Do you suppose former President Donald Trump or groupies like U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs and Kari Lake really feel even a teeny tiny bit accountable when one other gullible dope is sentenced to jail for threats in opposition to Arizona officers after falling for the conspiracy theories and BS about rigged election?
Naah … me neither.
I’m guessing these political flamethrowers, and lots of like all of them throughout the nation, have satisfied themselves that they don’t have anything to do with the intimidation, harassment and demise threats which have rained down on the Maricopa County supervisors, Recorder Stephen Richer, Gov. Katie Hobbs and on and on.
On Monday, an Iowa man was sentenced to 2½ years in jail for threats in opposition to Supervisor Clint Hickman and former Arizona Lawyer Common Mark Brnovich.
Others will go to jail for demise threats
Amongst different issues, Mark Rissi left a voicemail message for Hickman saying partly, “You’re gonna die, you piece of [expletive]. We’re going to hold you. We’re going to hold you.”
Yeah, not precisely the brightest bulb within the MAGA marquee.
This comes on the heels of a Massachusetts man who has pleaded responsible to sending a message to an Arizona authorities web site warning then-Secretary of State Katie Hobbs to resign … “or the explosive system impacted in her private house shall be detonated.”
This dope might get 5 years within the slammer.
And that got here after a person enflamed by the conspiracy nonsense disseminated about Arizona’s elections was caught and sentenced to 3½ years in jail for threatening the lives and households of Richer and County Lawyer’s Workplace Civil Division Chief Tom Liddy.
Trump made it OK to spew violent rhetoric
We all know how this all acquired began.
A minimum of we all know the way it all grew to become accepted.
It grew to become OK for Republicans to spew violent rhetoric the second Trump scored massive with the GOP base by speaking about how Mexico was sending us drug sellers, criminals and rapists.
Since then, he has demonized nearly everybody he views as a risk.
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And that perspective has unfold to his political sycophants like Biggs and Lake (and an entire bunch extra.)
This explains why Biggs felt comfy tweeting out after Trump was indicted, “We now have now reached the conflict section. Eye for a watch.”
And it explains how Lake at a Republican Celebration gathering in Georgia mentioned she had a message for Lawyer Common Merrick Garland, particular counsel Jack Smith, President Joe Biden and the media.
What about Lake, others who unfold lies?
Lake mentioned, “If you wish to get to President Trump, you’re going to need to undergo me, and also you’re going to need to undergo 75 million Individuals identical to me. And I’m going to inform you, most of us are card-carrying members of the NRA. That’s not a risk, that’s a public service announcement.”
That sort of vitriol has penalties. It places good folks in danger.
These ongoing prosecutions hopefully ship a message to the dopes who fall for the lies.
However what concerning the politicians spreading the bogus conspiracies who encourage them?
They nonetheless don’t appear to have gotten any message.
What number of stooges need to go to jail earlier than the agitators again off?
Would that even occur if somebody died?
Wait … don’t reply that.
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