As I said, well planned, that’s what can happen. If communications are cut off, how are you going to know a couple hundred men are sweeping your town and eliminating the conservatives?
That’s what Roosevelt was afraid of when it came to the Japanese. He was afraid that Japanese, still loyal to the emperor, might launch suicide missions within America.
Does it need to be 1,000? No. Wouldn’t surgical attacks where 50 conservatives are eliminated in the stealth of night per attacker?
It doesn’t need to be rural. In America, in many places, the rural vote is an unimportant one as some counties or states have become urbanized enough that only the urban vote matters now.
It’s more likely, in this scenario, that purple counties would be targetted, because heavily conservative ones would probably preserve the conservative vote.
I don’t put anything passed those in power for what they are willing to do to subjugate America.
I agree with your last line: *that* scenario frightens me.