2016 is definitely not the first time an authoritarian adversary covertly tried to undermine our country and our democracy.
Give a listen to better understand why it is there are people in and out of government parrotting Russian propaganda and spewing various (antisemitic) conspiracy theories about global cabals funding and directing the actions of their political opponents (i.e. us).
An exclusive WITHpod conversation with Rachel Maddow: podcast and transcript
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/why-is-this-happening/exclusive-withpod-conversation-rachel-maddow-podcast-transcript-n1299811
And, oh yeah, the MAGA movement is fundamentally a fascist movement with both Trump and the crafters of Project 2025, who are collecting lists of loyalists to populate a MAGA run government and saying the Insurrection Act will be invoked on day 1, are making explicit plans to accrue all power to the authoritarian, leader.
This is fascism.
@joeinwynnewood this is, well, more crying wolf.
I remember hearing all the things that Trump was supposedly going to do when he was elected the first time, that of course he didn't.
And now there's a new list of things that Trump is supposedly going to do if he's reelected, things that are not actually possible, that he's not going to do.
It's really hard to take such hysterical claims seriously, and that's why they don't gain ground among any audience that actually knows how government works.
You're being manipulated. People are telling you things that aren't true. They are playing on your emotions, and I wish you would not give them that power.
