![]() (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images On Friday, former President Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury on 37 felony counts in Special Counsel Jack Smith's classified documents probe. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during the Georgia state GOP convention at the Columbus Convention and Trade Center on Jin Columbus, Georgia. Attacking the US Capitol in response to the election lies of a leader who says things like “I alone can fix it” is the opposite of anything resembling Republican virtues or conservative principles.ĬOLUMBUS, GEORGIA - JUNE 10: Former U.S. There’s a deeper twist: Conservatism literally began in reaction to the threat of mob violence.Įdmund Burke’s condemnation of the violent excesses of the French Revolution is generally considered to be the starting point of conservative thought. They are risking abandoning it all to protect a cult of personality for a political con man whose actions are the opposite of all those virtues. ![]() After all, this is a political party that has long claimed to stand for patriotism, individual responsibility, family values and the rule of law. The threats of violence reflect an authoritarian impulse completely at odds with the alleged principles of the Republican Party and the conservative movement. After having her election lies rejected by court after court, Lake should know that just because you say something doesn’t make it true.īut the response to an absence of facts is often simply to scream louder – and some MAGA backers have heard the warlike rhetoric loud and clear, responding with online chatter about a second civil war. That’s not a threat, that’s a public service announcement.” And most of us are card-carrying members of the NRA. Opinion: Pence has twisted himself into a pretzel on Trumpįailed Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake declared at a Georgia Republican rally: “I have a message tonight for Merrick Garland and Jack Smith and Joe Biden - and the guys back there in the fake news media … If you want to get to President Trump, you’re going to have to go through me, and 75 million Americans just like me. Eye for an Eye.”įormer Vice President Mike Pence participates in a CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall moderated by CNN's Dana Bash at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Andy Biggs, an Arizona Republican and one of the chief promoters of the “stop the steal” election lie that led to the January 6 attack on the Capitol tweeted: “We have now reached a war phase. ![]() Trump has reached for apocalyptic rhetoric, calling for his supporters to protest at the Florida courthouse when he is arraigned on Tuesday. ![]() This is the politics of incitement and intimidation and it cannot be allowed to succeed. They were calls for political vengeance without due process.īut now, with former President Trump indicted by the federal government on 37 counts for retaining and concealing classified documents related to national security – including nuclear secrets – key Trump supporters ditched calls for accountability and have resorted to threats of violence. This was the alleged policy behind chants to “lock her up!” directed at Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for her off-site email server. That’s what then-candidate Donald Trump said at a campaign rally in August of 2016. “In my administration, I’m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. ![]()
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