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In reply to the discussion: 'Donald will burn everything down' if Republicans turn their backs on him: Mary Trump [View all]stopdiggin
(15,068 posts)recall the 'pitiful' convoy attempts? These things don't last too long when the rest of the world is calling you a bunch of morons. And, the small cadre of deluded 'militants' - that are actually willing to go out and do damage, or confront authority - are vanishingly thin. (which is not to say that we don't have a significant 'militant extremist' problem out there - just that the majority of them are not wedded to Trump, or his 'cause.')
Now .. there's still the 'dirty tricks' variety of sabotage - a la the denial of service type attacks flooding elections offices around the country with requests for 'records'. But - let's also remember that Trump is famously unwilling to foot the bill for any kind of national or grassroots type of effort or campaign. And - are the deep pockets, that are still out there, still willing to hitch their star to the defeated man-child?
I think Sharpton is dead on target here. And it's one of the reasons I have a problem with the "burn everything down' language. He doesn't have the resources, the ammo - or the following. Regardless the temper tantrum he might throw.