Throughout his four pathetic years in office, King Con Don has tacitly advocated violence, while claiming not to, of course. But he has been heard and seen on video suggesting to supporters to punch people in the face, assuring them that he would pay their legal bills. He glorified violence at another rally, suggesting that in the old days, some of the protesters present would have been taken out on a stretcher. This is a man who called outright Nazis and white supremacists gathered in an American city clearly equipped and prepared for a fight “very good people.” And he “joked” about his nuclear button was bigger and would actually work if he pressed it, in comparison to that of the leader of North Korea. Trump also wanted his supporters to gather at the White House lawn during the Black Lives Matter protests, and the riots that seemed to surround them. And he suggested that his supporters should police voting places in this past election, in what would be a clear example of voter intimidation, the kind of thing that you hear about happening in countries like Russia, and not so much in a country that considers itself a free democracy.
So yes, Trump has advocated violence plenty.
This has not gone unnoticed. Even some Republicans have spoken out about it. The latest one is Gabriel Sterling, a Republican from Georgia, a state that Trump narrowly lost, and which has two key run-off elections coming up next month.
“Mr. President, you have not condemned these actions or this language. Senators, you have not condemned this language or these actions,” Sterling said, visibly angry.
Sterling did not stop there, but blasted Trump even more:
“This has to stop. We need you to step up, and if you’re going to take a position of leadership, show some.” “There’s a noose out there with his name on it. That’s not right,” Sterling said, adding that the contractor didn’t seek the spotlight by taking a high-profile position like Sterling or run for office like Raffensperger. “This kid took a job. He just took a job.”
Trump last week called Raffensperger an “enemy of the people,” Sterling noted, adding, “That helped open the floodgates to this kind of crap.”
You know what? Sterling is absolutely right.
Finally, also, there is some good news: Trump has already publicly declared that if the election results are certified and made official, he will leave the White House.
Yet, it should be noted that Trump has been guilty of lying countless times in the past, especially as president. Also, his now infamous pettiness, which has grown to virtually epic levels in his four years in the White House, has been visible, as he has declined any offers to have Biden over to the White House, and has also not committed to being at Biden's inauguration in January.
Frankly, that is pathetic, and damages faith in what remains of American democracy. But could we expect any better from Trump, after all that he has shown us in the past four years? Maybe it would be best just for him to fade from the public eye. Maybe his die-hard supporters will try to keep him relevant. For the rest of us, though, it is goodbye to bad rubbish.
Here is the article that I used in writing this particular blog entry, and from which I obtained the quotes used above:
Georgia elections official urges Trump to rein in supporters by PBS Politics Dec 1, 2020:
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