

‘cartel threats’ is a lie.
Agreed. The phrasing was they had to move “citing danger from criminals, adversaries overseas and protesters”. The placement of the “overseas” qualifier strikes me as deliberate; I think plenty domestic adversaries are ready to take action, and I for one would not call them criminals. In that I guess I disagree that “perpetrators are always maga”.
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Always throwing protesters in with criminals is another thing that really sucks about this rhetoric.











Or this not only serves the narrative but is also pre-emptive: they already know some even worse shit will go down very soon - because they will be responsible for it.