Paul Krugman Calls for a Purging of the United States, and Guess Who He's Talking About

Townhall.com ^ | June 02, 2026 | Amy Curtis

[Schatze]

Former New York Times reporter Paul Krugman, who worked for the outlet for more than two decades, is clearly grasping for relevance in his retirement and he's doing so by calling for violence against Trump supporters.

The guy who once said the Internet's impact on the economy would be no different than the fax machine thinks the country needs a 'thorough purging' and he's targeting MAGA as the group that needs to go.

"We need to de-fang Trump as much as possible and make sure that neither he nor anybody who follows in his footsteps has power after the next two elections," Krugman said. So they're already laying the groundwork to claim that whatever Republican succeeds President Trump will somehow be even worse than President Trump, who was literally Hitler, according to Democrats.

Krugman wasn't finished, however.

"But beyond that, we really need to do a thorough purging of the United States," Krugman continued, "we need a de-MAGAfication and ... I'm not going over the top by using a word that's very similar to the de-Nazification that we pursued successfully after World War II in Germany."

Right, and Krugman would probably vote for Graham Platner if he lived in Maine.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: domesticenemies; foolkrockman; incitement; krugman; maga; nkvd; purge; violence; zionist

[Schatze]

The Auron MacIntyre post in the article has it right:

"The left is not hiding the ball

The plan is a total ideological purge, a totalitarian crackdown that will make the Biden years look like a gentle fairy tale"

[mrmeyer]

Once started, it will not end the way he wants it to.

[llevrok]

The violent phase of the cultural civil war is upon us.

[TheDon]

Pretty much sums how I feel about the Democrat party.

[CatOwner]

Once started, it will not end the way he wants it to.

It will not end the way anyone wants it to, which is why the right won't engage. Knowing that, the left just continues to pick away at our freedoms and forcing their ideals on us.

[ConservativeMind]

Everyone I know will fight back these crazies.

I look forward to it.

[cowboyusa]

Bring it, it’s coming anyway.

[Flavious_Maximus]

MAGA IS the United States. If you remove MAGA, you remove the heart and soul of America.

Therefore, it is the scum bucket Paul Krugman’s who have to be eliminated. /spit

[frank ballenger]

You’re right.

Hostility, cold cultural war, then the real thing.

Our side has been kind to the opponents through all the years, as Rush used to say acting modestly and in a gentlemanly courteous way, while the Dems have incrementally upped the ante and the propaganda.

[Salman]

Thinks we might need something like that for Democrats, so he decides to be preemptive?

That's the only think I can think of.

[PGR88]

I could see America being Paul de-Krugmanized first

[Frank Drebin]

Sure, Paul.

[kawhill]

“Former New York Times reporter Paul Krugman”. Paul, are you taking your meds as prescribed?

[Leaning Right]

> Krugman would probably vote for Graham Platner if he lived in Maine <

Who knows? Krugman might vote Platner even if he doesn’t live in Maine.
After all, Democrats take a rather loose view of voting requirements.

[Texas Eagle]

We need to de-fang Trump as much as possible and make sure that neither he nor anybody who follows in his footsteps has power after the next two elections,"

Ah, yes. A Final Solution.

[God luvs America]

yet we are the fascists....

[frank ballenger]

...which is why the right won't engage.

True. The Right takes care of our families, keeps the neighborhood clean, goes to work regularly and most of us pray to God. Doesn't leave time to go downtown to confront the antifa, BLM and anti-ICE lawbreakers.

But when the DC criminals like Comey and Brennan get off Scot free, criminals in cities are let go without bail, other criminals get off on technicalities and defund police wins out over active enforcement of laws.....there will be trouble coming.

[KarlInOhio]

DJIA election day 2016: 18,332.74
DJIA today: 51,322.68
Paul Krugman’s famous quote regarding the 2016 election and the stock market was: “If the question is when markets will recover, a first-pass answer is never.”

[z3n]

Amazing how they don’t see the irony of going full fascist.

All you need to do if you want to prevent a purge or a genocide is look in the mirror, Paul.

[catnipman]

this loser is now so irrelevant that his only platform is a personal reddit ...