A great article by @SimonWDC hitting some of the same points about the need for Republicans to disavow trump’s lies and tone down the rhetoric. simon-rosenberg.medium.com/republicans-ha…
“The Trump Presidency has left America a domestic radicalization problem that is going to take years to address. But the role of post-Trump Republicans in this de-radicalization effort is going to be vital, essential.
“A first step will be to declare the election legitimate, and ask Trump’s supporters to stand down and go home. Our disputes in America are decided by debate and elections not bullets and violence.
“A second and in my mind equally important step will be for Republicans to stand down from using language which whether they understand it or not is equally false & equally an incitement to violence —
“the language describing Democrats and Joe Biden as Marxists/Communists/the Radical Left. In the evolution of the current moment, this language came first, over the summer, from the President in a speech he gave at the White House, on July 4th.
“A few days after this speech I wrote:
‘If you haven’t read or watched the President’s speeches on July 3rd and 4th — just do it. The language, the hyperbole, the violence will shock you.
‘If you haven’t read or watched the President’s speeches on July 3rd and 4th — just do it. The language, the hyperbole, the violence will shock you.
“ ‘You will find phrases like ‘there is a new far-left fascism,’ ‘this left-wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution,’ ‘radical assault’ ‘the radical view of American history is a web of lies,’ ‘unleash a wave of violent crime.’ ‘
“The Washington Post reported: ‘He celebrated Independence Day with a dystopian speech in which he excoriated racial justice protesters as ‘evil’ representatives of a ‘new far-left fascism’ whose ultimate goal is ‘the end of America.’ “
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