Time for a look at what others are saying about neo- fascist existential threat Donald "Rump" Trump (and his Republican enablers):
Words matter. Donald Trump sent a dangerous message when he recklessly suggested that gun rights supporters could take action if Hillary Clinton is elected president and appoints judges who affirm gun control measures. It is a signal that is not open to a benign interpretation, and it is further evidence this man who so carelessly speaks without regard to the consequences is not fit to be president.Detroit Free Press:
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is waging the most base and offensive political campaign in memory, embracing ideas and rhetoric that are not just distasteful, but outright bigoted and potentially inciting.
He can’t be defended by officials who represent the people of the state of Michigan, not in any way.
So those GOP officials who’ve lined up behind Trump, citing their obligation to party or to protecting the Supreme Court for conservatives or their hatred of Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton? The ones hoping that Trump will eventually dial it down, hire good people and govern from a place of sanity?
They’re out of line. Way out of line, and delusional. And their own fitness for office is cast in serious doubt by their inability to stand on principle rather than politics. Their unwillingness to take an admittedly tough stand against their party’s presidential nominee is a sign, perhaps, that they themselves don’t belong in elected office.New York Times:
When Mr. Trump fans racist rage against the president, suggests that gun owners take up arms against Mrs. Clinton, or speaks darkly of a “rigged” election, he is not trying to woo Republican skeptics, independents or undecided voters. He is appealing to the mob.
Right now Mr. Trump is losing, and this very likely terrifies him. Maybe he doesn’t know how to control himself, or comprehend why he should. Or he is simply satisfying his boundless need for attention. But his behavior this week raises a more disturbing scenario. Perhaps he has given up on winning through civil means and does not care about the consequences of his campaign of incitement.St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
The darker explanation [of Trump's "Second Amendment people" remark] is almost inconceivable: A man whose more rabid supporters are violence-prone suggesting that someone with a gun might take action to defend the cause.
A few hours after Trump’s remark blew up on social media, the Secret Service, which has its own Twitter account, felt compelled to tweet, “The Secret Service is aware of the comments made earlier this afternoon.”
Agents will have to decide whether it was a bad joke or hostile suggestion. Either way, it adds to a growing body of evidence indicating Trump is not fit for the nation’s highest office. Good men and women, particularly those who call themselves conservatives, must summon some guts.Denver Post:
Once again Donald Trump has captured the national conversation by breaking yet another abiding American principle. Once again he has proven himself unfit for the office he seeks. [snip]
But this latest controversy goes way too far and may be the most damning thing he’s done on the trail. From the start, Trump’s desire to mix it up has too often broken standards that took too much work and suffering and — at times — bloodshed to produce and protect. The list is by now obvious and tiresome to most readers. Now Trump has proven that he does not understand that one of the truly great successes of a modern democracy is its ability to sublimate violence and replace it with the rule of law, representative government and debate.This is an historic stain, a deep and lasting moral stigma that will rightly remain with the Republican/ New Confederate/ Stupid/ Shooter's Party for the (hopefully short) remainder of its existence. Sad!
BONUS: Ad we saw during the Olympics prime time last night:
