But then you hear the song again, in a moment like this one. Someone shooting at Trump, his heroic survivor image, fist in the air, and all the violence he has wrought since 2016 flash before the eyes: separating immigrant families, opposing Covid mitigation measures, his assault on the last election Jan 6, 2021, viral death threats against judges, public officials, election workers, extremist bigot hate crimes in Pittsburgh and El Paso and Buffalo, a stunning scale of political violence rarely seen before.
"War, children, it's just a shot away." And the dust hasn't settled from more violence, perpetrated by a military weapon Biden has tried to ban, and leading republicans are blaming Dems for the violence; specifically, for warning that Trump is a threat to the rule of law, national security, and democracy. (He is.) Such finger-pointing will only provoke more partisan violence, almost all of which to date in fact has come from Trump's fascist minions. Just last week a MAGA republican candidate for governor in North Carolina was preaching that "some people need killing."
Or like Biden and the Dems we can condemn all political violence and and insist that all political violence or threats of political violence be stopped and prosecuted. All political violence.
A vote for Trump this fall remains a vote for more political violence. A vote for Biden, or whatever Dem candidate they come up with, is a vote for less political violence and more peace. "Oh, a storm is threatening," "gimme shelter." "I tell you love, sister. It's just a kiss away."
Trump is the accelerant of political violence, Vox
Trump is inciting violence as another election approaches, Mother Jones
ABC News finds 54 cases invoking Trump with violence while potus
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