When Republicans tell Democrats to stop calling Trump a threat to democracy you know they're afraid, therefore they should keep doing this, by Hal Brown, MSW

 

When I saw the article 

After Assassination Attempt, Republicans Say It’s Out Of Bounds To Call Donald Trump A Threat To Democracy

in HUFFPOST you can see my reaction above. 

I recommend that Biden and his campaign team push the campaign pause button until a few days after the Republican convention to let Trump's "I was but for the grace of God almost a martyr" blitz run it's course. This will seem like the classy thing to do. After all, it is Democrats that want to portray themselves as having empathy, which of course they do.

In reality since so much attention will be foucsed on the convention that it will be hard to compete with their noise machine even with a few well-placed powerful ads about Trump being a threat to democracy. In addtion, holding back the ad buys will save Democrats some money. 

What the Republicans are now revealing is that it may not be issues like abortion that they are most afraid Biden and other Democrats running for office will focus on. It is that they are afraid of the truth sinking in with voters that Trump really does want to be a dictator and, notably, that this is a very bad thing.

Until now it appeared that portraying Trump as someone intent on becoming a dictator on day one, and for those who think he's immortal, forever after, wasn't hitting home with undecided sane voters. We knew that his most ardent supporters from the cultists at rallies who you know by looking at them would be thrilled to have him rule with power unfettered by the pesky Constitution...

... to those in The Heritage Foundation who wrote Project 2025 from their opulent Massachusetts Avenue office in Washington (below) wants Trump to be a dictator. 

What we didn't know was that the GOP mucky-mucks were actually worried about the Democrats warning the country about this. Now we know they are. By eschewing positive ads about all the good things Biden had done they must with forceful and let's hope formidable focus describe the damage, make the the destruction, to democracy his presidency would mean. The Democrats will be hitting Trump where it hurts him the most. Go figure! Many of us, myself included, thought this wouldn't matter.

The Democrats shouldn't pay attention to those who are like the editorial board of The Washington Post who just published Opinion Turn down the heat, let in the light. One, the Republicans aren't go to "turn down the heat" and more importantly the Democrats need to turn up the heat.

The Opinion piece concludes with:

Perhaps the assassin’s failure was providential, as so many have suggested. Mr. Trump’s murder could have plunged the United States into political darkness. Now all Americans have been given a chance to turn toward the light.

Biden is trying to do just that not only because it is politically wise at this time but also because he has two sides, the combative Dark Brandon and the one that exudes sincere empathy. But the editors at the Post who wrote the above don't understand the forces of rage and evil normalized by Trump and his minions. If they believe Americans writ large can turn to the light they have to be delusional. 

Biden needs to unleash his Dark Brandon:

It is possible that the Trump camp has internal polling which shows that it will matter if Biden goes full-on Dark Brandon. 

Forget the fact that it is Trump and his allies who have said, hell, shouted, that it was the Democrats who were turning the country into a dictatorship calling them a mishmash of names from what they thought would be fright inducing terms from facists to communists. We know what Trump wants the country to be. 

I predict that before too long a signifcant number of iffy Trump supporters will be hit with the truth about what he wants for the country. They won't buy the comparison between this Trump "some Iwo Jima sh*t" photo posted on X by Chris LaCivita,  a senior advisor to Trump's campaign....

and the real one...

It shouldn't need to be pointed out that the Marines risked thier lives, and 6,200 of their compatriots died, so they could plant this flag on the top of Mount Suribachi. Trump didn't knowingly risk his life when he walked to the podium at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally. Butler County does have some hills but none of them are occupied by enemy soldiers.

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