Wednesday, December 08, 2021

"Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election." By Barton Gellman

 


I link this brilliant article entitled "Trump's Next Coup Has Already Begun" ... above.

Barton Gellman from The Atlantic:  "Donald Trump came closer than anyone thought he could to toppling a free election a year ago. He is preparing in plain view to do it again, and his position is growing stronger. Republican acolytes have identified the weak points in our electoral apparatus and are methodically exploiting them. They have set loose and now are driven by the animus of tens of millions of aggrieved Trump supporters who are prone to conspiracy thinking, embrace violence, and reject democratic defeat. Those supporters, Robert Pape’s “committed insurrectionists,” are armed, single-minded and will know what to do the next time Trump calls upon them to act."

Two Minutes to Midnight:

My thoughts:  What on this earth do Democrats, progressives and others of good will in the majority have to do to prevent another insurrection from happening, subverting Democracy to usher in a despotic fascistic totalitarian tyranny? We must act!

I link the brilliant article above from The Atlantic.  I suggest, although lengthy, it should be required reading for all those who care about crushing the treasonous Trumpian grip and maintaining Democracy!   The time is later than you think.  It is, proverbially, two minutes to midnight. 


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