Trump’s rally can’t be a coincidence. Even he isn’t that clueless.
I don’t know if Trump will mention this at his rally on the 30th, but you can bet that the violent, anti-government extremists in this country — and there are many — will see this as a signal.
Former President Donald Trump – launching his bid to return to the White House even as he rallies supporters to protest against an arrest he claims is impending – chose an auspicious location for one of his earliest rallies for the 2024 election: the city of Waco, Texas.
The rally, planned for Saturday, will fall during the 30th anniversary of the siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. Federal agents, aiming to arrest cult leader David Koresh, surrounded his walled compound in an armed standoff that lasted more than a month. It ended in a botched raid that left 76 people, including 25 children, dead.
This is very bad. I don’t know if it will immediately result in violence but it’s a clear directive to “stand back and stand by.” I guess, as usual, there’s no one around him to tell him how dangerous this is. In fact, someone obviously told him to do it — he didn’t know anything about the Waco standoff anniversary. But the wingnuts sure do.