In the Leftist calculus, they have to eliminate Trump, if not physically, at least politically. They think they can do it, and they are convinced they can get away with it.
Their reasoning goes like this. Conservatives respect and revere “THE LAW” so they will always act lawfully. When forced to act unlawfully, they will go so slowly and in ways that are easy to counter. Leftists do not respect the law and only obey it when it suits their purposes — which is fine with the authorities in places where they hold power.
Nevertheless, leftists will loudly and at all times insist the conservatives obey the law and use every power of state they possess to attack conservatives if they step outside its boundaries.
Thus, leftists can always attack where conservatives are weak and then scurry back into hiding before they can mount a real defense.
Trump gives the conservative American people a focus the leftists absolutely do not want them to have. This is also true of RINOs to a lesser degree. The elites on both sides are convinced that if they can just get rid of Trump, the angry right will subside back into sullen obedience.
I’d like to think they are wrong, but after the way Obama’s goons successfully defanged the Tea Party movement, I am not sure they are. We need a leader, and if it’s not Trump, then who?
This is one of the greatest lessons that I learned in my time here at Free Republic.
True. Trump is the only real leader this nation has had in many years. As a little boy in 50-54 I used to walk to church with my grandmother. After Sunday School and church, I’d walk with Granny to get the NYT. That paper was massive even then. Very little of NY was Republican then. Only upstate north of Albany could be counted. I recall the I like Ike pins. He won.