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Judi Lynn

(160,212 posts)
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 05:07 AM Jul 2020

After the HQ fire, will Trump deploy his 'personal militia' to protect AZ Democrats?


Opinion: It should come as no surprise that inflamed emotions can lead at some point to actual flames.

EJ Montini
Arizona Republic
Published 5:56 p.m. MT Jul. 24, 2020 | Updated 10:17 p.m. MT Jul. 24, 2020



Where was Donald Trump’s ‘personal militia’ when we needed them?

He seems to be perfectly content using federal officers as his own paramilitary, deploying them to cities where they are not wanted in order to divert attention from his abysmal handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

They’ve done nothing in those cities but exacerbate the problems that already existed, which also might be according to plan. Chaos seems to be Trump’s campaign strategy.

And all that discord now seems to have trickled down to our little burg.

In the form of a fire.

What you suspected turns out to be true.

I say “you” because I’m pretty sure when you heard about the late-night fire at Arizona's Democratic Party headquarters in downtown Phoenix your first thought was – arson.

More:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2020/07/24/trump-deploy-his-personal-militia-protect-az-democrats/5508138002/
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