The president of the right-wing group spearheading Project 2025 raised the specter of violence Tuesday against those who refuse to capitulate to what he characterized as āthe second American Revolutionā ushered in by presumptive GOP nominee and would-be authoritarian Donald Trump.
Kevin Roberts, head of the Heritage Foundation, said in an appearance on āReal Americaās Voiceā that the coming ārevolutionā will āremain bloodless if the left allows it to beāāa thinly veiled threat against those who resist the far-rightās efforts to seize power.
Trump said in April that whether there is violence surrounding the 2024 presidential election ādependsā on the āfairnessā of the contest and the outcome.
Watch Robertsā remarks:
https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1808507354310209711
āWe are going to win. Weāre in the process of taking this country back,ā declared Roberts, who has said Project 2025 is āinstitutionalizing Trumpismā in preparation for a possible victory in November.
By all means, letās just sit around and wait?
I really hope an attempt to overthrow our government is met with the terrifying force of our military. This shits been outta hand for too long.
I think itās somewhat arrogant to assume that the state violence apparatus is wholly on our side on this one.
The military will likely fracture like everything else in such a scenario. I imagine desertion, theft of equipment, and sabotage would all be huge problems until things more neatly sort themselves into āusā and āthem.ā
The military leadership is deeply neoliberal. They are definitely not leftist, but arenāt fans of Trump and MAGA either. However, expect Trump to start replacing them as soon as he takes office.
Our country would be completely and permanently overthrown on the international stage the moment that happens. China and Russia will own the world, and America will be left in ruins. A civil war will make us incredibly weak, and the rest of the world probably isnāt going to fight for us when that happens.
Thereās a chance weāll be literally overthrown too, especially if we leave (or are expelled from) NATO.