Eugene Robertson: Trump's Rally Rhetoric Is Going to Get Somebody Killed

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Tuesday, August 07, 2018


Trump’s Rally Rhetoric Is Going to Get Somebody Killed

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/08/07/trumps-rally-rhetoric-going-get-somebody-killed

The GOP has lost its mind
by
Eugene Robinson


"Trump calls the news media “the Enemy of the People,” a phrase that blood-soaked totalitarian regimes have used to justify assassinations and purges." (Photo: Gage Skidmore/flickr/cc)


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"Trump calls the news media “the Enemy of the People,” a phrase that blood-soaked totalitarian regimes have used to justify assassinations and purges." (Photo: Gage Skidmore/flickr/cc)




Everything you need to know about today’s Republican Party is summed up by a photograph from President Trump’s political rally in Ohio on Saturday. Two men in the crowd look defiantly at the camera, proudly displaying the slogan on their matching T-shirts: “I’d Rather Be a Russian Than a Democrat.”

The sound you hear is the GOP presidents of the Cold War era — Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford and Reagan — whirring like turbines in their graves.

This is the state of derangement to which Trump has brought a once-great political party. Anyone tempted to dismiss these cult-of-personality rallies as freakish sideshows should keep in mind one sobering fact: An astounding 89 percent of Republicans approve of Trump’s performance as president, according to Gallup. The GOP has lost its mind.



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It is safe to surmise that Trump feels the walls closing in. And if Democrats seize control of the House in November, he will face a lineup of committee chairmen, armed with subpoena power, who are determined to do their constitutional duty of holding the administration accountable.

So Trump reportedly plans to spend as much time as possible on the campaign trail, desperately trying to stoke enough fear, resentment and anger among the GOP base to produce a big turnout that saves the House majority. What a surprise: Trump intends to make the election all about Trump.

It worked for those guys in the photo, the ones who’d rather be Russians than Democrats. The Republican Party has betrayed all of its history, all of its hallowed ideals and bet its future on the corrosive power of Trump’s scorched-earth megalomania. GOP candidates richly deserve to lose.




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[whathehell]

1. His last name

is Robinson. Just thought you might want to corrrct that

[heaven05]

2. that's what he wants

he a murderous fascist. He wants a race war. He wants our media kowtowing to his every word. He wants americans in every class without money to bow to every decree. He wants brown people dead or slaves again. He's already caged brown people's children. I am just so enraged at this POS and his minions. Stupid, ignorant racist pigs.