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€

  • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34Ā·
    2 months ago

    I saw some Congressman talk about how itā€™s wrong to say heā€™s a threat to democracyā€¦

    Dudeā€™s hat literally says 45-47, after 50 court dismissing his claims. How much more blatant does it need to be before you actually are a threat to democracy? After youā€™ve already completely destroyed it?

    • MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world
      8Ā·
      2 months ago

      I agree. However, isnā€™t the 45-47 just him being the 45th president and him wanting to be the 47th?

      I donā€™t think it means 45, 46, and 47ā€¦ though I could be wrong because itā€™s him. It should probably be 45&47 or 45/47 to be more clear, but again itā€™s him.

      • kautau@lemmy.world
        6Ā·
        2 months ago

        Itā€™s the subtext that matters. It could just as easily say 45,47, or the options you said, but it pretty definitively says Trump should be president for three terms, and if Trump is elected, I guarantee he wonā€™t step down to a democratic election when his term is up, itā€™ll either be:

        • He uses his presidential power to fully and without question prevent any new elections, which he can now basically do anything legally in power as Americaā€™s king
        • The vote is a sham, itā€™s rigged, like Putinā€™s and he just has landslide wins
        • He passes power to his new puppet VP or someone else that can maintain the fascist reign
    • DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      66Ā·
      2 months ago

      How much more blatant does it need to be before you actually are a threat to democracy?

      They already know, itā€™s the one thing the blue no matter who crowd has been promising all along - that Biden will sAVe dEmoCrAcY, but now that someone actually tried to get rid of the threat to democracy (even if that wasnā€™t his motive), the only thing they have to cling on to is their ā€œcivilityā€ aka ā€œthe rulesā€ (written and enforced by authoritarians looking to maintain their position), because the truth is, they never gave a shit about ā€œdemocracyā€ (one never really existed anyway) only about their ā€œteamā€ winning, because to them itā€™s still just a game, thatā€™s why they stand by Biden despite him clearly posing no threat to fascism whatsoeverā€¦