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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Trump effect
It is NO coincidence!
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"In the five years since Mr. Trump was elected in 2016, the number of recorded threats against members of Congress increased more than tenfold, to 9,625 in 2021, according to the Capitol Police. Many lawmakers say they live with a sense of dread ...."
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The Trump effect (Original Post)
True Dough
Oct 2022
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Jim__
(14,333 posts)1. The MSM needs to publicize that - not both siderism.
paleotn
(18,684 posts)4. Oh no! Can't do that. The reich might not like them...
and might say mean things about them. Yea, like the right is ever going to watch CNN and MSNBC for anything ever.
dalton99a
(83,123 posts)2. Kick
Meadowoak
(5,926 posts)3. It's the Putin effect, Trump was just a useful tool.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,163 posts)5. KR NT
BobTheSubgenius
(11,710 posts)6. How many of us live with a sense of dread?
Now, magnify that and make the threat specifically aimed at you, and not just a general sense of malaise and of unknown doom. Imagine how many qualified and dedicated people have been, are being and will be pushed away from public office and public service as a result.
progressoid
(50,353 posts)7. Kind of burried the lede NYTimes.
That should be it's own headline and story.
randr
(12,451 posts)8. The head of the snake need removal