I hope people understand by now that the significance & impact of Trump saying he's going to be reinstated have nothing to do with whether he actually has a mechanism to accomplish it.
It's all about refusing to accept the legitimacy of Democratic power, even after elections have been called. It won't be long until they're defying laws passed by Dems. washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
This is how these things start on the right. One wingnut says it, gets called out, denies saying it, denies he meant what he meant ... & then another wingnut says it, & another, & before you know it, it's bog standard opinion in the RW bubble. cnn.com/2021/05/31/pol…
One thing I think about a lot: the substitution of "Democrat" for the adjective "Democratic." This is something that started tentatively, among the wingnutiest Rs, with the air of, "ooh, we're being naughty." It spread inexorably & is now ubiquitous on that side.
It might seem petty, like not a big deal, but it's all part of the concerted, relentless effort by RW media & the base to frame political opponents as fundamentally Other -- not fellow citizens, not worthy of engagement or dialogue, worthy only of contempt & violence.
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