Gil Duran and George Lakoff • Frame Lab
Violence has no place in a democratic political system, and we condemn this despicable act. Yet we must also acknowledge that no one has done more to inject violence into our political discourse than Trump.
Josh Marshall • Talking Points Memo
Trump has already tried once to overthrow the republic in response to losing an election. He explicitly promises to wrench our democratic institutions into a perverted system of populist authoritarianism and wreck the structure of global alliances which have kept generations of Americans safe.
The Heritage Foundation’s president Kevin Roberts, one of the architects of the controversial Project 2025 plan for a second Trump presidency, said the quite part out loud this week when he warned liberals that there would be violence if they stand in the way of the “second American revolution.”
A sweeping proposal for how Donald Trump should handle a second term in office has sparked concern for its implications on the role of federal government and its calls to eliminate a number of basic human rights.
Donald J. Trump and The Heritage Foundation pose a grave threat to our democracy and the American way of life.
When a young man tried to murder the Orange Man on Saturday night folks called for us to back off, let things cool down. Sure, ok, let’s back off. You can bet Trump’s campaign didn’t. They went to work fundraising off of the attempt on his life.
Violence is not the way and Democrats need to remain focused in our effort to get Independents to vote for President Biden.
The GOP has to lose or the country loses.