President Donald Trump sets the stage for renewed violence and hatred against democrats in his latest tweet, calling his opposition “too extreme” and “too dangerous” to govern.
While ostensibly a call for people to vote republican, the tweet suggests that democrats would burn the country down if given power — and opens the door to a crackdown of first amendment rights.
His words echo statements made by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who also called Democratic voters and survivors of sexual assault speaking out against Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination and vote a “mob.”
The president enjoys a shrinking and further polarized base that supports him, in particular since the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
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