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"As Donald Trump recovers from an assassination attempt and Republicans head to
Milwaukee for his coronation this week, the GOP elite has rallied around a new
messaging strategy: emotionally blackmailing Democratic politicians,
journalists, Hollywood celebs, and numerous other Trump critics into shutting
up about the former president’s openly authoritarian vows and his extreme
policy agenda.
Since the deadly shooting at a Pennsylvania rally Saturday, prominent
conservatives have been working to blame the incident on Trump’s enemies for
labeling him a “fascist” and for fanning heated “rhetoric” that, in their
telling, caused the would-be assassin to shoot at the former and perhaps future
American president. “When the message goes out constantly that the election of
Donald Trump would be a threat to democracy and that the Republic would end, it
heats up the environment,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday,
adding: “It’s simply not true. Everyone needs to turn the rhetoric down.”
Two of the finalists on Trump’s vice presidential shortlist quickly blamed the
assassination attempt on talk about his authoritarian plans. “The central
premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an
authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs,” Sen. J.D. Vance
(R-Ohio) wrote Saturday night. “That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s
attempted assassination.” Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said the attack on Trump was
“aided and abetted by the radical Left and corporate media incessantly calling
Trump a threat to democracy, fascists, or worse.”
Top Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday he had been “worried
about this for a very, very long time,” adding: “You know, if he wins,
democracy is not going to end. He’s not a fascist. He represents a point of
view that millions share. The rhetoric is way too hot.”
These messages are all part of a deliberate strategy. Within the first three
hours following the failed assassination of the presumptive 2024 GOP
presidential nominee, three sources close to Trump were already feverishly
detailing to
Rolling Stone how Republicans could use the shooting to their
political advantage — whether for potentially mammoth fundraising, propaganda
about Trump being “tough” and a “fighter,” or attacks on Democrats as belonging
to the
actually violent party every time they bring up things like the deadly
Jan. 6 Capitol riot that Trump instigated."
Via Diane A.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
