Mehdi Hasan on San Diego: Trump Uses ‘Fascistic Language’ to Call for Violence

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HASAN: "Much darker. And the fact that he said it before, he always tries out these lines, always at rallies and then he escalates. And what’s so depressing, as Daniel Dale and other reporters have pointed out, is that when these rallies happen now, we become almost numb, both to the calls for violence, the fascistic language, the entire spectacle is fascistic, and therefore, it's reported on as oh, Trump takes a dig at his opponents, Trump makes provocative remarks. But as you say, it’s much darker than that. This is a president who is willing to incite violence against Democrats, against minorities. He’s now talking about having purged scum from the FBI and the CIA, which is something I never thought in my lifetime I would hear a Republican president not just say, but get cheered for. I’ve said it before in print and elsewhere. I worry that when time comes for him to lose, if he loses the next election, he won’t leave because he spent years inciting violence, creating an atmosphere where he has this cult movement behind him.”