The purpose of this behavior of course is the same as that of organized crime: to prevent any future convictions by intimidating jurors with the threat of violence and harassment bsky.app/profile/adam...
I don't agree. The purpose is to activate his base and prepare for future fights, so far as Trump is concerned.
He has a far more powerful means to prevent future convictions: the presidency.
Weird that "patriots" would be threatening their fellow citizens for performing their civic duty. Generally "innocent" people don't need to make threats.
I was waiting for this to happen (sadly, I think MANY people were) but really hoping I'd be wrong :( I hope they're being offered protection, because this shit is going to get bananas for a short (I hope) while.
Thanks for your always clear statements affirming our (alarming) reality while we continually struggle against the tide of gaslighting or complacent indifference.
It’s also important to point out that Donald Trump seems to be committing a kind of stochastic terrorism intentionally.
He talks about Violence because he wants Intimidation. And Violence.
Genuinely, I wish people would quash these attempts, increase protective detail and only report on them long after the fact. Because I think you're right. The goal is to make those people's lives so miserable that news of it travels.
This would be the time for those of us who find this objectionable to make sure these creeps never feel comfortable showing their faces in polite company again, and not hosting them on TV or in OpEds.