The Trump administration never exposed any “Deep State” corruption or pure hatred of our country. This is one of those very vague phrases meant to gaslight us. It is disturbing propaganda straight out of Hitler’s Germany or Stalin’s Russia. In any fascist movement, the authoritarian dictator-to-be asserts that there is an element in the government that is destroying the country. Always. There is no room for a dictator to rise without angering a large number of people who blame the government as corrupt and dangerous.

Remarkably, our dictator wanna-be has already had power once and demonstrated his corruption and hatred for the country on live television, “Hang Mike Pence!” and “The election was RIGGED!” It was out in the open for all to see. His cult believes every single word. AND wasn’t shaken by January 6th, indeed, they support it.

Impervious to reality, Trump continues to tell the lie, over and over, and it simply hardens his base. This is dangerous. The “Cancer” that Trump references surely represents anyone and everyone who opposes him. Everyone. That is how dictators gain power. Today Trump wrote:

“It was during the Trump Administration that the ‘Deep State’ corruption, and pure hatred of our Country, was fully EXPOSED – No longer just a nasty myth, concept, or idea. This is yet another great achievement, but something must now be done to rid us of this Cancer that is purposely destroying our Nation. There is far more danger from within than anything coming from the outside.”

And Trump “retruthed” meme along with the post:

Again, nothing was fully exposed except an authoritarian regime that attempted to violently take over the government, wholly protected by 80% of the Republicans in Washington. But this is the propaganda feeding a fascist movement. Look at that meme above. IF any part of that was true, wouldn’t you be willing to use violence against immoral, totally heinous international terrorists? Yes, that’s the other key, a dictator can rarely rise without violence and no one is willing to get violent unless they’re saving lives from true evil.

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[email protected], @JasonnMiciak, with Nicole Hickman