The press is not awake enough, it seems
The Republican Party’s frontrunner for its 2024 presidential nomination wants to suspend the U.S. Constitution and it’s not front-page news? Apparently not.
“Defeated former president Donald Trump, within the space of two weeks, sat down to dine with two antisemites (one of whom later declared his love of Hitler) and declared on Truth Social that the U.S. Constitution should be subject to ‘termination’ so he could be installed as president,” writes Jennifer Rubin. “Rarely has an authoritarian insurrectionist under criminal investigation for attempting to overthrow the government issued so candid a confession.”
Rubin continues, “Neither the press nor the American people can afford to ignore a MAGA GOP that embraces a racist, an antisemite and an enemy of democracy. Trump’s rants are more than just “talk”; they’re an invitation to repeat the horrors of Jan. 6.”
Indeed they are. Trump is preparing the ground for more violence should he be indicted either by the Department of Justice or by Fulton County, Ga. district attorney Fani Willis. I’m not even sure the man is self-aware enough to know it. He operates on feral instinct more than on his limited intellect. He’s priming his cult to burn the place down for him in revenge. If Trump knows it, he knows it in his bones.
The MAGA cult will make martyrs of convicted Proud Boys and pariahs of FBI informants. It is a good bet that the substation attack in North Carolina is connected to MAGA extremists of some variety. Over 20 from North Carolina have been arrested for actions in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Over a thousand from the state, including elected officials, law enforcement officers, and military members, are found in an Oath Keepers database. Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, antisemites, xenophobes, Christian nationalists. They all see Trump as one of their own. Plenty have proven they will engage in violence on his behalf. All he has to do is give the word.