Not sure what Maddow was doing the other night, with her interview of the reporter from the Washington Post re Jeffrey Clark and the alleged efforts to hit the ground running with the Insurrection Act, if Trump (gulp) wins a second term as POTUS.
From what she was saying, it sounds like Clark and others are already working on how to implement such a plan on Day 1 of Trump’s time in office—i.e. call in the U.S. military to patrol American streets and quell the inevitable demonstrations that will result if Trump happens to win.
OK, first of all, holy shit. And second of all, I can’t get used to the matter-of-fact discourse surrounding the topic of Trump winning another term— like his candidacy is just a given, an assumption, a part of the normal course of events. Despite everything that’s on his plate. And, more pointedly, despite the kind of person he is.
People would vote for him despite his incompetence, despite knowing that a central reason he’s running is revenge– to punish those he perceives as being disloyal? Not to mention having designs on dismantling the Justice Department and facilitating the dissolution of all those nuisance felony counts?
Anyway, the Post reporter didn’t come right out and say that this is what’s happening. Unless I missed something, I didn’t catch this gentleman directly corroborating Maddow’s assertions regarding the Insurrection Act or other details she was sharing with us, which was kind of weird.
So even Maddow engages in sensationalism from time to time, needs to keep the viewers engaged by raising her voice and dangling juicy tidbits of stunning news that may or may not be factual? That’s disappointing, if true.
Come to think of it, she spent the first five minutes of the show plugging her new book, so I guess all’s fair in love and ratings and free enterprise.
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