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The Atlantic Says It’s Trump Officials’ Own Fault They Have To Flee Homes For Safety
The Federalist ^ | November 03, 2025 | Elle Purnell

Posted on 11/03/2025 5:49:12 AM PST by Heartlander

The Atlantic Says It’s Trump Officials’ Own Fault They Have To Flee Homes For Safety

Trump officials are fleeing their homes in the face of left-wing threats, but The Atlantic says the problem is actually Trump’s rhetoric.

The threat of left-wing violence against senior members of the Trump administration is so severe that families with young children are being forced to vacate their homes and live on military bases. According to The Atlantic, they had it coming.

Officials such as top adviser Stephen Miller, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, and an unnamed senior White House official have been forced to live in military housing, far more than in previous administrations, the Atlantic’s Michael Scherer, Missy Ryan, and Ashley Parker noted in a Thursday piece.

The authors have some thoughts about why, facing a dramatic uptick in threats and assassination attempts by leftists against conservatives, these officials might be uprooting from their family homes. The culprit, they declare, is “the nation’s polarization, to which the Trump administration has itself contributed.” Stephen Miller basically invited kooks to show up at his house and terrorize his wife and kids, see, by advocating for an immigration policy that hurts leftists’ feelings. (The irony is lost on The Atlantic writers that the group warning the Millers their kind will “not be tolerated” calls itself Arlington Neighbors United for Humanity.)

Miller, whom leftists like this guy publicly and casually fantasize about murdering, is “known for his inflammatory political rhetoric” and “regularly derides Democrats with inflammatory language,” the authors remind us. He was probably wearing a short skirt, too.

The Atlantic even found a source to blame the military for providing protection for Cabinet officials and their families. Keeping them safe on bases is “problematic,” says Johns Hopkins prof Adria Lawrence, because the military of a “robust democracy” should be “for the defense of the country as a whole and not just one party.” (Lawrence looks, let’s just say, exactly how you might expect.)

Another academic conveniently told The Atlantic’s readers that yes, political violence is a problem, but it’s an issue for Both SidesTM. To demonstrate this claim, the authors cited an example of Biden Secretary of State Antony Blinken being harassed by protesters who camped out at his house and “spattered fake blood on cars as they passed by.” Awkwardly for the Atlantic, these protesters were leftists angry that the Biden administration was not pandering enough to terrorist-run Gaza.

Lest you risk feeling sorry for the Millers’ three small children, The Atlantic reassures us that being run out of your home and onto a military base is actually a “status symbol” that confers “a certain sheen of importance” upon the displaced family.

“The isolation of living on a military base, at least for civilians, has also created a deeper division between Trump’s advisers and the metropolitan area where they govern,” the authors continue. “Trump-administration officials, who regularly mock the nation’s capital as a crime-ridden hellscape, now find themselves in a protected bubble…”

Did you catch that? Trump officials deserve no peace at their homes because they’re fascists. As evidence of their fascist tendencies, just look to the fact that they’re living on military bases and not among normal Democrat voters who want them murdered! Too bad the Trump administration has, um, shown no interest at all in addressing the rampant crime problem in Democrat-controlled Washington.

The authors go on to stress how ridiculous it was for the Trump administration to designate Antifa a domestic terrorist organization after the assassination of conservative powerhouse Charlie Kirk and multiple attempted assassinations of federal immigration agents. (Kirk’s very-online shooter engraved his cartridges with language calling Kirk a fascist, and the July 4 attack on a Texas ICE facility was allegedly carried out by an Antifa cell.) The authors downplay the move by noting that “the category of domestic terrorist organization has no meaning in federal law.” They must have forgotten that in 2020, their paper ran a piece urging the creation of a “Domestic Terrorist Organization” designation to fight racism.

Just as bad as the Atlantic piece is a writeup by The New York Times, which frames the story not as one of Democrat violence driving families from their homes but of “Trump administration officials taking over military residences.”

“It is unclear why so many Trump administration officials have sought to live on military bases,” John Ismay and Hamed Aleaziz write in the Times. Why might people who saw their friend assassinated in broad daylight, saw the president survive at least two assassination attempts, and saw a Republican-appointed Supreme Court justice survive an assassination attempt after left-wing protesters swarmed justices’ homes, want to minimize the risk to their families? It’s just impossible to say, really.

Either Ismay and Aleaziz are wilfully ignoring the obvious threat of left-wing violence, or they possess the collective observational skills of a box of rocks — both disqualifying traits for self-styled reporters.

It’s just so baffling, they continue, because Obama Defense Secretaries Leon Panetta and Chuck Hagel “felt secure in their homes” when they were in office. What could possibly be different for Trump officials? If Panetta wasn’t scared of Tea Party grandmas, surely the Millers can shrug off the threat of antifa mobs and leftists like Virginia Democrat Jay Jones calling for the murder of Republicans?

