Republicans are seeking to capitalize on Trumpā€™s assassination attempt ā€” using it to demand everyone stop talking about his threats to democracy.

Republicans are seeking to capitalize on Trumpā€™s assassination attempt ā€” using it to demand everyone stop talking about his threats to democracy

AsĀ Donald Trump recovers from anĀ assassination attemptĀ and Republicans head toĀ MilwaukeeĀ for his coronation this week, the GOP elite has rallied around a new messaging strategy: emotionally blackmailing Democratic politicians, journalists, Hollywood celebs, and numerous other Trump critics into shutting up about the former presidentā€™sĀ openly authoritarianĀ vows and his extreme policyĀ agenda.

Since the deadly shooting at a Pennsylvania rally Saturday, prominent conservativesĀ have beenĀ working to blameĀ the incident on Trumpā€™s enemies for labeling him a ā€œfascistā€ and for fanning heated ā€œrhetoricā€ that, in their telling, caused the would-be assassin to shoot at the former and perhaps future American president. ā€œWhen the message goes out constantly that the election of Donald Trump would be a threat to democracy and that the Republic would end, it heats up the environment,ā€ House SpeakerĀ Mike JohnsonĀ (R-La.)Ā saidSunday, adding: ā€œItā€™s simply not true. Everyone needs to turn the rhetoric down.ā€

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    782Ā·
    2 months ago

    Fuck you. You made that call. You have been for six fucken years. Now youā€™re pissed that when it was answered the barrel was pointed at you? I hope you fear every convention, every speech, every relaxing day you ever have. Make no mistake, this is no Reichstag Fire, we can see through you.

    • Delusional@lemmy.world
      31Ā·
      2 months ago

      I would love it if someone would go to every rally of his with a bushel of balloons and occasionally pop them at random. Someone should follow him and do it everywhere he goes.