The Guardian covers The Court of History's latest event
This morning, The Guardian published the article “Republicans terrified of crossing Trump due to physical threats, Democrat says”.
The piece recounts Rep. Eric Swalwell’s remarks on the February 18 Court of History panel, where he explained that Republicans on Capitol Hill now hesitate to publicly criticize Donald Trump’s policies because they fear violent retaliation against them and their families.
As quoted in The Guardian, Rep. Swalwell explained:
I have a lot of friends who are Republicans. They are terrified of being the tallest poppy in the field, and it’s not as simple as being afraid of being primaried and losing their job. They know that that can happen.
It’s more more personal. It’s their personal safety that they’re afraid of, and they have spouses and family members saying, ‘Do not do this, it’s not worth it, it will change our lives forever. We will have to hire around-the-clock security.’ Life can be very uncomfortable for your children.
That is real, because when Musk tweets at somebody, or Trump tweets at somebody, or calls somebody out, their lives are turned upside down.
When he tweets at you, people make threats, and you have to take people at their word. And so that is a real thing that my colleagues struggle with.
Listen to the original on YouTube:
Our panelist Bradley Moss, lawyer for the anonymous FBI agents, is quoted underscoring that the bully tactics extend beyond elected officials:
“Donald Trump literally held up a photo of my boss, called him out by name, said he was scum, was a liar, etc,” Moss said during the webinar. “Next day, I woke up to, like, 150 voicemails. Texts were flooded throughout my inbox. We were getting death threats like crazy, and there was actually at least one gentleman who went to prison for making threats against my boss.”
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