The Faux Prophecy Of The Screamers.

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Why is the Trump administration doing it's best to provoke violent clashes in American cities like Portland while simultaneously serving it all up, red hot, for the TeeVee?

Because, as Michael Grynbaum of the New York Times reports, it makes for fantastic fodder for the screamers:

To his legions of listeners, Rush Limbaugh calls the demonstrators in Portland, Ore., “anarchists” who “hate Americans and America.” He recently made an ominous prediction: “I can see secession coming.”

On Fox News, Sean Hannity describes the scene in Portland as “a literal disaster area — and, yeah, it looks like a war zone.”

On Wednesday, Breitbart News — which features a “Riot Crackdown” page on its website — published an article declaring, “Now would be a real good time to do whatever is necessary to obtain a permit to legally carry a handgun.”

Right-wing outlets and conservative media stars have seized on the weekslong protests in Portland as a rallying cry for law and order, instructing their followers to fear for their safety and blaming Democratic leaders for failing to restore peace...


And if a rampaging secret police force that is literally wearing camouflagish brownshirts can provoke a truly violent response, well, who cares if it destroys a once great country as long as it proves the screamers right.

Right?


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