While mobilizing support for U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump warned of dire consequences if he —Trump — were to lose the election. This wasn’t the first instance where the former president delivered a rally speech to threaten violence or warn of a doomsday scenario should Biden secure a second term.
Straight Arrow News contributor Jordan Reid warns that Trump has a history of endorsing violence among his supporters and says that all Americans should take these threats seriously.
Donald Trump’s recent rally in Ohio was theoretically in support of senatorial hopeful Bernie Moreno, but you know how he is. Mr. Moreno wasn’t exactly his favorite topic. The speech was one for the history books, so I thought I’d lay out a few of his most telling statements — you know, in case you were in need of a quick refresher on the man who holds the Republican Party in his sweaty little hands.
“If this election isn’t won, I’m not sure you’re going to have another election in this country.”
Right. Because Biden is the one expressing dictatorial fantasies. It’s Biden who’s done every single thing in his power to erode our citizenry’s trust in elections — up to and including inciting a deadly riot, and trying to install himself as president in an election he did not win.
Trump also stood up for a recording of the national anthem performed by January 6 defendants while in jail. He called the performers “hostages” and “unbelievable patriots” and suggested, yet again, that he would pardon them.
In slight contrast was the way he talked about our nation’s undocumented immigrant population: “I don’t know if you call them people, in some cases.” Also referring to them as “animals.” This is a population, I’d like to remind you, that forms a major part of our economy’s backbone, in addition to largely consisting of extremely vulnerable human beings who are fleeing grave dangers in their own countries.
Trump bragged that, if he wins, he will have the largest domestic deportation in human history. Humanitarian catastrophe aside, this would be a pretty clear effort to reduce the numbers of minority voters in swing states.