Thread by @DanielMillerEsq

It’s important to reflect on where we started and where we are.

We started with Trump entering politics pushing Birtherism, the racist lie that Obama wasn’t a legitimate president.

When he ran in 2016, he ran on a platform of “locking up” his opponent… 1/ 🧵

Now, it’s 2024, and we’re at a point where Trump is threatening the life of his opponent, the current president. And of course, don’t forget January 6th, when he sicced a mob on his Vice President and the entire Congress.

So in other words … 2/

…we’ve gone from racist accusations against those legitimately in power to threats of violence (and ACTUAL violence on Jan 6th ) against those legitimately in power… 3/

Trump is only getting worse, more emboldened, more violent, more lawless.

Is there anyone who thinks that if he once again could wield state power, that he wouldn’t try and use it VIOLENTLY against his opponents? 4/

Is there anyone who thinks that he wouldn’t try and use it VIOLENTLY against the media?

Is there anyone who thinks that he wouldn’t try and use it VIOLENTLY against ordinary citizens who speak out? 5/

The thing is there are still so MANY people in the media, so many establishment voices, and so many others with power and influence in our society who still don’t believe it.

They platformed Trump when he lied about Obama’s birthplace...6/

…They normalized Trump when they made a bigger deal about Hillary’s emails than his demagoguery. They forgot about Jan. 6th because we “had to move on” and it “wasn’t really an insurrection.” And they’re dismissing the threats now cus “It’s just a meme. He doesn’t believe it.”7/

Maybe these people don’t believe Trump. Maybe they just don’t care because it’s in their self interest not to care.

Maybe there’s nothing I can say or anyone can say to change these folks’ minds…8/

Maybe the only thing that can change their minds is to see Trump actually do these terrible things. Maybe experience is the only way they can learn this lesson.

But given the stakes, it’s hard for me to accept this. And so I’d ask these folks to consider the following. 9/

What if you’re wrong? What it we’re not overreacting? What if this dynamic with the press and the establishment acting like this is an ordinary election and telling everyone else to calm down is how so many dictators throughout history have come to power? 10/

All we’re asking is for you to be vigilant. Is that too much to ask? And again… What if you’re wrong? Do you want to look back at this moment and think of yourself as someone who didn’t take this threat seriously? Who didn’t do what was necessary for your country? END 11/11

I guess NBC didn’t read my thread.