Kevin Roberts, Heritage Foundation President and author of Project 2025, his plan to “institute Trumpism” as the dominant factor in the functioning of our Federal Government, appeared on Steve Bannon’s now rudderless War Room podcast yesterday to discuss with the guest host his hopes for turning our barely functioning Democracy into a fascist hellscape of dictatorship by decree and accompanied, if need be apparently, by small arms fire.
Yes, the remarkably milquetoastesque Roberts, who looks like nothing so much as a hen-pecked husband in a 1950’s situation comedy, waxed all macho on the subject of “the left’s” possible resistance to his pet Project, promising “bloodshed” should we all not fall into line:
“The head of an organization behind an influential policy document expected to guide a potential second Donald Trump administration declared that there’s a revolution taking place right now.
And he appeared to deliver an ominous warning to “the radical left” as he spoke.
“We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless ― if the left allows it to be,” Kevin Roberts, president of the right-wing Heritage Foundation, said on Real America’s Voice.
Heritage is one of the groups behind Project 2025, a far-reaching document embraced by Trump allies that’s expected to form the nucleus of his agenda if he returns to the White House.
But it was the notion that there’s a revolution taking place now ― and the implication that it would only be “bloodless” in certain circumstances ― that had critics calling Roberts out on social media:
Well, “calling Roberts out” could be one way of putting it, but to me it looks more like “lining up to accept his challenge”:
This is absolutely chilling. This needs to be the top story in every newspaper and on every broadcaster tomorrow https://t.co/BE6Vk10ZSb
— Skylar Baker-Jordan (@SkylarJordan) July 3, 2024
Right you are, Skylar, everyone’s browser should be blighted by his ugly mug. All we really have to do to defeat Project 2025 is to expose it. The majority of America will hate it.
WTF??? The leader of Trump’s project 2025 plan just made a chilling threat “We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.” WHAT!? This is insane. We cannot allow Trump to win. pic.twitter.com/z1XZoOM0t6
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) July 3, 2024
Unfortunately, Harry, we also have to not allow it to be close.
They're no longer even trying to conceal it https://t.co/NTqA8Pcvfi
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 3, 2024
No, Robert, they’re not. They all want their tailored SS uniforms so badly they are rushing headlong…
A threat to fall in line, or it WON’T be a bloodless coup: https://t.co/67CbbJ6R9q
— Carrie Coon (@carriecoon) July 3, 2024
Yup
I’m not going to apologize for making the obvious analogy: if a Democrat explicitly threatened political violence like this, it be treated like the biggest scandal of the year, and every single member of the party would be required to denounce the offending individual https://t.co/ikMdcr2S60
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) July 3, 2024
If a Democrat posted this, we in his own party would condemn it…
Dear @heritage Foundation –
So, to translate, "As long as the left gives us everything we want (which includes no recreational sex), we won't use guns & violence."
This from the party that stormed the Capitol & put up a noose to hang the Vice President.https://t.co/mxxR6nBuv3 https://t.co/1ELZw3gj7s
— Robert Elisberg (@relisberg) July 3, 2024
Ironic, isn’t it? Irony is lost on these idiots.
I did not think they’d be dumb enough to go full
“People of Earth, surrender or be destroyed” on us. https://t.co/beGBHoNWnP— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) July 3, 2024
Don’t underestimate their stupidity, Jon…
Project 2025 is the MAGA @Heritage blueprint for the destruction of your rights, the beliefs and intent to turn into law their Christian nationalist values and the undermining of the democratic rules of law. Spread the word. This is fascism at work. https://t.co/Yh2TkEPu0G
— Some Velvet Blog (@somevelvetblog) July 3, 2024
Yup
I don’t know about ya’ll, but I do not enjoy being threatened by a nerd who looks like he keeps a year’s supply of freeze-dried Pop-Tarts in his basement bunker… and I’m betting neither do most other Americans.
MAGAs will apparently keep catering to their most extreme elements until they have driven away every possible ally they might have.
That’s very good.
🤦🏻♂️. Nyt: sure they goose-stepping… must be some new kind of line dancing. Maureen dowd: they look splendid ! (Allegedly now… in the future… )
Hey asshole…should it come to that maybe someone will dox YOU and you’ll jump to the top of the crosshairs list. All you rich suits think you’re invincible. Like the movie Godfather? Remember Michael’s speech to his brothers when Tom tells him he can’t kill a police captain? He said: Tom if history has taught us anything…anyone can be killed. That includes you ahole, so maybe you should tone down your nazi rhetoric. Your boys were certain the Reich was going to last a thousand years. Twelve years later Germany was a pile of rubble. FACT…YOU TRAITOROUS NAZI BASTARD.
Newsflash for bubba goose-step: we are more numerous, more intelligent, and likely as well armed than you morons so running and hiding is your best course of action. I do not know why bubba here thinks the majority of the country, all of them, won’t stop his nonsensical agenda but it will be priceless to see his expression when he gets the perp-walk into prison because that IS where he is headed.
President Biden can use his new official powers to round up these numbnuts and send them to Gitmo. This is not free speech.
This is hate of freedom and democracy. Very dangerous.
I bet if this idiot were to be confronted by one calm, unarmed person who voiced objections to his agenda, he would run and cower in his bunker (you know he has one!).
Hey thumbs down…phuck you too nazi lover!