A lot of ppl were rightly disturbed at the that when asked to condemn white supremacists, instead told the to stand down and stand by. But something else Trump said disturbed me even more and not too many other ppl seem to have picked up on it:

President Donald J. Trump: (42:53)
You know what, Antifa is a dangerous radical group.
Chris Wallace: (42:56)
All right, gentlemen we’re now moving onto the Trump-Biden record.
President Donald J. Trump: (42:58)
And you ought to be careful of them, they’ll over throw you.

When Trump said "you" in that last sentence, it was pretty clear he was saying that toward Biden. In effect Trump is saying is an existential threat even if democrats are elected. Whether or not this is true is one issue, but the fact that (1) there some ppl who think this is true is true, and (2) Trump just dog whistled to them, is disturbing to me. It is a call out for both major parties to be ruthless against Antifa. And the protesters who align with .

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@mettaben To be fair the whole debate was a shit show.. I was pretty disturbed by Biden **and** Trump. I cant believe these two horrific people are our choices.

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