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Opinion: Trump assassination attempts are just the beginning. Imagine what is coming after the election
Los Angeles Times ^ | Sept. 17, 2024 10:38 AM PT | Jacob Ware and Colin P. Clarke

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 ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: blackswan; blm; civilunrest; colinclarke; enemieslist; enemyjournalists; falseflag; gaslighting; incitement; jacobware; latsedition; projection; reichstagfire; suborning; trump; violence
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1 posted on 09/17/2024 6:26:16 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Jacob and Colin are are telling the Lefties it is open season on Trump.


2 posted on 09/17/2024 6:28:54 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It sure seems to me the last guy is part of a conspiracy he is maybe a nut but not a random nut.
The way he set up like a hunter, knew how to get in and where and when. Connected with national and international players who were motivated to set him in motion.


3 posted on 09/17/2024 6:29:02 PM PDT by Williams (Let's Focus On Electing President Trump)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is bs. The much gov was a plot by govt operatives. The palouse thing was a gay lover thing. What absolute bs.


4 posted on 09/17/2024 6:29:21 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

These authors appear to be FBI operatives.


5 posted on 09/17/2024 6:31:20 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I continue to think that there is the possibility that Kamala will get 120 million ballots at the last minute on the first Tuesday in November.

And on the first Wednesday in November, Trump may say, “Wait a minute ...”

And at that moment the FBI will grab him for his “second insurrection”, they will throw him in a cell, and he will never come out. They will start disappearing people. They won’t waste time with trials.


6 posted on 09/17/2024 6:32:03 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Jacob Ware and Colin P. Clarke should know that all of the bomb threats were from overseas.


7 posted on 09/17/2024 6:32:29 PM PDT by Eli Kopter
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
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.

1) Foreign hoaxes

2) A Berkeley radical nut.

3) A fed op.

8 posted on 09/17/2024 6:33:55 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)
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Then Civil War begins


9 posted on 09/17/2024 6:34:20 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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Turns Out Those Bomb Threats In Springfield, OH Were Originating Overseas
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4265277/posts

Men accused of plotting to kidnap Governor Whitmer found not guilty on all counts (Michigan)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4182628/posts


10 posted on 09/17/2024 6:36:07 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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Those two “people” also made it clear if Trump loses, there WILL be violence. They also said if the HO loses there MAY be violence. Projecting much boys????

So far ONLY THE LEFT has attacked. Sounds like Violence is a given with the LEFT regardless of how they made it sound it in their article in the LA Slimes.


11 posted on 09/17/2024 6:37:42 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yeah, it’s going to be a nightmare with President Harris.


12 posted on 09/17/2024 6:38:52 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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“...recent Republican rhetoric against a community of Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio.”

Get back to us, Ware and Clarke, when your one-third of your towns’ population is suddenly poor, uneducated, non-English-speaking third world moochers who are here “temporarily,” your towns’ landlords are kicking out decade-long tenants to TRIPLE the rent paid by the NGOs, your car crashes, car deaths and unlicensed/uninsured drivers with no driving experience go up 10X, and crime soars. Let us know how you feel about it.


13 posted on 09/17/2024 6:40:27 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (May the soy boys, feminazis, and alphabet weirdos choke on the toxic fumes of our masculinity)
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To: cowboyusa

We do seem to be on a path to civil war.

My thought on that:

It’s easy to think that one side or the other wants to “win” the civil war. After they “win” they can impose their political preferences on the “losers”. Maybe ANTIFA will set up a dictatorship after the bloodletting is done.

But I don’t see it that way. I think that the people who seem to be pushing us toward civil war (Soros?) just hate America. They want to destroy the whole thing. Destroy the Constitution. Destroy Freedom. 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.

Anyone who thinks “If it comes to civil war, I think we can take those guys!” is missing the key concept: everyone loses everything the moment it starts. That’s what the bad guys are counting on.


14 posted on 09/17/2024 6:40:32 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

For instance, *people noticing that Haitians eat people’s pet cats* in Springfield, Ohio, led to dozens of bomb threats against that community *by foreign actors, not Republicans*, closing schools and hospitals.

In October 2022, a man attacked the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, *following a perverted sex session.*

In 2020, authorities *composed, recruited, and arrested patsies for* a plot to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan.

There, fixed those.


15 posted on 09/17/2024 6:41:38 PM PDT by No.6
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If the Communist Party wins this election, Trump and everyone of his relatives will spend the rest of their lives in Gitmo...

We absolutely know how things worked in the former Soviet Union...
It will be exactly the same in this latest U.S. version of the Soviet Union...


16 posted on 09/17/2024 6:43:08 PM PDT by SuperLuminal ( Where is Samuel Adams when we so desperately need him)
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This is the left’s way of absolving themselves from blame by saying the violence is cutting across the entire political spectrum. Whenever there is bad news for Democrats the media will report that it’s also bad for Republicans too.


17 posted on 09/17/2024 6:44:01 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The bomb threats have already been shown to be hoaxes from overseas.

The alleged kidnap scheme of whitmer, was debunked as well.

This is just a fear mongering article.


18 posted on 09/17/2024 6:45:10 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Civil war: Part 2. Nothing to get too worried over.


19 posted on 09/17/2024 6:45:30 PM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: grumpygresh

https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/09/far-right-terrorism-extremism-target-selection-jihad-enemy/

How Far-Right Terrorists Choose Their Enemies
Debates over which targets to prioritize aren’t exclusive to jihadi groups.

By Jacob Ware, a research fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and DeSales University, and Colin P. Clarke, the director of research at The Soufan Group and a senior research fellow at The Soufan Center.


20 posted on 09/17/2024 6:45:33 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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