Presidential rhetoric corresponds to presidential action; it precedes and defines it. What a candidate says on the campaign trail connects to what he (or she) will do in office. And if Trump has had a single consistent message, it is that he’ll use the violent arm of the state to cleanse the nation of “scum” and “vermin,” whether immigrants and refugees or dissenters and political opponents like Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi.
Americans who want to stop this — three things to do:
- Check your voter registration
- Vote early if your state allows
- Volunteer for the Harris campaign and for other Democrats near you
It was coming from me, because it was plainly obvious to me at the time. Like so glaringly obvious that the articles about how ‘Trump isn’t a real fascist’ were obviously downplaying his obvious fascism by comparing him to 1943 Hitler instead of when Hitler was rising to power.