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@GregTSargent
Aug 1, 2019 • 6 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
Trump has another rally in Ohio today. Will we get another Two Minute Hate?

Analysts say such displays are emboldening right wing extremism. Time to ask whether officials inside government want Trump to dial back the hate for safety purposes.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
I interviewed a former National Security Council official about Trump's hate rhetoric and its impact on domestic extremism.

Awful:

“Trump is getting a wide circle of elected Republicans to acquiesce in his horrible language, and some even to excuse it."

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Trump's own intelligence officials are warning about white supremacist activity.

But we need to ask a follow up question.

To what degree are those officials concerned that *Trump's* displays are fueling the threat?

Dems should demand an answer to that:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Here's another disconcerting thought.

Trump's racist displays are slowly expanding the boundaries of what GOP officials will tolerate as publicly acceptable.

As @jtlevy says, Trump is changing what GOP voters expect from their elites:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@jtlevy National security pros say Trump's rhetoric is fueling domestic extremism.

@FrankFigliuzzi1 says it "empowers hateful and potentially violent individuals."

The DHS analyst who was pushed out in 2009 tells me Trump is "mainstreaming their message":

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@jtlevy It's important to see Trump's attack on Rep. Cummings' district as a racist trope with a long history, one that fits comfortably into the story he's telling, which depicts urban, multicultural America as a place to be hated and feared:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…

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Apr 23
Liz Cheney just said something deeply troubling: If SCOTUS delays immunity ruling, voters might be denied critical info about Trump's conduct while the mob raged, which Jack Smith has. That would reward Trump allies for their coverup.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/180896…
Jack Smith has testimony from top Trump advisers about how Trump acted *during the attack* that the 1/6 committee could not get. SCOTUS delay could keep that buried.

In this piece, a senior 1/6 committee staffer explains what this means. Deeply sobering:

newrepublic.com/article/180896…

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Those who deny that 1/6 was an insurrection rely heavily on severing Trump's incitement of the mob from the procedural coup. But Jack Smith likely has evidence showing they are one and the same story. It would be scandalous if *that* remains buried.

newrepublic.com/article/180896…

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Apr 19
Important but overlooked: Mike Johnson explicitly says he's acting on Ukraine because believes what our intel agencies say about the awful consequences of abandoning it.

That's a striking rebuke to MAGA's lies about the "deep state" and the war. 1/

Link:
newrepublic.com/article/180808…
“I really do believe the intel and the briefings that we’ve gotten,” Mike Johnson said, noting that Ukraine aid will stop Putin from expanding his conquest later.

Remarkably, he's saying that on these matters, the "deep state" is telling the truth. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/180808…

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Marjorie Taylor Greene recently said Biden/pro-Ukraine Rs are "tools of the foreign war loving deep state."

This sort of thing is why some senior Rs admit parts of the GOP are under Russian influence (h/t @juliaioffe). Johnson rebuked that MTG lie. 3/

newrepublic.com/article/180808…

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Apr 13
Remarkable: By my count, at least a dozen GOP incumbents or prominent candidates in competitive House races are election deniers, were involved in 1/6, or voted against Biden electors.

New piece from me on the deep election-denial sickness in the GOP:
newrepublic.com/article/180690…
Kevin McCarthy's craven pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago in 2021 was a fateful moment, showing that the GOP would make the construction of a massive historical lie about 1/6 central to its identity. This mostly failed politically, but the GOP is sticking with it.

newrepublic.com/article/180690…

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When Mike Johnson worshipped at the Mar-a-Lago shrine yesterday, it was really about reassuring Trump that the House GOP remains fully committed to his 1/6 mythmaking.

"Election integrity"? The biggest threat to our elections is Trump and his movement.

newrepublic.com/article/180690…

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Apr 11
Steve Bannon just wrecked one of Trump's biggest lies about Biden. Bannon said MAGA will poach lefty voters from Biden by highlighting record oil production under him.

But that flatly contradicts Trump's claims about Biden's energy policies. 1/

Link:
newrepublic.com/article/180617…
Bannon said:

“No Republican knows that oil production under Biden is higher than ever. But Jill Stein’s people do."

This wrecks Trump's lie that Biden’s green policies have destroyed our “energy independence."

This is how MAGA info-wars work. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/180617…

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Trump says Biden's policies are hollowing out the heartland. But green energy production is *rebuilding* the manufacturing base.

“The US is producing more oil and gas than ever," @JesseJenkins says, noting that Bannon exposed Trump's "crock of lies." 3/

newrepublic.com/article/180617…

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Apr 6
A funny thing: Aileen Cannon is working hard to disguise her unscrupulous advocacy for Trump. But he keeps suggesting right in plain sight that he fully expects her to put a thumb on the scales for him.

Trump is exposing Cannon's game. 1/

Link:
newrepublic.com/article/180514…
Cannon's latest ruling gave Jack Smith a partial win, but it also reserved for her the ability to kill the case against Trump later with no appeal, as many noted.

But Trump's open attacks Smith make it harder for her to retain a veneer of objectivity. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/180514…

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Trump's attacks on Smith, and his rage that Biden isn't being prosecuted for fake crimes, are nonsense in every way. But the point is, Trump's message is *openly* that the law should be corrupted to absolve him and falsely incriminate his enemies. 3/

newrepublic.com/article/180514…

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Apr 5
Important from Jamie Raskin: News of Trump's call with Saudi Crown Prince raises big questions about what Trump is promising right now to Saudis that he'd do for them if he wins.

On the pod, Raskin tells me Congress should probe Trump-Saudi relationship👇
newrepublic.com/article/180472…
More from our pod w/Jamie Raskin:

Raskin says Senate Ds have been a bit "gun shy" about using subpoenas to probe Trump-Saudi nexus, noting it would require 60 votes to enforce them.

I asked if Ds should make Rs vote on this anyway. It got interesting👇
newrepublic.com/article/180472…
Jamie Raskin and I discussed whether Trump is promising the Saudis that he'll prevail on Congressional Republicans to help undermine Biden's foreign policies.

Raskin points out that we already saw this when Trump ordered Rs to kill Ukraine aid bill👇
newrepublic.com/article/180472…
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