Here’s the archived/non-paywall link: https://archive.is/jvxX2
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The fact that many Americans might prefer other candidates, much ballyhooed by such political sages as Karl Rove, will soon become irrelevant when millions of Republican voters turn out to choose the person whom no one allegedly wants.
Until now, Republicans and conservatives have enjoyed relative freedom to express anti-Trump sentiments, to speak openly and positively about alternative candidates, to vent criticisms of Trump’s behavior past and present.
Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, the Wilson administration shut down newspapers and magazines critical of the war; Franklin D. Roosevelt rounded up Japanese Americans and placed them in camps.
There is every reason to believe that active-duty troops and reservists are likely to be disproportionately more sympathetic to a newly reelected President Trump than to the “Radical Left Thugs” supposedly causing mayhem in the streets of their towns and cities.
The power shift at the federal level, and the tone of menace and revenge emanating from the White House, will likely embolden all kinds of counter-resistance even in deep-blue states, including violent protests.
As Mitt Romney recounts in McKay Coppins’s recent biography, Republican members of Congress contemplating voting for Trump’s impeachment and conviction feared for their physical safety and that of their families.
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“Inevitable” implies there’s nothing we can do about it so we should just sit back and let it happen…
It’s not “Inevitable”, but we are going to have to hear from him every election until he dies.
I agree. And also, if we treat it like it’s inevitable, less people will go out and vote and GOTV efforts will be essential in this election.
I agree it’s not inevitable; that part is wrong. I like the article nonetheless because of the sense of alarm it carries. A lot of the news about Trump doesn’t have nearly enough of that.
I saw an article on the climate yesterday that had some scientist saying in passing “it’s time to panic” (like not even the main thrust of the article, it was just his quick reflection on some aspect and then he moved on). I think that kind of sentiment isn’t expressed anywhere near often enough for what the situation is in the world today.
If only the Democrats would come out on the side of democracy by running a ranked choice open primary.
This was fearmongering bullshit when this opinion was posted a couple months ago. It still is.
No one that voted for Biden in 2020 is voting for Trump in 2024.
Democrats are beating polls by 9+ points at the ballot boxes, nationwide & have been since Roe v. Wade was over turned.
The GOP has lost 13 of their last 15 special elections, even in “Red” states.
All we have to do is show up & vote & we can end Trump.
we can end Trump.
For 4 years
Exactly. This shit won’t be over even if Trump loses.
None of that is untrue but it doesn’t account for GOP fuckery or voter apathy. Framing things in that way reminds me of all the “yeah right, HRC is gonna lose to Trump lol” comments we heard in 2016.
100% hard agree. The media has gotten into a cycle of ‘here’s the crazy thing Trump did/said today!!!’ Followed by ‘Trump is taking us right into a dictatorship and there’s nothing anyone can do, be afraid!!!’
Meanwhile all the actual electoral vote polling show Trump losing to Biden worse than he did last time. Just go vote, people, in every election, every time. I don’t want people to be complacent but the numbers look terrible for Trump.
I don’t know what’s happening behind closed doors, but this is a great illustration of why Millennials and Gen Z are increasingly getting their news from sources other than Mainstream News. It’s practically right wing billionaire ghost writing, at this point.
News has always been shit, we’re just the first generation with an actual alternative than local news station or national news station.
Perhaps there were biases, there always are, but it got significantly worse in my lifetime and i blame the telecomm act of 1996.
