SAN FRANCISCO 2.25.2024
In the late 1930’s the Nazi Party was making inroads in America. In Donald Trump’s hometown New York City.
Nearly 100 years later, we have Donald Trump exhorting his followers at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). As he completes his takeover of the Republican Party. And boldly vows to decimate his foes should he win the election this November.
The shocking Academy Award nominated documentary “A Night at the Garden” tells the earlier story all too well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Night_at_the_Garden
Excerpted from The Guardian 2.25.2024
Donald Trump styled himself as a “proud political dissident” and promised “judgment day” for political opponents in an address on Saturday that offered a chilling vision of a democracy in imminent peril.
“They’ve replaced law, precedent and due process with a rabid mob of radical left Democrat partisans masquerading as judges and juries and prosecutors.”
Like demagogues of the past, the comedy and showmanship smuggled in a sinister undertow. Trump’s ability to play the crowd, turning its emotions from euphoria to fury as easily as flicking a switch, carry echoes that are hard to ignore.
Speaking days after the death of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Trump hinted at a self-comparison by adding: “I stand before you today not only as your past and hopefully future president but as a proud political dissident. I am a dissident.”
In classic carnival barker form, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination accused Joe Biden of weaponizing the government against him with “Stalinist show trials”. He pledged to crack down on border security and deliver the biggest deportation in US history if he wins the 5 November election.
“For hard-working Americans, November 5th will be our new liberation day,” Trump told a packed ballroom at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor in Maryland. “But for the liars and cheaters and fraudsters and censors and imposters who have commandeered our government, it will be their judgment day!”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/24/donald-trump-cpac-speech
Top Photo: Donald Trump wraps himself in the flag calling himself a “proud political dissident.”
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