Our most recent book is titled Divided We Stand: The 2020 Elections and American Politics. Among other things, it discusses the state of the parties. The state of the GOP is not good. Some Republican leaders -- and a measurable number of rank-and-file voters -- are open to violent rebellion, coups, and secession. Trump has accused the Biden Administration of trying to kill him.
Justice: Let's talk about some of the things that you might be able to do as president.
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 31, 2024
Trump: You can do everything. The President has such power. It does. Such power. pic.twitter.com/tzpcLgIi3D
“That’s okay.” Man tries to violently attack the press at Trump rally in Pennsylvania. Trump, who often denigrates the press and promotes violence, defends him, says “that’s beautiful” and “he’s on our side”. pic.twitter.com/brDNXXROY5
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) August 31, 2024
Hannah Knowles at WP:Mike Davis, the former Chief Counsel for Nominations to Senator Chuck Grassley and current employee of The Federalist Society, is now dog whistling for violence because he knows his master is going to lose.
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) September 1, 2024
Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s dragged in for a hearing or has an… pic.twitter.com/OluzLBWzoD
Donald Trump amplified a vulgar joke about Vice President Kamala Harris performing a sex act. He falsely accused her of staging a coup to secure the Democratic nomination and faulted her without evidence for a security lapse that enabled a rogue gunman to try to assassinate him. He shared a manipulated online image of Bill Gates in an orange jumpsuit and a call for Barack Obama to face a “military tribunal.” He promoted explicit tributes to the QAnon conspiracy theory. He hawked digital trading cards in an online infomercial along with pieces of his debate night suit. (“People are calling it the knockout suit.”) His campaign feuded publicly with Arlington National Cemetery over their visit. And that was just in the span of 24 hours.
