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If anyone doesn’t grasp the violent significance of Trump going to Alamo, Texas, Tuesday, they are not thinking at all. He’s planning Round 2.
Why, I’m asked.
Good question. The town is named for the San Antonio mission of “Remember the Alamo” fame. It’s a rallying cry. The town is set amid a thick concentration of Border Patrol officers, whom Trump has cultivated as his personal SS since 2015. 1/
Good question. The town is named for the San Antonio mission of “Remember the Alamo” fame. It’s a rallying cry. The town is set amid a thick concentration of Border Patrol officers, whom Trump has cultivated as his personal SS since 2015. 1/
Not only are these agents fiercely loyal to Trump and his racial doctrines, they fear the Biden will seek to overhaul or abolish their agency and hold them accountable for their abuses. They are desperate and Trump will work them into a frenzy. 2/
These are people, along with ICE, who are used to following illegal orders. They’ve been doing it for four years. These are the people Trump would send to round up enemies in politics and the media. Portland was just a dry run. I suspect the unmarked vans are already rented.3/
I hope this turns out to be a paranoid fantasy on my part but after Wednesday I’ll take the chance of embarrassment. I hope the forces of constitutional order are anticipating all possibilities. So far the news media have shown a failure to imagine the possibilities.4/
The Washington Post this morning was particularly smug about counting Trump as down and out. You can’t do that until Biden is sworn in and Trump has surrendered the nuclear codes. Heads out of asses, folks. It ain’t over till it’s over and might not be over then.
One more thing: To cover Trump at this juncture, journalists need to think what moves they would be making in his shoes. And stop underestimating his intelligence and those of his remaining fascists. He is shrewd and ruthless about protecting himself.
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The slogan “Remember the Alamo” was rooted in white Southern grievance that their own were killed in no-quarters battle by brown-skinned Mexicans. Conceived in racism, it jibes perfectly with today’s MAGA.
