Nothing in the Conservative world is more mainstream than Heritage Foundation. When Heritage started parroting Trump’s lies about a stolen election, you knew that election denial was in the mainstream of Conservative thought. Crazy, I know. Hard to believe, definitely. Unimaginable 8 years ago, no question.
But that’s where we are. And now the mainstream of Conservative thought has taken another step into a very dark place. Now The Storm, a Qanon-crazy fantasy about mass execution of Liberals is mainstream Conservative thought.
Democrats are “apoplectic right now” because the right is winning, Roberts told former U.S. Rep. Dave Brat, one of the podcast’s guest hosts as Bannon is serving a four-month prison term. “And so I come full circle on this response and just want to encourage you with some substance that we are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
If there’s anything the past 8 years have taught us, it’s that treating Trump “seriously but not literally” is for suckers. Important members of the Conservative establishment are calling for blood to be spilled. If you haven’t read On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder, do it now. Learn his lessons. Make your plans.
Then make your plans to vote. Get your friends and family to vote. Talk to your coworkers and even total strangers about voting if you get a chance. Volunteer to do something, anything. Make a small donation to candidates you believe in.
This might be the last opportunity we get for a while, if we don’t fulfill our civic duty. But if Democrats turn out, we will win.