• Self-described guardians of democracy spent years creating a lethal atmosphere around Donald Trump

Matt Taibbi, as he so often does, hit the nail on the head with his Substack post calling the past eight years a “slow-motion assassination” of Donald Trump. The escalating rhetoric, the lawfare campaign, the comparisons to Hitler (and calling him “worse than Hitler), and the escalating panic that despite their legal and illegal campaign to destroy him he has become the likely winner of the 2024 election.

In a world where every time travel fantasy includes going back in time and killing baby Hitler, it is no surprise that somebody took a shot at Trump. Republicans were expecting it, even predicting it openly.

“We should probably all steel ourselves for what will surely be the Mother of All Propaganda Onslaughts. To say this is a critical moment in American history is an understatement. Everything is on the line, which means no lie will be out of bounds.” https://racket.news/p/the-slow-motion-assassination

“It became cliché that he was the embodiment of all evil and needed to be stopped “at all costs.” By late last year, mainstream press organizations were saying legal means had failed, and more or less openly calling for a truly final solution to the Trump problem.”

Democrats have engaged in assassination porn for years. Literal assassination porn — with leftists literally calling for a new John Wilkes-Booth to arise for bombing the White House and stabbing Trump-like Caesar. Snoop Dog did a video in which he shoots Trump himself. Watch the escalation of violent rhetoric:

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Source: David Strom, hotair.com/david-strom/2024/07/15/taibbi-the-slow-motion-assassination-n3791825