used violent rhetoric far more than any candidate.
Thanks for that, spastic. Maybe you can answer for Svelaz
“Muslims in this country are an existential threat to our Democracy and way of life”
“It’s on us to recognize the threat Muslims pose.”
“Does one of us [he and Omar] have to come out alive?”
“Muslims are a genuine threat to this nation …They are literally a threat to everything America stands for”
“Omar and the Muslims represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic … and that is a threat to this country.”
And here’s what should be your favorite
“Muslims are destructive to our democracy and …They have to be eliminated”
Obviously, these were not statements made by Ted Cruz. And they weren’t about Muslims. Maybe you’d like a shot at assigning the origination? Pro tip, some of them have been repeated over and over by several democrats.
Or maybe you like Rick Wilson’s honesty better “They’re still going to have to go out and put a bullet in Donald Trump.”
Trump sound bites have been manipulated by the DNC propaganda networks into violent rhetoric far more than any other candidate.
Fixed it for ya DB
“Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.” ~Emily Bronte, “Wuthering Heights”
Those that live by the sword, will DIE by the sword… The cowards need to stop, or they will FAFO.
Political violence is entirely justified in the quest to stop communism. Those who have experienced it, know the horrors of it, and know it is to be avoided.
The problem is, because the “Department Of Education” was turned into a CABINET POSITION in 1979, and a JEWESS put in charge of American education by 1980 (thanks to their PUPPET PRESIDENTS ALL), none of you got to read the books written by Nobel prize winning author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn which talked about communism and where it comes from (hint: Jews). These amazing books were replaced with a work of DISCREDITED FICTION called “The Diary of Anne Frank”. So, the TRUTH about COMMUNISM COMING FROM JEWS was INTENTIONALLY REMOVED from your schools, and “Aww, poor little Jews” was put in its place.
And this is why none of you know anything about communism. None of you have read books on it and studied it properly, or this would be common knowledge.
And the #1 Jewish tactic (besides cries of “anti-Semitism”, lol), is to point out 1 non-Jew here and 1 non-Jew there, and they say “Well, what about these guys? Huh?” As though we should focus on the 10% non-Jews of the Russian Revolution and ignore the 90% Jews. Mkay.
Political violence IS JUSTIFIED. As Solzhenitsyn observed, they could have put a stop to the Bolsheviks had they only DONE SOMETHING. They could have used anything…hammers…axe handles…pitchforks…if only they had TRIED to run the Bolshevik Jews out of town, they could have done so.
But the general problem in Russia was similar to one we face today…INACTION. Folks, all you have to do is gather together, find the communists (they’re mostly Jewish), and ROUST THEM OUT. Like has been done in over 109 countries over 1,000+ times. IT WAS DONE FOR PERHAPS A REASON.
White people are parasites on the world.
Yes, thank God for those parasitic WHITE people that brought the world medicine, food production, advanced Science and Technology, advanced Society, freedom and liberty. Those rotten Muthafuggas! Go to the corner of your mud cowdung hut and think on your sins!
As is apparent from this study, the United States of America is closer to Civil War as in any time since the 1850’s. The last Presidential Assassin to act on the ideology that Professor Turley describes was John Wilkes Booth. The last assassin that altered the total course of the United States (of which we never recovered) was Lee Oswald. The result of 26 million people justifying the murder of any opposition is Somolia warlord like! Equip, Train, Prepare.
I think the key to a peaceful and orderly transition from one presidential administration to the next is a timely public concession speech by the losing nominee. If Harris loses the election, I am confident that she will make such a public concession, just like Kerry and Clinton did the morning after the election and Gore did the morning after the Supreme Court decision.
Hillary Clinton made a public concession speech? When was that? As for Gore, his concession should have occured after the official recount.
Hillary just made a plea for criminal prosecution for misinformation. Well, well, well wouldn’t that be wonderful?! She could be the very first indicted for her Russian dossier hoax that cost American taxpayers $42M while subverting a duly elected President. Let’s give it to her by all means.
Here is a link to a transcript of Clinton’s concession speech on November 9, 2016.
https://time.com/4564480/read-hillary-clintons-concession-speech-full-transcript/
Where is the payment in full for her Russian dossier hoax et al.?
She later said the election was stolen from her.
November 9, 2016.
The key to a peaceful transition is an election that voters can trust.
It should not surprise anyone that people do not trust the purveyors of the Collusion delusion.
They do not trust the people who lied to us about covid.
