Steve SchmidtVerified account

The clear meaning of the convention for America’s Trumpist minority is startling yet clear. In essence Trump asserted I AM THE TRUTH, I AM THE LAW, I AM THE STATE. He is not and this must be opposed. Trumpism is a fascistic enterprise. It stands apart from and is antithetical (6

to American values. Trumpism will not yield and retreat when faced with passive denial around what it clearly is. Trumpism has long teemed with menace and violence. Trump has encouraged the violence and celebrated it. He has legitimized it in tandem (7)

with his apologists, accomplices and enablers. They have collectively poisoned the country with a toxic media stew of Conspiracy, propaganda, lies, grievance, malice, nationalism and racial animus. A 17 year old was radicalized by Trumpism. He drove to Wisconsin and became a (8

killer. He is celebrated today as sometype of martyr across the the airwaves of extreme media. Who will he inspire next? Trump is fomenting chaos and violence in the name of law and order. A President’s duty is to calm the boiling passions of the moment as they yield to a new 9

Understanding of American justice and inclusion under the idea that in this land We are all created equal and that the promise of the country must be for everybody. Trump is inciting Americans against each other in the name of expanding his power. It isn’t just cynical it is (10

evil. Truly. That is what must be confronted Forcefully and fiercely everyday. Trump has desecrated his office, failed his duty and has attacked the greatest ideas and ideals of the country from within as the President of the United States. He has assaulted the rule of law (11

the Constitution, our instititutions, heroes, values and the foundation of our Union. He has failed history’s test more spectacularly then any American in our history with his blundering, stupidity, malice and incompetence. Covid has consumed American life and wrecked the exonomy

along with millions of American Dreams because Trump failed to protect the country. He has betrayed his oath and humiliated America. We are at the precipice of irreversible decline, weakness and danger. Our democracy is under assault from within. The burden of this moment falls13