Remember kids, political violence is a Both SidesTM problem.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: antifa; arrestashleyparker; arrestmichaelscherer; arrestmissyryan; ashleyparker; attemptedmurder; democraterrorism; democratterrorists; designatedterrorists; destroytheatlantic; enemycombatants; enemyjournalists; incitingassassins; michaelscherer; missyryan
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1 posted on 11/03/2025 5:49:12 AM PST by Heartlander
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To: Heartlander

We should hang out around the Atlantic editors’ houses and see how they like getting what they “deserve”.


2 posted on 11/03/2025 5:50:58 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (They don't kill you because you're a Nazi, they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.--CFW)
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To: Heartlander

Ok.

Then turnabout is fair play.

“One step closer...”


3 posted on 11/03/2025 5:51:02 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: Alas Babylon!

Indeed. I eagerly await the doxing of ALL Atlantic employees, phone numbers, addresses, etc. Oh, throw in pics of all just to make things more spicy. Let’s see how the little chicken turds react then.


4 posted on 11/03/2025 5:52:12 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Heartlander

It’s too bad Americans are afraid to drive the jackasses at the Atlantic from their homes for their “safety”. Maggot need to be exterminated.


5 posted on 11/03/2025 5:56:06 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Another day of DemonRAT shutdown another great day for Chunky "Raw Cheeseburger" Schumer.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

The Atlantic should know that it works both ways.


6 posted on 11/03/2025 5:56:18 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: Heartlander

The Atlantic writes are so remarkable un-self-aware. These arguments are exactly the arguments that fascists use. Political opponents deserve a violent reaction. They have it coming. Words are violence. Unfortunately for them, they can’t take the next step and put on the brown shirts and start brawling in the streets like 1920s Nazis. If you look at the picture of the Atlantic staff, most are wimpy looking Wokesters in their early 30s.


7 posted on 11/03/2025 5:57:09 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Heartlander

And Charlie Kirk killed himself.


8 posted on 11/03/2025 5:59:05 AM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

“The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.”

-Worlds most famous Nazi


9 posted on 11/03/2025 6:02:33 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: Alas Babylon!
We should hang out around the Atlantic editors’ houses and see how they like getting what they “deserve”

We would end up with long prison sentences.

10 posted on 11/03/2025 6:03:08 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: Heartlander
The flip side is that this constitutes an act of war by the libs. The DNC. The flip side is that we should respond in kind? No more "knockout games" or "white girls bleed a lot" with the perps experiencing no repercussions?

Romans 13 says law enforcement does not carry the sword in vain. The sword was not a piece of jewelry. It was an instrument of death. If Paul had written today, he would say the LEO does not carry his Sig Sauer P226 and AR15 in vain.

11 posted on 11/03/2025 6:03:48 AM PST by LouAvul (The Old Testament is merely history. We only follow the New Testament, as well we must. )
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To: Heartlander

Remember kids, turnabout is always fair play.

L


12 posted on 11/03/2025 6:04:25 AM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Heartlander

I get tired of people claiming to be above stooping to their level. Anger and violence is all they understand. Until they receive treatment in kind they won’t get it.


13 posted on 11/03/2025 6:08:00 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Heartlander

Lincoln had it coming.


14 posted on 11/03/2025 6:10:07 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Nullius in verba)
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To: Alas Babylon!

The Atlantic is Democrat Neocon Propaganda

Like so many


15 posted on 11/03/2025 6:10:25 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Heartlander

This goes back to 2016 when rally attendees were attacked. Law enforcement is biased.


16 posted on 11/03/2025 6:10:49 AM PST by alternatives?
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To: Alas Babylon!

That would then prove to the Atlantic editor’s they were right about the violent right wing MAGA’s all along.
The Leftist narrative cannot be dissuaded. Their argument is not built on reason or fact. They are zealots in their beliefs.


17 posted on 11/03/2025 6:16:59 AM PST by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness)
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To: Heartlander

It was Charlie Kirk’s, the Jewish Couple’s, and the insurance executive’s fault too.


18 posted on 11/03/2025 6:18:21 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Heartlander

They need to have a reason to be afraid.


19 posted on 11/03/2025 6:18:27 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: bk1000

For all those, sleepy-eyed, chickencrap Americans, the Party of Death is on the brink of stealing the 2024 election. We just didn’t want it as bad as those anarchists did.


20 posted on 11/03/2025 6:22:38 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Another day of DemonRAT shutdown another great day for Chunky "Raw Cheeseburger" Schumer.)
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