Public Comment

In a media post, Trump predicted that “potential death and destruction” may result if the Manhattan district attorney charges him for paying hush-money to a porn star during the 2016 presidential election. At his rally in Waco, Texas, he again railed at what he called the district attorney’s “prosecutorial misconduct” for following the law. (After all, he has dodged the law for so long.) 

These rants come awfully close to an attempt by Trump to incite another January 6-type riot. Trump is taking advantage of his possible indictment by sending out numerous fundraising emails asking his supporters to donate to his third presidential campaign. 

Normally, I would expect Trump’s behavior to alienate likely voters. Instead, however, it has helped him to surge ahead of Gov. Ron DeSantis in the polls. 

Americans — be afraid, very afraid.