Some of us have serious doubts that Trump will run in 2024. He is not getting younger, his support is trickling down, and there are some serious criminal issues right on the horizon. It may be tough.

He may also be terrified of losing.

But some people with, admittedly, more experience in politics than us, say it will happen and it will be as dangerous as ever. We don’t doubt that it would be exceedingly dangerous were it to happen. According to Steven Schmidt:

“Donald Trump will be the GOP nominee in 2024. The 2022 and 2024 elections will decide if democracy survives in this country. It is as simple as that. Donald Trump repeatedly asked advisors to cancel the 2020 election because of Covid. He wanted the US military to open fire against peaceful protesters. He is profoundly dangerous. His movement is profoundly dangerous.”

We certainly do not doubt that 2022 and 2024 are putting democracy on the line or that Trump is profoundly dangerous. Additionally, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are doing all they can to ensure that Republicans are ushered into office in 2022.

Schmidt goes on:

“They have become faithless to the Republic. They have chosen power over patriotism and in doing so have desecrated the sacrifice of every American Patriot who has ever fought to preserve and expand liberty. Delusions around who these people are and what they will do if they take political power in this country again are just as crazy, and maybe more so, than the worst of the anti vaccine insanity.”

NO one is under any illusions regarding the Republican resentment of democracy. We saw it played out in real-time when McConnell and McCarthy rejected a bipartisan investigation into January 6th. January 6th itself was an attack on democracy and so is every single day that Trump says he won the election, which is every day.

See the Tweet thread below:

https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES/status/1418948015923122188

against peaceful protesters. He is profoundly dangerous. His movement is profoundly dangerous. Trump has embraced and emboldened extremist groups that include neo Nazi’s, white supremacists, fascist thugs, violent militias, anti semites and conspiracy loons. Trumps extremist

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) July 24, 2021

movement is sustained by donations from some of the largest companies and richest individuals in America. It is fueled by a Propaganda lie-machine that is hubbed by @FoxNews and sustained by a cacophony of lies and insanities that are spewed forth by lesser propagandists on

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) July 24, 2021

Talk radio, newspapers, streaming services ect. Trump and his lieutenants like @GOPLeader @GregAbbott_TX @tedcruz @RepMTG @laurenboebert @mattgaetz @Jim_Jordan @EliseStefanik @HawleyMO @TuckerCarlson have made their intentions perfectly clear. They have become faithless to

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) July 24, 2021

the Republic. They have chosen power over patriotism and in doing so have desecrated the sacrifice of every American Patriot who has ever fought to preserve and expand liberty. Delusions around who these people are and what they will do if they take political power in this

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) July 24, 2021

country again are just as crazy, and maybe more so, than the worst of the anti vaccine insanity. We have no excuses with regard to understanding the danger, corruption, lying, malice and bad faith of Trump and his movement. American democracy won’t be lost in a coup or

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) July 24, 2021

insurrection. It will be lost in an election where the autocrats and fascists that have screamed their hostility to our highest ideals from the rooftop gets more votes than the pro democracy side. There will always be more people in America who reject autocracy and Trump than

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) July 24, 2021

Support him. The question is whether there are going to be enough to fight back against this or not. These two things can both be true. Joe Biden is a good man and doing a great job as @potus. Donald Trump and his fascist movement have had a very good 7 months. They aren’t

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) July 24, 2021

https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES/status/1418948031995654144

https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES/status/1418948033459392522

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