The Violence Will Get Worse

Trump has promised to conduct “the largest deportation in the history of our country’s history” Experts say it would cost hundreds of billions of dollars , require the construction of massive detention facilities, and see the uprooting of 3 to 4 percent of the population.

Trump has repeatedly claimed that Democrats have inspired the recent spate of political violence by characterizing him as a risk to American democracy.

Donald Trump is ramping up appeals to racial violence to motivate his followers, says Julian Zelizer .

Zelizer : Trump 's supporters likely heard a call for action against black migrants taking over Springfield , Ohio .

He says Trump 's depiction of life in Springfield does n’t correspond with reality on the ground there.

Trump ’s team issued a fundraising email saying “innocent American citizens are being terrorized”.

But so too is the growing acceptance and even embrace of violence in politics for which Trump himself is largely responsible. Given what Trump did on January 6th , we must be prepared for the possibility of another wave of violence should he lose this election. And if he wins, we should take him at his word that there will be a bloody deportation plan. The remaining weeks of the campaign will be terribly fraught. But things could get much worse in the months after..