ICYMI: Rick Wilson Lays Waste To Trump’s Hypocrisy on Political Violence
September 17, 2024 –-As Trump continues playing victim to the whirlwind of political violence he helped set off in American politics, Lincoln Project co-founder, Rick Wilson, has a Substack titled, “Refuse to Be Silenced.” In it, Wilson details the importance of holding the Trump campaign to the standards they ironically want everyone else to live under.
Below are excerpts from the piece. The whole article can be found: https://therickwilson.
“They say calling Trump what he is — a pendant authoritarian, a convicted criminal, an enabler of the worst and most dangerous elements of our body politic — constitutes a death threat, not a description. Sorry, MAGA, but if the jackboot fits, wear it: he is an authoritarian, a statist, a racist, an aspiring fascist, a hateful, mendacious, corrupt traitor, a fool, mentally ill, and frankly evil.”
“Americans broadly and properly reject political violence, but it seems lost on too many in the media that Donald Trump and his political allies are proven practitioners of political violence in the event you’ve forgotten his terrorist attack on the United States Capitol.”
“Trump has routinely called for the use of state and that of his cult’s power and violence against his critics, from his yokelspringa rallies to the Oval Office. He demanded that Federal forces shoot peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square Park and spoke of “Second Amendment people” taking out Hillary Clinton. Trump, J.D. Vance, and their allies are engaged in the rhetorical precursors to violence as I write this with their baseless attacks on legal Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio.”
“Trump and MAGA want his opponents to engage in unilateral political disarmament; they’re demanding our silence.”
“You insist we greet the threats to imprison Trump’s political opposition with cheers and laughter, not disgust. You demand we look away from Trump’s allies calling for the execution of his opponents, even while those allies are boasting of sharing his bed.”
“You threaten us, dox us, SWAT us, call us criminals, communists, pedophiles, and murderers, and demand we meekly accept your lies and slanders. You threaten our families and loved ones and demand we accept your terms.”
“And at that, and once more with feeling, I absolutely refuse.”
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