The do not trust the people who lied to us about the Hunter Biden Laptop.
The do not trust people who would rig debates.
They do not trust people who would use government to censor political speech during an election.
The do not trust those who would replace their own legitimately elected candidate ignoring their own voters, and put in someone who has not won a single vote.
They do not truest people who are willing to resort to violence to win an election.
Polls of peoples ACTUAL conduct during the 2020 election found that 38% of voters self reported committing election fraud.
If you want the people to trust the election – conduct elections that we can trust.
No early voting,
no mailin voting
The constitution says that congress sets the DAY of the election – not the month.
Show up at the polls on election day with valid photo ID.
An honest media will then be able to use exist polls to predict the election winning by 9pm on election day,
and if the election officials come up with a different result days later – we will have good reason to suspect fraud.
You little leftist pansies who think it’s ok to attack conservatives might want to think about the fact that there will be a point where severe retaliation can be expected, when they have finally had enough of you wimps. Then you cowards will realize you have been provoking the people who own almost all the guns, know how to use them, and know how to fight. When that finally happens, you rabbits will be running for the exits.
Simmer down now, the last thing we need is more chaos.
The dirty little secret is that liberrhoids will create “more chaos” regardless – it’s how they roll. The word to the wise is to be ready for it when it comes to a neighborhood near YOU.
They don’t normally come to States with open carry and/or Stand your ground laws. They know better.
“They don’t normally come to States with open carry and/or Stand your ground laws”
And how is it smarter, or less confrontational, if they come to, and misbehave in, a state with concealed carry, but not open? I live in such a state, and have my concealed carry permit. Anyone who attacks me is going to find that out quickly. Subject to the boundaries of the restrictive self-defense criteria here, anyway. We do not have stand your ground. OTOH, I have well-documented chronic knee and joint issues, so my legal “duty” to retreat should be fairly limited (I also have insurance that covers legal expenses for charges resulting from the use of firearms in self-defense – such things exist). Should anyone invade my home, and threaten me or my family, there is an easy way to ensure that my account of events is the only one that will be available to the authorities. Anyone who takes that risk is also going to learn that I have much more effective defense weapons here than my carry gun. If ignorance of the law is no excuse (actually an “iffy” proposition), ignorance of a citizen’s capability and willingness to defend himself against unwarranted attack is even less so, whether the attack is motivated by what the attacker believes to be legitimate political grievances ,or not.
And SOME of those losers who bite off more than they can chew could even contract a case of lead poisoning [GASP!].
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So what happened to the peace, love and freedom crowd? Oh, yeah-they all became conservatives…
It is called the migration back to the Barbarian World!!!!!!
What happened to the peace, love and freedom crowd? Oh, yeah-they’re all conservatives now.
Age of Rage. JT loves it, but never seems seems to talk about JD.
Who exactly is fueling rage?
The following is.a quote from a church leader in Springfield, OH.
“It really kind of quieted down until our local leaders reached out to JD Vance for help getting financial assistance,” Ruby said. “And instead of providing financial assistance, he politicized it.”
he, being JD Vance.
Another useful idiot who would rather talk about JD Vance than
Kayla Hamilton
Laken Riley
Melissa Powell
Jocelyn Nungaray
Lizbeth Medina
Rachel Morin
Aiden Clark
13yo girl in Queens
Shannon Jungwirth
14 yo girl Ft Walton Beach
15 yo girl Rockland, MA
11 yo girl Lake Worth, FL
Every single one of these were invited in by Biden/Harris. Here are a few more of the fine people Biden/Harris invited.
Victor Hernandez Martinez – Raped a woman in Texas (2021).
Edgar Alexander Ramos – Assaulted two women (2022).
Joel Bautista Diaz – Raped a minor in Pennsylvania (2023).
Jose Lopez Lopez – Charged with child rape in Florida (2021).
Luis Salmeron – Raped a woman in California (2022).
Carlos A. Carrillo – Assaulted a 15-year-old (2021).
‘Politicized it’ = violence? 👌😃😅😀😄
You think men can get pregnant too, don’t you, lying lefty (redundant)?
Yeah, right. And Trump’s a rapist, yada, yada.
GTF outta’ here.
So republicans politicizing the political failures of their opponents is wrong – but actually failing disastrously is not ?
Regardless, HAs Vance told people to “put a bullseye” on hatians ?
Vance has been very effective. Illegal immigration is a major issue for voters.
