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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mona Charen

Fear factor in Republican politics is dead serious

President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with outgoing Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, during an Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of Milley at Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall Friday, in Fort Meyer, Va. Milley has said he’ll take “appropriate measures” to ensure his safety after Donald Trump suggested he was a traitor who deserved to be executed. (Alex Brandon/AP)

In the hundred-thousandth example of his disordered psyche, the former president has stated on his social network that Gen. Mark Milley is guilty of “treason.”   

This is not new, but that shouldn’t diminish our outrage. On at least 24 occasions, the former president has accused critics of treason. Now Donald Trump has upped the ante by including a reference to the death penalty. Trump knows full well that some of his more rabid followers may interpret this as an invitation to assassination. That thuggishness, that play of the finger near the trigger, places Trump in a category all his own in American politics.

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