“But worse still, unlike the Bund rally, Trump’s was not a fringe affair. It was led by a former President of the United States on behalf of very nearly half of the American people. Its threats of authoritarianism were supported by efforts during the first Trump presidency to sidestep the rule of law and by crimes including a coup attempt we all saw with our own eyes. Its future plans for concentration camps in the U.S. and for mass deportations and the use of the military against the American people have been carefully developed, and there is a plan to put them in place. That is why Trump’s Sunday rally at Madison Square Garden was, as it turned out, far more ominous than its predecessor. It should chill Americans to the bone. But, I expect it will do more than that. I believe it will mobilize more voters to take action on Nov. 5 to stop the 21st-century fascism of Trump and MAGA.”
“The GOP hasn’t won the White House by majority vote, as mentioned, since 1988. And the two Republican presidents prior to Bush Sr., Nixon and Reagan, both chose to engage in naked treason—Nixon blowing up LBJ’s Vietnam peace deal, and Reagan getting the Iranians to hold the U.S. hostages, respectively—to gain the White House. Republican leaders and the billionaires who own them know that if they lose this election in a blowout, it might be years before they can again climb to power, particularly if the Harris administration is successful in rebuilding the American middle class that’s been gutted so badly by Reaganomics. They’re desperate, and, as anybody who’s ever cornered a rat knows, desperate also means dangerous: Anything goes. The days immediately following November 5 will probably be insane. The Harris campaign says they’re aware of this, as is Marc Elias. The rest of America needs to know the scheme too. Forewarned, after all, is forearmed, and one key to the GOP pulling this scam off will be public opinion. We can’t let them have that advantage.”
