Trump is a domestic terrorist who encourages violence from his loyal domestic terrorist followers in support of him. Just stating the obvious.
Trump is lionizing Jan. 6 rioters as 'warriors.' Could the dog whistle be any louder?
Trump has crossed a line from defending the Jan. 6 detainees to lionizing them.
He has also promised to pardon most or all of them if he regains the White House.
The big problem isn’t how many he would pardon in 2025.
The problem is the message he’s sending to extremists who might be tempted to act in 2024: If you fight for me, you, too, can count on getting off — and on being hailed as a hero.
That’s a pretty loud dog whistle — only one step removed from “stand back and stand by,” Trump’s instruction to the extremist Proud Boys during the 2020 campaign. (They stood by until Jan. 6, when they showed up to batter down the Capitol’s doors.)
Trump’s praise for the rioters has come with an ugly escalation of his language on other themes.
He has denounced his opponents as “vermin.” a word that usually suggests extermination. He has claimed that migrants from Latin America, Asia and Africa are “poisoning our blood,” language once used by segregationists and Nazis.
Trump is lionizing Jan. 6 rioters as 'warriors.' Could the dog whistle be any louder?
Trump has crossed a line from defending the Jan. 6 detainees to lionizing them.
He has also promised to pardon most or all of them if he regains the White House.
The big problem isn’t how many he would pardon in 2025.
The problem is the message he’s sending to extremists who might be tempted to act in 2024: If you fight for me, you, too, can count on getting off — and on being hailed as a hero.
That’s a pretty loud dog whistle — only one step removed from “stand back and stand by,” Trump’s instruction to the extremist Proud Boys during the 2020 campaign. (They stood by until Jan. 6, when they showed up to batter down the Capitol’s doors.)
Trump’s praise for the rioters has come with an ugly escalation of his language on other themes.
He has denounced his opponents as “vermin.” a word that usually suggests extermination. He has claimed that migrants from Latin America, Asia and Africa are “poisoning our blood,” language once used by segregationists and Nazis.
