Nobody seems to have language to say: We abhor, reject, repudiate, and punish all political violence, even as we maintain that Trump remains himself a promoter of such violence, a subverter of American institutions, and the very opposite of everything decent and patriotic in American life.
Authoritarians will use every opportunity to silence the opposition no matter what the current circumstances are. If there is a threat to democracy, we have to be able to point it out and talk about it.
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