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Dictator Trump--Part 5: There Will Be Blood In The Streets--Tiananmen Square-Style--If Trump Wins In 2024

Submitted by Robin Messing on Wed, 01/03/2024 - 6:31pm

As I mentioned in the introduction to this series of articles, I predicted that Donald Trump would be an existential threat to our democracy--and I made that prediction roughly two weeks before the 2016 election.

The previous articles in this series have set the stage for my new prediction: If Trump is elected in 2024, we will see at least one—and very possibly more—Tiananmen Square-style massacres on U.S. soil.

Trump Will Become a Dictator--Introduction/Table of Contents

Submitted by Robin Messing on Wed, 01/03/2024 - 4:10pm

I predicted that Donald Trump would be an existential threat to our democracy two weeks before the 2016 election. I stand by that prediction. Even though Trump didn't kill our democracy, he strained its guardrails during his presidency, and he nearly killed it on January 6. We got lucky that day. Had a few people made different decisions, our democracy would likely be dead.

Republican Victimhood and the Rise of Political Violence

Submitted by Robin Messing on Wed, 10/24/2018 - 6:38am

Matthew McGowen’s October 9 article in the Cornell Daily Sun about Congressman Tom Reed’s visit to campus emphasized Republican students’ fears about being subjected to social backlash if they wore their MAGA hats on campus. Senator Rand Paul recently said that political divisiveness will lead to “an assassination” and that “someone is going to be killed and that those who are ratcheting up the conversation ... they have to realize that they bear some responsibility if this elevates to violence.”  Tom Reed’s website claims that his staff members have been threatened by his opponent, Tracy Mitrano’s, supporters and blamed Representative Maxine Waters for encouraging harassment of public servants. And Republicans are quick to point out the attempted assassination of GOP Representative Steve Scalise in June 2016.

It is time to put Republican claims of perpetual victimhood in context.

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