The press refuses to cover it. Democrats hide from the issue.
Vance has successfully forced the MSM to cover the issue.
Now it they would just cover the remainder of the top 10 issues that americans care about.
Unless you’re one of the 26 million, there’s absolutely no reason this blog post required 280+ comments. NO political violence is never justified.
George Washington is an example of a good man leading political violence.
You are going to need to cite when GW lead on political violence.
1776 starting with the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Olly – Never say Never.
Political violence is RARELY justified.
The Declaration of independence exists to demonstrate to the world that the political violence of the colonists WAS justified.
Political violence is very difficult to justify.
I hjope we do not reach a point where political violence IS justified – but we might.
Agreed. But political violence against people who disagree with you is a basic tenet of how leftys, democrats, commies raise their kids.
Those 26 millions can attack forever so long as they attack the correct party. Those who defend themselves will the hunted and jailed if they are not of the correct party.
Kamala cackles like an actual witch about killing trump:
The IDIOT cant even tell the joke properly. This is the MORON you libtards want to elect.
The line should be “Do BOTH of us have to come out alive?”
I have an idea. Let’s make the most failed VP in history the POTUS.
Jonathan: DJT is not taking it very well after his total break down in the debate with Kamala Harris. So what is DJT telling his MAGA supporters? Bizarre things like the debate was rigged against him “3 to one” by ABC. Or, he says Harris had a secret mic hidden in one of her ear rings and she got advice from her campaign people. All sorts of nonsense!
Then DJT and JD Vance continue to falsely claim Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio are eating the cats and dogs of their neighbors. And the result? Elementary schools and the Springfield City Hall had to be evacuated because of bomb threats. The City even decided to cancel its annual Culture Fest because of threats. All of this was due to the DJT/JD Vance lies about Springfield!
During his press conference on Friday in RPV, DJT said there will be a “large deportation from Springfield” and “We’ll take them back to Venezuela”. That will be a rude awakening for the Haitian immigrants who thought they would be taken back to where they were born. DJT is definitely now cognitively impaired when he can’t seem to put together a coherent sentence and confuses Haiti with Venezuela!
Well, Dennis, I guess you forgot that they were here on a Temporary, repeat, Temporary Protective Status.
Who is spewing nonsense?
JD Vance is spewing nonsense. If you don’t understand that, you are as dense as a lead baloon.
Spewing nonsense ^^^^
couldn’t even spell balloon.
Because you say so ?
There is a very real question as to how big of a problem this is.
But the claim it is nonsense is false. There are 9/11 calls there are police reports, there is some video.
At the absolute worst – Vance is doing to the left over immigration what the left does over gun control.
He is using something that is rare to bring up something that is large.
The left rants about the rare event of mass shootings, to push gun control.
Vance is using the rare event of eating pets to get the MSM to discuss illegal immigration.
It is not nonsense, it is brilliant.
Dennis, check your facts. They have all been refuted.
Dennis – the Debate went fine. Harris got no bounce and appears to be dropping again
According to the media and those of you on the left – Trump has never won a debate.
There was no “breakdown”
The debate was rigged. That was expected. It was also a mistake. The big loser in the debate was ABC.
I do not think Harris had a secret mike – but I should not have to wonder. There are many who do think she had a bluetooth earring – they are a real thing. It would be easy enough to have jambers and then there would be no question.
But that is not really a big deal.
Harris did the minimum she needed to do to avoid getting knocked out of the race.
But she did NOT provide independents and undecided voters with the understanding of what a Harris presidency would be like that was necescary for her to win votes.
Numerous sources have polls saying Harris won the debate – but the same pols have more independents deciding to vote for Trump after the debate. If they is Trump losing – I am sure he wants to lose more.
“Then DJT and JD Vance continue to falsely claim Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio are eating the cats and dogs of their neighbors. ”
That was brilliant on the part of Trump and Vance.
First – you say that is false – yet there are many sources that claim otherwise. Something is not false because you chose not to beleive it.
The left tried to make a meme out of this and Trump memesters took their own work and OWNED them.
This was a big lose for Democrats.
Just look at the news afterwards – Vance and others have been repeatedly invited on MSM – on ABC and MSNBC and CNN where hosts chose to take this issue and Vance and others Owned them.
The claim that Illegal immigrants are eating pets shocks people – but overall it is NOT all that huge. But it has FORCED the MSM to discuss the many problems of illegal immigration.
