(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Trump confirms the worst, most authoritarian plans of Project 2025 with "Operation Aurora" [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-10-15 After Trump was gifted the White House the first time there was a spontaneous response, a march on Washington then called the “Women’s March.” This week Trump verbally confirmed that if this type of event re-occurs, he will use Active Duty Military to violently put down this kind of demonstration and protests against him. x x YouTube Video In a Sunday interview on Fox News, host Maria Bartiromo asked the Republican presidential nominee if he was "expecting chaos on election day." "Not from the side that votes for Trump," Trump replied. "I think the bigger problem is the enemy from within, not even the people that have come in and destroying our country, by the way, totally destroying our country, the towns, the villages, they're being inundated. "But I don't think they're the problem in terms of election day," he continued. "I think the bigger problem are the people from within. We have some very bad people. We have some sick people, radical left lunatics." "And I think they're the big, and it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military, because they can't let that happen." Yeah, right. ok. Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said that Trump is quite serious with these comments. x x YouTube Video Mark Esper joined CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins on Monday night on her show, "The Source," and said he always takes the words of political leaders seriously, and this time is no different. "Absolutely. He's spoken about this before. If you recall a year or so he spoke about a second term being about retribution so yes. I do think we should take those words seriously." Esper wrote in his book that Trump once asked if 2020 protesters against police brutality could be shot. When asked if he feared Trump could use the National Guard against Americans, Esper again replied, "Yes I do of course, because I lived through that." He recalled that Trump wanted to use military force in cities such as Seattle, Portland and Chicago. "That's what equally concerns me about his comment would be the use of the military in these types of things," he said. He’s also planning to use the “Alien Enemies Act” to justify using the military to round up Millions of Immigrants and place them in detention camps prior to forced deportation, which he calls “Operation Aurora.” x x YouTube Video Donald Trump’s Operation Aurora pitch could have significant impact in swing state Pennsylvania, where some voters may see it as a necessary public safety measure, and others may consider it an overreach that unfairly targets immigrants. Trump has made immigration a major talking point during his many rallies, including several visits to Pennsylvania. Operation Aurora could resonate with supporters in some communities where immigration policy is viewed as a key difference between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. But, it’s likely to harden anti-Trump sentiments in urban centers like Philadelphia and Pittsburgh where immigration is seen as more of a human-rights issue. He will use the “invasion” of migrants entering America to claim that they have engaged in a “WAR” against America and use this to invoke Presidential War Powers to skip past due process and round people up by the Millions. Before you say “It can’t happen here” America did this before with the internment of Japanese-American citizens during WWII. This procedufe was challenged all the way to the Supreme Court -— and because of the intense fear of the “Yellow Menace” it WON. The Internment of AMERICAN CITIZENS was sustained. Think about that and look at the irrational fear that Trump and Vance are trying to gin up against migrants in Springfield Ohio, and Aurora Colorado. (Oh, right “Project Aurora” I get it) Both of these are, of course, Hoaxes and Lies. Please recall that General Milley has been documented as saying that Trump is a “Total Fascist.” Retired Army Gen. Mark Milley, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, now says Trump is a “total fascist” and “fascist to the core,” according to a forthcoming book by Bob Woodward, the famed Watergate journalist. “He is the most dangerous person ever,” Milley told Woodward for his book “War,” according to The Guardian. “I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize he’s a total fascist. He is now the most dangerous person to this country.” Also recall that Trump his Federal Agents and Officers dispersed the crowd at Layfayette Park which — at the time — was entirely peaceful. This is what he saying should start happening after the election — assuming that he is the winner. This is the threat that he poses directly against the American people. So he’s done this before, and he’s more than ready to do it again — even more violently. What’s worse though, is that even though Trump has said all this with his own mouth, his own supporters are not likely to believe him. Donald Trump voters who spoke to the New York Times during a Detroit MAGA rally last week told a reporter they were voting for the former president because they didn’t believe his threats. The Times' reporter listed several ominous promises the GOP presidential nominee has made over and over again, including mass deportations of immigrants, a vow to be a dictator on “day one,” and weaponizing the Department of Justice against his enemies. And his supporters brushed them off as empty threats. “The former president has talked about weaponizing the Justice Department and jailing political opponents . He has said he would purge the government of non-loyalists and that he would have trouble hiring anyone who admits that the 2020 election wasn’t stolen. He proposed ‘ one really violent day ’ in which police officers could get “extraordinarily rough” with impunity. He has promised mass deportations and predicted it would be ‘ a bloody story ,’” the report stated. “And while many of his supporters thrill at such talk, there are plenty of others who figure it’s all just part of some big act. A lot of people are happy to vote for him because they simply do not believe he will do many of the things he says he will.” “I think the media blows stuff out of proportion for sensationalism,” Mario Fachini told the Times. Asked specifically if he believed threats to fill the federal government with Trump allies, Fachini said, “I don’t.” He added, “It could just be for publicity, just riling up the news.” Another voter, Mary Burney, shrugged off threats to prosecute Trump’s opponents. “I don’t think that’s on his list of things to do,” she said. “No, no.” Tom Pierce didn’t believe the mass deportation claims. “He may say things, and then it gets people all upset, but then he turns around and he says, ‘No, I’m not doing that.’ he said. “It’s a negotiation. But people don’t understand that.” When a Fascist admits what he is — believe him. He can not be allowed back into power. Ever. 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