This reflects a pattern of behavior by far-right activists. They have been trying to terrify their fellow Republicans to believe that trans people or liberals were trying to kill them.
Fox News almost every week for the past 20 years has exaggerated crime incidents in Democratic-voting cities. This is what Trump is drawing upon when he illegally sends soldiers into civilian areas. https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/study-fox-prime-time-hosts-turn-crime-political-weapon-against-democrats
Matthew Sheffield
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