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Heather Cox Richardson, Timothy Snyder, and anyone else who isn’t inside of the cult of Trump sees the message that the Madison Square Garden rally blasted out. It’s tyranny’s classic playbook. Both the venue chosen and the event’s content are a loud signal, a terrible message to America and the world. Trump and his inner circle intend to seize power by any means they can. Most of the GOP is still going along to get along including our own congressman, Brian Fitzpatrick. Those folks with Trump signs on their lawn? They are endorsing fascist hate and sedition.
The news cycle has been flooded with Trump madness for most of the campaign. The goofy old man dancing, the McDonald’s stunt, the demented rambling rants, the zone flooded with lies . . . all of it bad publicity, but all of it seeming to prove the maxim, “There is no such thing as bad press so long as they spell your name right.”
Next month, God help us, we’ll find out if it worked.