Post-Election Violence

A few facts:

• Trump lost the 2020 election, and, though there was no evidence of significant voter fraud, he continues to claim the election was rigged.

• He urged his supporters to storm the Capitol on January 6th to disrupt the confirmation of the election results, and then watched the insurrection on television for more than three hours before heeding the advice of his closest advisors and calling off the mayhem.

• Since then, more than 800 of the insurrectionists have been tried and sentenced.

• Trump says he’ll pardon these people if he’s re-elected in 2024.

• Here, he’s saying that violence post the 2024 election is an option “depending on the fairness of the election.”

• Trump got 71 million votes in 2020.  If only 0.1% of them are armed and prepared to take to the streets in the event that Trump loses, that’s 71,000 morons with assault rifles, ready to do whatever Trump asks of them.

Given this, is there anyone who thinks there’s the slightest chance that this country will avoid widespread violence if Trump loses the election?

Now, here’s a possible scenario: Trump loses but tells his people that, although the 2020 election was rigged, this one was completely fair and honest.  Does that seem likely?  To anyone?