MoveOn: Latest Trump Call for Political Violence Against Opponents Cannot Be Normalized

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to Donald Trump’s issuing a violent threat concerning Liz Cheney, stating, “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with 9 barrels shooting at her. Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face,” MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement:  “Threatening violence against any human and seeking revenge on your political opponents are qualities of a vengeful dictator, not the president of the United States. Donald Trump’s horrific and anti-democratic threat against…

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Donald Trump’s Latest Violent Fantasy

Traditionally, a campaign’s closing argument is supposed to hammer home its main themes. At a rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania, Donald Trump did exactly that—by once again fantasizing about violence against his perceived enemies. Describing how his open-air podium was mostly surrounded by bulletproof glass, the former president noted a gap in that protection, and added: “To get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news, and I don’t mind that so much.” And by “fake news,” he meant the members of the press covering his rally. [Read: The…

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A Full Breakdown of Donald Trump’s Legal Cases and His Latest Indictment

NEW YORK, NY – Atmosphere at the Nobody Is Above The Law Rally in New York City. Credit: Craig Barritt/Getty/MoveOn Donald Trump is the first president—former or current—to have been charged with a crime. Over the last five months, Trump has been indicted four separate times and charged with 91 felonies.  And yet, Trump is still the unrivaled front-runner for the Republican nomination, and polling has him in a dead heat with President Biden in a general-election matchup. But after so many years of getting away with his crimes scot-free,…

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