{"id":51326,"date":"2022-08-11T13:45:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T20:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=51326"},"modified":"2022-08-11T16:45:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T23:45:42","slug":"pro-trump-backlash-raises-violence-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=51326","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Trump backlash raises violence concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The stunning FBI search of former President Trump\u2019s Florida residence this week has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/28703147.20113\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9yZWd1bGF0aW9uL2NvdXJ0LWJhdHRsZXMvMzU5NjUxNy1wcm8tdHJ1bXAtYmFja2xhc2gtdG8tZmJpLXNlYXJjaC1mdWVscy1jb25jZXJuLW92ZXItcG9saXRpY2FsLXZpb2xlbmNlLz9lbWFpbD1iMGJlZmIyZGFmY2UzYTg3ZTdmMTM2YmIwNjU0ZGYwNTNmODQ1M2FjJmVtYWlsYT0xYTI3NTdlMzU4MDAxYmEyNjMxOGIwMmI4NmY0MTMxMSZlbWFpbGI9YzFiNTg5MWVjODJkZTA5ZGJjZjk3M2FkNDk1NDYwMzJlY2U3OTUwZmIzYTdlN2NhODZkZDljZmNjYWJlNjliOA\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB7637a6c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/28703147.20113\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9yZWd1bGF0aW9uL2NvdXJ0LWJhdHRsZXMvMzU5NjUxNy1wcm8tdHJ1bXAtYmFja2xhc2gtdG8tZmJpLXNlYXJjaC1mdWVscy1jb25jZXJuLW92ZXItcG9saXRpY2FsLXZpb2xlbmNlLz9lbWFpbD1iMGJlZmIyZGFmY2UzYTg3ZTdmMTM2YmIwNjU0ZGYwNTNmODQ1M2FjJmVtYWlsYT0xYTI3NTdlMzU4MDAxYmEyNjMxOGIwMmI4NmY0MTMxMSZlbWFpbGI9YzFiNTg5MWVjODJkZTA5ZGJjZjk3M2FkNDk1NDYwMzJlY2U3OTUwZmIzYTdlN2NhODZkZDljZmNjYWJlNjliOA\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB7637a6c8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1660347869557000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0lFOMsO06dZDLPLYfZP_07\">inspired a fierce backlash<\/a>\u00a0on the right, fueling concern among experts about the escalating risk of political violence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The response among Trump supporters has ranged from sharp criticism over the Justice Department\u2019s tactics to outright incendiary rhetoric, with Trump himself comparing the search of his home to the Nixon-era burglary of the Watergate complex.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some of Trump\u2019s most fervent backers described this week\u2019s legal development as reflecting a country in the midst of civil war, and in isolated cases some far-right extremists called for mobilization in response to what was depicted as an act of tyranny by lawless federal agents.<\/li>\n<li>Although the FBI\u2019s search was based on a warrant approved by a federal judge, that did not stop Republicans from claiming the probe arose from a desire to damage President Biden\u2019s\u00a0main rival rather than potentially criminal conduct linked to Trump.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe GOP\u2019s choice to turn a probe into the mishandling of classified documents into a cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre is dangerous, particularly given Trump\u2019s history of calling on private violence, mobs, and militias for support,\u201d said Rachel Kleinfeld, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. \u201cA democracy cannot allow anyone to be above the law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stunning FBI search of former&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51327,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51326\/revisions\/51327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}