notyourmoderate:

truthdogg:

1. Trump calls CNN “the enemy of the people.”

Cesar Sayoc sends pipe bombs to CNN.

2. Trump tweets about “anarchists and agitators.”

Kyle Rittenhouse kills two people in Kenosha.

3. Trump tweets “LIBERATE MICHIGAN.”

Six men try to kidnap the Governor of Michigan.

But of course there’s more:

4. Trump says there is a caravan invasion coming.

Patrick Crusius grabs a gun, drives to El Paso and kills 23 people, quotes Trump in his manifesto.

Donald J. Trump is a stochastic terrorist. And here are FIFTY-FOUR (54!!) more examples:

'No Blame?' ABC News finds 54 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults.

President Donald Trump insists he deserves no blame for divisions in America.

ABC News

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/blame-abc-news-finds-17-cases-invoking-trump/story?id=58912889

This was a necessary part of the process for Nazis to take over Germany. The use of street gangs, self-appointed militias, violent thugs, mad-dog killers and lone-wolf gunmen to create fear among the general populace and to intimidate political opponents was an important part of their stretegy. And also like Trump, they made sure that they coddled and cultivated these criminals and developed their ties to them, but without ever admitting it out loud so their opponents did not call them out on it.

Fascism thrives by bringing violence, thuggery and criminality to societies that are tolerant, complacent and open-minded enough to let them do it without putting up a fight.