Trump/Vance have gotten HOURS of Free media using the left leaning MSM to speak about illegal immigration.
Scott Adams thinks this was one of Trump’s most brilliant moves Ever.
“And the result? Elementary schools and the Springfield City Hall had to be evacuated because of bomb threats.”
Clearly logic is not your forte.
Right Trump/Vance saying “their eating the cats” – caused bomb threats ?
Are you nuts ? If that were True – All democrats must be convicted of trying to assassinate Trump.
Regardless the Bomb threats were by a FOREIGN ACTOR – likely either Iran or Russia – as confirmed by the OH Governor.
To the extent they had anything to do with Trump – that would be because some foreign actor wants Trump to lose – i.e. Election interferance.
Are Harris/Biden colluding with Iran or Russia ? Oh My !
“The City even decided to cancel its annual Culture Fest because of threats.”
Or because they are bankrupt dealing with the problems of massive numbers of illegal immigrants.
” All of this was due to the DJT/JD Vance lies about Springfield!”
And what is your evidence these are lies – more city officials ?
There have been police reports, 9/11 calls – there are some instances actually caught on video.
Is this a HUGE problem or a tiny one – we do not know. But what is CERTAIN is that the claim has NOT been proven false.
“During his press conference on Friday in RPV, DJT said there will be a “large deportation from Springfield””
So ?
Haiti, Venezeula – Who cares ?
“I do not think Harris had a secret mike – but I should not have to wonder. There are many who do think she had a bluetooth earring – they are a real thing. It would be easy enough to have jambers and then there would be no question.
But that is not really a big deal. ”
Big deal or not, for any future political debates (not limited to this election), BT and WIFI frequencies should be monitored to detect any such attempts to cheat. That is easy enough to do. The debate rules should include provisions for an independent monitor, and for both sides to be permitted to monitor those frequencies, as well.
Is this your best for the day ?
To most of us it was aparent ABC rigged the debate – and that has become the post debate story – along with the massive Viral sensation “there eating the Cats” – which left wing nuts like you actually thought would hurt Trump.
You got Owned – hugely.
Please keep ranting about this issue – everytime you bring it up – you remined people of all the massive problems with massive illegal immigration.
As to the debate rigging. People notices in real time. People noticed ABC lobbed Harris softballs. ABC did not fact check Obvious lies by Harris.
But since then we have learned more. One of the moderators has admitted that the CHOSE to make Sure that Harris did not Flop like Biden.
Whbat we do not currently know was whether that was just the biased actions of the moderators acting on their own, or whether it was a bigger conspiracy involving the network.
And an ABC Whistle blower has come forward with an affadavit listing a large number of agreements betweent he Harris camapign and ABC to favor Harris as well as concessions to Harris that were NOT negotiated with BOTH campaigns as is required.
ABC has issued one of those non-denial denials.
Regardless, this story has legs and ABC’s ratings are tanking and numerous journalists – even in the left-osphere are noting that if true – and these allegations increasingly seem to be likely true – the debate was rigged. ABC’s conduct violated the rules as well as journalistic ethics.
Here we are in a JT article about the 26M people willing to engage in violence to preclude Trump from becoming president.
At the same time as the story is breaking that ABC rigged the debate.
Why is it that those of you on the left do not understand that people hear what you say and do and that is Why they beleive you rig elections.
Because there is nothing you are not willing to do to win.
Democrats are FASCISTS.
Republicans HAVE TO STOP being nice!
We need to jail Democrats by the 1000’s…for their MANY Crimes
Democrats openly work
Dear Prof Turley,
In this age of rage, I’m surprised only ’26 million’ Americans ‘believe political violence is justified’. More Americans than that think I’m a ‘Hamas’ loving ‘antisemitic’ Russian ‘bot’ Putin ‘asset’ .. . just here in your ‘comment section’ alone!
If Trump is worse than Hitler, as well as the greatest threat to civilization in the world today, it makes sense that Rep. Goldman wants him ‘eliminated’.
In any case, Sen. Pelosi speaking for the ‘gang of eight’ has vowed Trump will never, ever, be allowed to assume power again . .. and that’s a long time.
After the 1st assassination attempt, I gave Trump a 50/50 chance [of making it to the election] . .. my new revised odds after the 2nd assassination attempt are 10/90+/-.
*Ol Clausewitz said ‘war’ is politics by other means’ .. . and all is fair in love and war.
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Ron: Quintessentially perfect. thanks!