Democrats raise specter of Donald Trump dictatorship as former president solidifies lead in GOP race – Washington Times
Former President Donald Trump s commanding lead in the Republican presidential primary is increasing Democratic and media warnings that Mr. Trump would become a dictator who abandons the Constitution in a second term.
The New York Times and The Washington Post have recently published articles previewing a Trump dictatorship. The Atlantic said this week that it would devote its January/February issue to articles forecasting Mr. Trump s harmful impact on civil rights, the Justice Department, immigration and more if he is elected to the White House again.
Asked during a televised town hall event Tuesday whether he plans to become a dictator, Mr. Trump laughed off the suggestion.
No, no, no other than Day One, he said. We re closing the border, and we re drilling, drilling, drilling. After that, I m not a dictator.
To many Republicans, Democrats latest line of attack is an effort to scare into action left-wing voters unenthusiastic about reelecting President Biden next year. More than half of Democratic voters want another candidate.
I rate Biden or another Dem as a 70 percent chance of imposing an effective dictatorship. I rate Trump as a 60 percent chance. A dictatorship is a government that coordinates a blanket strategy of making you really wonder about whether you are safe posting anti-official positions on social media — i.e. criticizing the government. That’s just for starters. I don’t want either of them to be President. It also wouldn’t hurt to have at least a semi-competent person in the job. 70 and 60 percent are my bad day estimates. Some days, it’s 40 and 30 percent. Still unacceptably high. I won’t accept it. I won’t. Wait. Nobody’s asking me.