“A thought or a notion comes in and it comes out of his mouth. There’s not a lot of filter that goes on,” he said of Trump.
Some Republicans have read former President Donald Trump’s comment last week that would act as a dictator only on “day one,” as just another Trumpian quip. But not Sen. Mitt Romney.
“His behavior suggests that this is a person who will impose his will if he can on the judicial system, on the legislative branch and on the entire nation,” Romney (R-Utah) told NBC’s Kristin Welker during an interview on “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
“When he called people to come to Washington, D.C., on January 6, that was not a random date. That was the date when peaceful transfer of power was to occur. He called that on purpose. No question he has authoritarian rulings and interests and notions which he will try and impose,” Romney said.
And Trump isn’t even the biggest problem. Oh, he’s a big problem, don’t get me wrong, but if it was just Trump then a second Trump presidency would likely look a lot like the first - Trump does some horrible stuff but gets in his own way and gets too distracted to do the REALLY bad stuff. It would be bad, but our democracy might survive.
With the people who are ready and waiting to act behind the scenes (Project 2025), though, a Trump second presidency would be our last real election. We might have future elections like Russia “has elections.” Aka “Do you want to vote for the dictator or do you want to go to prison. You’re free to choose.”
This is an important distinction because even if Trump loses in 2024, the Project 2025 folks might still be around to launch Project 2029 or Project 2033.
Exactly this. They’re not (temporarily) going away until their fascist push runs out of steam, after which they’ll just build momentum and try again. It took them 50 years last time, but they now enjoy open support from billionaires and tens of millions of voters, so it will likely happen faster the next time (if there is a next time).
The millions of voters thing is possibly the most important part.
In the past there was at least some amount of generally agreed on standards and ethics and things. The “grab em by the pussy” thing would have been a campaign-ender, etc.
That’s what’s changed, though. That’s gone out the window. The GOP has realized that they can do virtually anything, get away with any bad behavior, etc as long as they:
…That’s it. That’s all they have to do, along with keeping the propaganda machine running. There’s steadily fewer and fewer people with ethics to get in the way. They certainly no longer matter to their voters.