As Donald Trump’s campaign flails, the violence and bloodshed will only get worse
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/trump-campaign-flails-violence-worse-article-1.2832866
These alarming developments have not emerged in a vacuum. As his numbers in the polls have begun to sink, and with the prospect of defeat staring him in the face, Donald Trump has been whipping his supporters into a frenzy with incessant claims that the "system is rigged." He warns of electoral fraud on a mass scale and has invoked the specter of a global conspiracy to do him in. "Hillary Clinton meets in secret with international banks to plot the destruction of U.S. sovereignty in order to enrich her donors," are the astounding actual words of the Republican nominee for president....
American history from the beginning has been punctuated by assassinations and violent riots. We've enjoyed a long, relatively tranquil period since the fires of the 1960s, but social peace is not preordained. As the Trump campaign plummets into the gutter, we should not be surprised if people get hurt and blood is shed....
Paul Ryan is one voice. Where is the rest of the Republican party when it comes to defending our electoral system from charges that it is rigged? The thunderous silence may have something to do with some Republicans' sorry history of leveling trumped up accusations of voter fraud, part of a broader effort to limit voting access in some areas of the country where they perceive a disadvantage.
Donald Trump's corrosive brand of politics has no place in our country. It is already a scar on our history, and it is a clear and present danger to American values and institutions. We've learned from Trump and his supporters that in this era of mass communication and social media, ugly forces can be set in motion by a moronic pied piper. Our democracy is more fragile than any of us ever dreamed.
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