This is getting escalated by Rump and the forces of white nationalism to the point where there are

[Celerity]

quite likely going to be multiple, serious attempts to assassinate multiple Democrats, whether lone-wolf in nature, or via sophisticated and coordinated operations.

I wish I was being hyperbolic, but I fear I am not in the current July 2019 American zeitgeist.

Rump just literally said, at a presser, that he has no problem that neo-nazis and white nationalists agree with him and amplify his messaging.

[walkingman]

1. Your concerns are valid - although not every Republican is a white nationalist most

would tend to just ignore his racism while claiming not to be a racist which I have heard since the 60's. These folks one and all are cowards and it is so sad to live in a country that tolerates these types of attacks.

[Celerity]

2. the threat is not from bog standard Rethugs, it is from the millions on the lunatic RW fringe

[madinmaryland]

7. Even if only 1% of the republican party is the lunatic fringe, that 600,000 people

who could be assassins.

[Celerity]

10. you keep putting this into a 'Rethug member' frame. The most extreme hardcore RW white nationalists

and neo Nazis are outside the 'R v D' dichotomy. They only latch onto Rump for convenience as they see a shared vision and a validation (at the world's highest level, literally, the POTUS) of their core beliefs.

[madinmaryland]

11. And 600,000 gun nutters with Arsenals is a serious problem who follow every trump statement

and conspiracy theory. It’s a situation that is not going to end well.

[Celerity]

12. I agree with that, but would raise that number up a few notches

There are the 'tip of the spear' types, who probably number half a million or so, but millions more who would join in IF they saw they had allies and a chance to 'get away' with it (racial mass violence).

This is a bit of a tangent, but imagine what would happen if Rump made an open call to racial violence, even if in shaded terms.

[madinmaryland]

14. Same here. If the one million Timothy mcveighs start showing up...

it may get ugly.

[Midnightwalk]

5. I've passed the point of avoiding guilt by association

It’s normally a reaction to keep in check.

When the president, the leader of the republicans, is openly racist it has passed that point.

Either renounce him or be known as a racist.

I do agree with your post.

[lpbk2713]

3. Let's not get fast and loose with thoughts of violence.

It could work several different ways.

[Celerity]

6. I have seen too much of a constant uptick in white racist violence during the Rump years to

not posit the scenario I put forth in my OP as a possibility. I find it to be one that is not so unlikely as to be dismissed as 'fast and loose' folly.

[Atticus]

9. I thought the OP was well-considered and reasonable in its fear of violence, not

"fast and loose". We can't avoid violence by refusing to discuss the possibility that it may occur.m

[Skittles]

4. Trump would have his critics executed if he could

he is FASCIST

[smirkymonkey]

8. I wouldn't be surprised at all. It doesn't have to be a majority of them, or even a significant

minority. All it takes are a few loose cannons who are armed to the teeth, and we could have an incident - or a few -that could trigger a civil war.

This nation is a tinderbox and Trump has been pouring gasoline all over everything. He knows exactly what he is doing.

[bdamomma]

15. Smirkymonkey

Again he is fucking coward, but if his rhetoric resonates with his followers cause they are so effing brainwashed we could face backlash.

Pitting Americans against Americans.

If the Congress knows what could happen to the country and they don't want the masses to know it's too late, we already know.

[JustAnotherGen]

13. Or - some old cold warrior

Will shoot 45. If my dad had not died in 2011 - I assure you - that old Green Beret would have already taken a pot shot at him.