I believe their goal is to have MAGA groups plant agitators to start violent confrontations causing damage and injuries so they can begin their campaign to shutter “progressive” organizations, including ActBlue. Just think about the repercussions to fundraising for midterms without ActBlue.
I believe the plan is to never let the Dems back in power. To fix it so that they will always be the minority party. Just look at what’s been argued in the Supreme Court today.
Portland is a glowing example of Liberal success. It is a magnet city for many young liberals fleeing Right Wing states. That is why Portland and by extension Oregon are direct threats to the authoritarians who are attempting to usurp the Constitution.
Portland is a center of liberal thinking, liberal lifestyles, and liberal tolerance. Nothing could pose more of a threat to a fascist authoritarian than liberal success.
They believe that the defense will be: “The order came from the President. The President has immunity. Carrying out the President’s order puts me under the protection of Presidential immunity.”
He's pumping them up for riots after the Republicans suffer a disastrous defeat at the midterms. He will blame ANTIFA for the MAGA riots, Trump will declare Martial Law and refuse to have the new Congress seated.
US law: Executive Order 123333 Part 2 Paragraph 11 Prohibition on Assassination. No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination.
@nytimes.com@washingtonpost.com So do the New York Times and Washington Post who printed columns calling Democrats liars for saying Trump was campaigning on the platform of Project 2025. The least they can do is print a public apology.
