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The Very Real Scenario Where Trump Loses and Takes Power Anyway. 100%. My feeling is that it’s been months since his campaign was about winning the election β€” they’re focused on the coup endgame.

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Jason KottkeMOD

Bryan Edward Stone:

The best take I've seen on Trump's Nazi rally is that it wasn't intended to win anyone's vote but was an attempt by a candidate who knows he will lose to marshall his base for insurrection and violence.

You don't even need to believe that his campaign is playing 5D chess or whatever...chaos almost worked last time and there was zero accountability, so they're instinctively ratcheting up the rhetoric to produce more chaos.

Jason KottkeMOD

The Trump campaign is "psychologically preparing Americans for an assault on the electoral system, a second January 6, if Trump doesn't win".

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