Recent incendiary statements by the former president, including that shoplifters should be shot, come at a time when his supporters are already angry over his indictments.
“This is a disgrace,” he said, “and you ought to go after this attorney general.”
[…] Days earlier, he told hundreds of Republican activists in California that shoplifters should be shot. Not long before that, he insinuated that the military general he personally appointed as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff should be executed for treason.
So it’s gone from “bump their heads when they’re put in the squad car” to “murder everyone who you disagree with”.
So it’s gone from “bump their heads when they’re put in the squad car” to “murder everyone who you disagree with”.