"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 him when he tried to appear less radical. This is because these people were given promises of power and prestige when their side won, but a dictator doesn't want anyone else to have those things, or for there to be anyone who could potentially challenge him. Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, Mike Pence, Marco Rubio (or anyone else who is popular and political ambitious) will have to go. And if Trump becomes President again (with a majority in both houses and loyalists in control of voting systems), he will make sure that any threats will be eliminated (which is easy enough, Trump will make up lies against them and fully support a loyalist candidate). Trump knows (or perhaps not) that these top officials clearly can't be trusted no matter how much they currently support Trump. They will turn on Trump when it is politically convenient, because they are not actually loyal to Trump, but to their own self-interest. 

So when Lindsey Graham recognizes that Trump can use the treat of street violence to avoid being accountable (and thus above the law), he is setting in motion his own demise. 

It is odd to recognize that there is a very real chance (although small as of now) that a fascist government will take control of this country. If that happens, this post will be found and I will be identified as a threat. This is a real possibility and I wonder if my musings are worth the consequences (since nobody reads these anyway).

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