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Monday, December 5, 2022
Abandoning the Constitution, Approvingly
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE OF YOU who do not happen to be supporters of Donald Trump, you might recall how, after he tried to violently overthrow the United States government, Trump was banned from Twitter, for life. Then, Elon Musk bought Twitter, and Trump is allowed back on, altough so far the former president has not reappeared in tweet land. Instead he started his own social media platform, hilariously named "Truth Social". Also, for the benefit of non Trumpers, Trump is once again running for president, and doing everything in how power to attract as much attention as he can, which is not inconsiderable, as we will see for the next two years. Moving from one uproar to another, Trump posted on Truth Social that the usual lie that election was stolen from him, then he added a threat that to ensure that it doesn't happen again it might be necessary to go around the constitution,to atke certain unconstitutional or questionably constitutional actions to ensure a fair and free election for him next time. IN other words, if he is once again defeated, he might once again assemble an angry mob and instruct it to use violence to overthrow the government and install him, Trump, as president, just like he did before, which would definintely not be constitutional. From the Democrats, the usual outrage and condemnations, just like they did the other day when Trump had white supremacists over for supper. Even Trump's fellow Republicans condemned that behavior. But with regard to Trump's threats of unconstitutional actions, the response from Republicans is shocking, if not surprising; dead silence, no comment. As if they approve of Trump's expression of treasonous intent, but didn't want to be seen openly saying so. Once again, Trump's shocking, horrifying, unacceptable behavior, both words and deeds, is eclipsed in perversity and depravity only by the behavior of his devout followers, essentially the same support base which has been with him all along, and remains so. The American conservative community, the Republican party, has in essence evolved into a fascist mob. Perhaps you're thinkig it sounds a bit harsh to describe the Republican party as a "fascist mob", or a terrorist criminal organization. Maybe it sounds gratuitous, as if trying merely to insult people. But nothign could be further from the truth. Donald Trump conceived, planned, and orchestrated an attempted theft of the presidency by means of a violent insurrection, which consisted of Trump supporters, registered Republicans, mainstream American conservatives. To this day a large majority of members of the Republican believe that Trump's lie is true, and that the insurrection was justified, and may be necessary again. If that aint a fascist mob, please tell me what is.
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