One reason we can't have Trump as president: he operates as a gangster. Today's bomb threat to the judge in his bank fraud trial is just the latest example. Two weeks ago, after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled him ineligible to run for office because of the insurrection he led, they got hit with death threats. And many in the Republican party have fallen in line because of such threats - see below!
People not following the news may not realize how big a problem this is.
It works like this: Trump threatens that judgements against him will cause havoc... and his more unhinged supporters fill in the details. It's called 'stochastic terrorism' - and it's not just chatter. Republican attacks against the Speaker of the House eventually led a guy to break into her house: not finding her home, he broke her husband's skull with a hammer. Earlier, right-wingers kidnapped the governor of Michigan.
It's horrific. If we don't stop Trump by making him lose this election, we're going to have a mob boss in charge of the USA.
For more details, read on!
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https://www.vox.com/23899688/2024-election-republican-primary-death-threats-trump
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