With the return of Donald Trump to the White House for a 2nd term, fears of irreparable threats to US democracy and freedoms are neither abstract nor hyperbolic.
Americans and the rest of the world must believe Trump when he reveals his authoritarian plans and take these threats seriously. He has made clear he intends to deploy the military to crush protests; activate state national guards to deport millions of immigrants; build on his legacy of gutting reproductive freedoms by implementing a nationwide abortion ban; create a police state in which anyone he views as an “enemy” is surveilled and law enforcement agents are further empowered to use lethal force; and undermine the integrity of US elections.
Terrifying as these threats are, despair and resignation are not a strategy. Americans must be prepared to fight back!
A democracy means the right to protest, the right to debate, and the right to resist: Resist Trump!
