'Trump Employs Violence As Political Fuel For Reelection Fight,' Thugs! In Democrat Cities & States
'Trump employs violence as political fuel for reelection fight.' Michael Scherer, 2 hrs ago. The Washington Post. -Excerpts, Ed.:
President Trump has reverted to using graphic depictions of violence as a centerpiece of his reelection campaign strategy, using his Twitter account, stump speech and even the White House podium as platforms for amplifying domestic conflict. His 2016 focus on Islamic radical terrorism and undocumented-immigrant crime, which he credited with helping him win the Republican nomination, has been replaced by warnings of new threats, as he elevates gruesome images of Black-on-White crime, street fights involving his supporters and police misconduct riots nationwide.
The pattern continued over the holiday weekend, when he tweeted video of a melee in Texas between protesters and security officers during an event for a Trump-affiliated group and two celebratory videos of a protester in Portland, Ore., with his feet on fire..“These are the Democrats ‘peaceful protests,’ ” Trump wrote. “Sick!” On Monday, he retweeted a prediction that political unrest “could lead to ‘rise of citizen militias around the country.’ ”The strategy echoes the approach that fueled his climb in politics as he shocked the political world with graphic warnings about “rapists” crossing the border illegally from Mexico..He also repeatedly encouraged assaults on protesters at his own events.
He posted footage on Twitter on Monday of Black protesters in Pittsburgh screaming at White outdoor diners, drinking from their glasses and knocking over their dishes during a protest over the weekend. “Disgraceful. Never seen anything like it. Thugs!” Trump wrote. “And because of weak and pathetic Democrat leadership, this thuggery is happening in other Democrat run cities and states. Must shut them down fast.” Amid a pandemic that has killed more than 186,000 Americans, the jarring political gambit has shifted the focus of the presidential campaign, forcing Trump’s Democratic opponent, former vice president Joe Biden, to air an ad, “Be Not Afraid,” focused on his own opposition to the recent violence in Oregon and Wisconsin..
In the face of this, Trump has condemned the actions of left-wing rioters but declined to condemn violence by his own supporters, even as he falsely claims Biden is refusing to condemn violence on the left. From his start in politics, Trump has brushed aside the idea he has responsibility for any additional violence that results from his campaign style. Trump’s return to focusing on violent threats and conflict follows a summer in which the president appeared politically adrift as a viral pandemic overtook the nation, infecting at least 6.2 million people and dampening the economy. "The whole country is up in flames. Everything is burning, law and order, because he doesn’t want to talk about anything, anything at all, about the job he hasn’t done,” Biden said Sept. 4.
In recent days, he has described “rioters, anarchists, agitators and looters” who he claimed in a Fox News interview, without evidence, have been traveling the country in commercial planes to create havoc and are funded by “people you have never heard of” who operate in “dark shadows.”...
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