"Riots in the streets"
As Donald Trump is being investigated for mishandling classified documents, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) says that there will be “riots in the streets” if former president Donald Trump is prosecuted for this crime. That is an overwhelmingly telling and horrifying statement. If we look at history, Trump is doing everything imaginable to create an environment for fascism. Discredit the media, discredit the judiciary, discredit the voting system, cult of personality, create alternative truths, demand 100% loyalty, put loyalists in positions of power, and call loyalist to arm themselves. The next step it to have his loyalists act act local police. The only things he hasn't done (yet) is get loyalists in control of the military, create a secret police, and then cull almost everyone who helped him gain power. This last part always happens in the rise of an authoritarian government; once the party leader becomes a dictator they "remove" those powerful people who originally supported