I definitely want to thank my friend (and excellent editor) Bruce Maples for his drawing attention to Donald Trump’s open admission that 2024 is the last time there will be voting. As Bruce points out, finally the corporate media is paying attention. (Please be sure to read his story.) For those who missed it, Trump proclaimed:
Christians, get out and vote. Just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore, you know what? Four more years, it’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you, Christians. I’m a Christian. I love you, you got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote.
I think we can all see that “fixed so good” is a euphemism for a permanent authoritarian dictatorship.
But, friends, Donald Trump and his allies have been talking this way for almost four years. It’s just that the mainstream media either didn’t point it out at all or glossed over it.
I want to remind folks about this gem from convicted felon and extremist provocateur Steve Bannon:
What Trump’s gonna do is just declare victory. Right? He’s gonna declare victory. But that doesn’t mean he’s a winner. He’s just gonna say he’s a winner….
So when you wake up Wednesday morning, it’s going to be a firestorm. You’re going to have antifa, crazy. The media, crazy. The courts are crazy. And Trump’s gonna be sitting there mocking, tweeting shit out: “You lose. I’m the winner. I’m the king.”…
Here’s the thing. After then, Trump never has to go to a voter again [emphasis added]. He’s gonna fire [Christopher] Wray, the FBI director [unintelligible]. He’s gonna say “Fuck you. How about that?” Because he’s done his last election. Oh, he’s going to be off the chain — he’s gonna be crazy.”
This wasn’t said recently. As a secret audio recording obtained by Mother Jones, reveals, Bannon said this on Oct. 31, 2020, detailing the Trump stooges’ plan for stealing the 2020 election. That was nearly four years ago!
Since then, Trump has doubled down on his dictator-only-for-a-day spiel (when has a dictator settled for a single day?) and made other noises about staying in power after 2028. He insists that he could “negotiate” for additional terms of office, like his BFFs Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong-un. Why that would be, I don’t know, but there will be plenty of ludicrous excuses. Even before he lost in 2020, Trump was claiming he “deserved” three terms. After all, he’s become the most persecuted president in history. (Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy might want a word.)
Here’s what Trump hasn’t said: If his MAGA cult wouldn’t blink at his shooting someone on Fifth Avenue, why would they hesitate at Trump’s becoming Messiah for Life?
It’s going to be up to us to make sure he doesn’t get his chance by winning in November. You’ve had plenty of notice.
--30--
Comments
