Posted on 09/17/2024 6:26:16 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Last week, we gathered with other scholars at Ground Zero for a summit on terrorism and political violence. The mood was somber, not only because of reflections on 9/11 but also because of pained predictions of violence to come. It would have surprised nobody in attendance had they been told another assassination attempt against the former president would occur days later.
This was, of course, not merely the second assassination attempt against Donald Trump. There have been many more plots over the past several years — aimed at politicians of all stripes — that never reached the point of gunfire being exchanged. The plots are indicative of a broader zeitgeist: We are under heightened threat of political violence.
For instance, recent Republican rhetoric against a community of Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, led to dozens of bomb threats against that community, closing schools and hospitals. In October 2022, a man attacked the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, during an attempt to kidnap her. In 2020, authorities foiled a plot to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan.
There is a distinct and frightening possibility of a violent wave of assassination attempts and domestic terrorism now breaking, not only against the former president but also against Democratic officials and groups, Trump scapegoats and Trump supporters.
During this presidential election, both Democrats and Republicans are framing the other side as an existential threat to the country, and so unstable individuals are being inundated with messages that have exacerbated an already volatile situation. This feeds violence before election day, but that won’t be the end: Imagine what could happen following the election.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
“They don’t care if either side “wins”. They don’t care what happens “after”. They just want the war. The blood. The division. They want destruction and the “winners” and “losers” do not matter at all.”
I WISH it was just that. Nope, they want us to be their SLAVES and they want to force-feed us with their Leftist crap. One of the top UK politicians said something like “We want to push Immigration in the FACE of every conservative.”
Americans are simply unable to understand just how much they are ABSOLUTELY HATED by Democrats, not even extreme Democrats, but pretty much rank-and-file Democrats now. For if Americans did understand the Democrats, their party would have disbanded years ago, due to no one wanting anything to do with them.
I don’t disagree. But absolutely no one cares about Harris.
Who is running our government today? It’s not Joe and it’s not Kamala. No one knows who is in charge. If Kamala “wins” in November, who will run the government in 2025? No one whose name we will know. You can’t assassinate shadow people.
To me that guy presents as antifa.
Maybe a little like the killer who ambushed a counter protestor.
It won't be Bull Run II, but more like a slow descent into El Salvador in the 80s.
I’m concerned about the threat to him when he’s in the air, either on his private plane or Air Force One or Marine One if he makes the White House. There are plenty of Stinger and SA-7 surface-to-air missiles to be found all over the Middle East and the former Soviet Union, and known terrorists have gotten into this country under the Harris tsardom.
Yes, its likely going to get very unpleasant before this is over.
I don’t understand how these businesses stay afloat. Those bomb threats came from overseas. Maybe Democrats like to be lied to.
Well, he is going to have to have:
THE BEST FREAKIN’ SECURITY IN OUR LIFETIMES.
GET HIS OWN SECURITY AND LET’S ENJOY THE FOLLY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSICE...biggest joke of the 21st century... and HAVE RETIRED NAVY SEALS PROTECT HIM
THEN HE CAN INDEED “DRAIN THE SWAMP”
Let's fact check. The bomb threats were from a foreign actor, not Trump.
The Michigan Governor kidnapping trail revealed this was orchestrated by the US federal government.
The article is totally pointed in the wrong direction, but its conclusions are sadly correct.
YEP!
“There have been many more plots over the past several years — aimed at politicians of all stripes”
This is non-judgmental BS. It is supported by a faulty analysis and presentation of cases.
It reminds me of Democrats shaming/blaming America for racism. Democrats were the racists:
Democrats were responsible for Indian removal (Trail of Tears).
The Democrat position on slavery was “For.”
Democrats segregated White and Black races.
Democrats interned Japanese-Americans (not German-Americans).
Democrats shift the blame from themselves to America.
Today, Democrats set Black people up for failure through systemic racism. One example follows. Lacking school choice, Black children go to low quality inner-city schools where they are poorly educated. Through affirmative action, they are accepted to Ivy-league schools where they are in over their head and either flunk out, or are socially promoted to fail in industry or government.
Well then when we’ve all lost everything we will have nothing better to do than sort out who and what needs sorting out. THEY cannot tolerate us and they want us on our knees- or dead. They’ve told us time and time again. Where do you go from there?
Why would the LAT’s first go-to example of violence against Democrats be frigging Nancy Pelosi’s husband underwear attacker? Did the Alexandria Virginia Congressional baseball practice shooting of (mainly at) Republicans just slip their minds? Or even Gabby Giffords way back when.
More Demonicrat lies, that they are worried that MAGA voters are going to return their aggression. I’m so sick of these Alinskyites. Luckily, their narrative is lies, and the majority of voters recognize their terminal TDS.
I MORE THAN SERIOUSLY DOUBT THE ATTACK ON PAUL PELOSI WAS A POLITICAL ATTACK.
IT WAS A GAY HOOK UP GONE BAD
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