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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I reckon that Trump is provoking a violent reaction to justify activating the Insurrection Act. I'm not saying that the feeling to retaliate is not a valid one, but he is manipulating the public into a violent reaction.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago

I think we've seen with Charlie Kirk that there's enough conservative on conservative violence to find justifications to crack down. He's going to get it one way or another.

What's the game plan for when it happens?