Let's be clear about this.
The Right has inflamed tensions in this country for political and financial purposes to the point where their base is arming itself for a civil war and treating a dispute over a tossed-aside Confederate statue like a potential Fort Sumter.
The Right has inflamed tensions in this country for political and financial purposes to the point where their base is arming itself for a civil war and treating a dispute over a tossed-aside Confederate statue like a potential Fort Sumter.
That's not an exaggeration, but an accurate portrayal of the American political landscape.
The Republican Party, incapable of winning elections based on reality or issues, has radicalized its followers to the point where we're waiting on mass murders to erupt.
The Republican Party, incapable of winning elections based on reality or issues, has radicalized its followers to the point where we're waiting on mass murders to erupt.
Pundits still want to treat all of this like its politics as usual or like it's a game, but the appeals and dog-whistles and just blatant lying and paranoid baiting has created a tinderbox in this country.
People have already died. And we'll be so lucky if more don't.
People have already died. And we'll be so lucky if more don't.
I've been trying to tell people since I covered Trump's rallies in 2016, these people have been very, very open about their willingness to kill, to jail their opponents, to use fascistic measures, and about their white supremacist beliefs.
It's coming to a head. Please see it.
It's coming to a head. Please see it.
