It is not a joke, Trump and his deranged cult actually threaten the lives of Republican lawmakers, according to Liz Cheney being interviewed last weekend:
"On ABC’s This Week, Cheney also repeated the information she gave last
week: that Republicans were afraid to convict Trump in his second
impeachment trial because they were frightened for their lives."
Liz Cheney, of course, was the third ranking Republican in the D.C. House of Representatives who was forced out of that position with a voice vote (not by a secret ballot). She is in position to know the deadly truth of that statement.
The common wisdom was that the cowardice of the elected Republicans was fear of losing their jobs, fear of being Primaried by a Trump Cult figure. But, fearing for one's life is even more astonishing. We saw for ourselves the Trump Cult force their way into the Capitol in an insurrection to overthrow the election on January 6 of this year. Five people died - Died - Died. We heard them call out to find Vice President, Mike Pence, and Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, to do them harm, and we saw the hangman's noose and gallows outside the building prepared for their necks.
The Trump Cult has brought this violence and threat of violence to our democracy. It is time for those who have been voting for Republicans to just turn away from the people who are extreme, violent, and dangerous.
This is very disturbing.
