An unholy Trinity: Trump, Bannon and the NRA's LaPierre
Newsweek
26 FEB 2017 AT 12:52 ET
Andy Parker
The unholy trinity. At the right hand of Trump sitteth the minister of propaganda, Steve Bannon. At the left hand sitteth National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, whose $30 million donation to the Trump campaign bought him a seat next to the throne. A year ago I opined that Trump had Hitleresque qualities. Some thought that sentiment might be a tad over the top. However, this troika has the look and the menace of 1930s Germany and is picking up steam with each passing day.
With the blessing from on high, Bannon is ramping up his efforts to undermine the First Amendment, control the media and feed the American people only what he wants them to know. He now has a powerful ally in LaPierre, leader of the NRA, who has gone even further off the deep end. Apocalyptic rhetoric, attacks on the media other than Fox News and the usual bogus claims that Democrats and “libtards” are out to confiscate Americans’ guns are standard fare for LaPierre.
His normal (for him) rhetoric has been ratcheted up to what is now a dangerous call to action. In Wayne’s world, recent town hall meetings are overrun with violent, young, paid demonstrators. In fact, while it is true that the audiences have been vocal, they consisted of constituents who were in large part middle-aged men and women and a lot of grandmas—people who run the risk of immediately feeling the devastating effects of the “deconstruction” of the government.
But these people weren’t paid or violent. They were like the nearly one million women who marched in D.C. the day after the inauguration, merely trying to hold their elected officials accountable. LaPierre’s rant included the “left-wing” judiciary, but now as the self-proclaimed leader of the “counter resistance” his main target is Americans who protest Trump.
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