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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow Trump unleashed a domestic terrorism movement--and how to defeat it
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Mark Follman
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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 takeit'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 movementand how to defeat it
"We've hit a frightening apex," says one security expert.
motherjones.com
8:19 AM · Apr 11, 2021
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 takeit'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 movementand 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 Trumps 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 electionand inciting supporters to descend on the nations capital two days later. Theyre not taking this White House, he declared, Marine One spotlighted behind him. The crowd roared. Were 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 Trumps campaign was losing dozens of lawsuits alleging manipulated results in battleground states, Trump began targeting January 6, the day Congress would certify President Joe Bidens 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 nations 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 dont 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. Were coming for you, vowed Donald Trump Jr. from the stage, targeting members of Congress who didnt support overturning the November results. Lets have trial by combat, said Rudy Giuliani, the presidents personal attorney, adding, Ill be darned if theyre 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
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chowder66
(9,011 posts)1. He should be known as Trump-Laden. nt
kentuck
(110,950 posts)2. This is a very important question for us all.
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.
TheRealNorth
(9,435 posts)4. If they cannot be brought to justice...
Then we must be prepared for the next time.
Martin Eden
(12,805 posts)3. Trumpism can't be separated from domestic terrorism
And Donald Trump can't be separated from today's Republican Party.
FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)5. They're all traitors and they're rooting for the Head Traitor
kentuck
(110,950 posts)6. In my opinion...
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.