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Nevilledog

(50,687 posts)
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 01:04 PM Apr 2021

How Trump unleashed a domestic terrorism movement--and how to defeat it



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Mark Follman
@markfollman
Trump's rant to the RNC on Saturday underlines how dangerous he remains without a real reckoning. He's the leader of a domestic terrorism movement. And that's not my take—it's the consensus of a bipartisan group of national security experts https://motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/trump-stochastic-terrorism-us-capitol-mob-incitement/… @juliettekayyem

How Trump unleashed a domestic terrorism movement—and how to defeat it
"We've hit a frightening apex," says one security expert.
motherjones.com
8:19 AM · Apr 11, 2021


https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/trump-stochastic-terrorism-us-capitol-mob-incitement/

Even the wifi password was a signal. Attendees at President Donald Trump’s rally in Dalton, Georgia, on January 4 who wanted to log in to the Make America Great network had to enter the phrase into their devices: “SeeYouJan6!” Trump was in town that night ostensibly to boost two Republican Senate candidates, but he spent much of his speech railing about the “stolen” 2020 election—and inciting supporters to descend on the nation’s capital two days later. “They’re not taking this White House,” he declared, Marine One spotlighted behind him. The crowd roared. “We’re going to fight like hell.”

Throughout the summer and early fall, amid polls forecasting a Trump loss, the president and his surrogates had ramped up their baseless claims that the election would be tainted by massive fraud. (The election proved to be “the most secure in American history,” according to US cybersecurity director Chris Krebs, whom Trump quickly fired for saying so.) By mid-­December, as Trump’s campaign was losing dozens of lawsuits alleging manipulated results in battleground states, Trump began targeting January 6, the day Congress would certify President Joe Biden’s victory. “Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election,” Trump tweeted. “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” The election was “the biggest scam in our nation’s history,” he wrote in another tweet, adding: “Never give up. See everyone in D.C. on January 6th.”

Trump did more than just invite supporters to a rally. He also repeatedly shared a slickly produced video, titled “The Plot to Steal America,” that warned ominously of a Chinese communist scheme involving Biden, the Democrats, and the news media, and called for Trump supporters to mobilize. “We know that our rights don’t come from the government, but from God,” declared the narrator, an Ohio jewelry buyer formerly employed by the pro-Trump propaganda outlet the Epoch Times. “And we will fight to the death to protect those rights.” In a tweet the day after Christmas, Trump suggested that if the Democrats were in his position, the “Rigged & Stolen” presidential election would be considered “an act of war, and fight to the death.”

This drumbeat all built toward the cold gray morning in early January when thousands of fervent Trump supporters gathered for a “Save America” rally outside the White House. “We’re coming for you,” vowed Donald Trump Jr. from the stage, targeting members of Congress who didn’t support overturning the November results. “Let’s have trial by combat,” said Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal attorney, adding, “I’ll be darned if they’re going to take our free and fair vote.” “Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass!” shouted Alabama congressman Mo Brooks. “Our ancestors sacrificed their blood, their sweat, their tears, their fortunes, and sometimes their lives…Are you willing to do the same?”

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How Trump unleashed a domestic terrorism movement--and how to defeat it (Original Post) Nevilledog Apr 2021 OP
He should be known as Trump-Laden. nt chowder66 Apr 2021 #1
This is a very important question for us all. kentuck Apr 2021 #2
If they cannot be brought to justice... TheRealNorth Apr 2021 #4
Trumpism can't be separated from domestic terrorism Martin Eden Apr 2021 #3
They're all traitors and they're rooting for the Head Traitor FakeNoose Apr 2021 #5
In my opinion... kentuck Apr 2021 #6

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
2. This is a very important question for us all.
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 01:53 PM
Apr 2021

Because it is true. The election did not end the terrorist movement. And Donald Trump has kept it alive. Do not overlook that fact.

But what are we going to do about it?

It is a huge gamble to ignore it.

Martin Eden

(12,805 posts)
3. Trumpism can't be separated from domestic terrorism
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 02:18 PM
Apr 2021

And Donald Trump can't be separated from today's Republican Party.

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
6. In my opinion...
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 02:31 PM
Apr 2021

The DOJ should start picking off all those around Trump that were complicit in the insurrection, beginning with Don, Jr and Rudy.

People need to see some action, in addition to the pawns that were used on January 6th.

In my opinion, there is not as much time as some people may think. This is a threat to us all.

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