MSNBC Fearmongers: Mar-a-Lago Raid Will Trigger Terrorism Like OK City Bombing

With news of Trump’s home of Mar-a-Lago being raided by the FBI dominating the news, substitute host Dr. Jason Johnson brought on Washington PostDana Milbank, columnist Monday night’s ReidOutTo spread the fear that the news about the raid might inspire Timothy McVeigh, a later-day terrorist to carry out an act comparable to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing which killed 168 and wounded nearly 700.

After briefly asking DNC adviser Kurt Bardella about his reaction to the news (which was unsurprisingly joyful) Johnson then asked Milbank, “people who are politically connected to Trump, all the Republican members of Congress who go down to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring…I mean, Are there any members of Congress who have been checking their calendars right now to determine how long they were there, and whether or not they left anything incriminating??”

 

 

You must have a very strange mental space in order to assume that all Republicans can be considered career criminals if they carry at least one document or incriminating item. 

Milbank, however, responded with: 

So — uh, there’s a whole lot of reasons for a lot of people to be concerned, but there’s a reason we should all be concerned right at this moment because can you see in — uh, Donald Trump’s response to this that he is ready — uh, to turn up the heat, to turn people against the FBI, against the Justice Department, against the government…We know what happens — uh, when this anti-government rhetoric gets out of hand, and it can often be violent.

Johnson connected Milbank’s assertion to a similar claim he made in his forthcoming book The Destructionists, where he claims Newt Gingrich’s “Contract With America” was the beginning of the transformation of the GOP into its current state, before asking: “Are you concerned that the raid will result in domestic violence, domestic terror or other violent reactions as he says he was violated at his house??”

Milbank stretched his book’s thesis a little further than reality might allow:

Well Jason, God willing it won’t, but that is exactly — uh, the concern right now. And if you look at — to go back to the ’90s as — as you just were — uh, before the Oklahoma City bombing, there was a whole lot of things building up to that, a lot of smaller — uh, skirmishes and incidents, and a whole lot of heated rhetoric coming from — uh, Republican — uh, lawmakers, from conservative talk radio at the time — uh, and it got heated and more heated, and — and then we had that — that catastrophic event.

Unfortunately, Republicans are not new to the blame game for the Oklahoma City bombing. This was reported by the MRC right after the bombing.

As for the bomber’s true motivation, Timothy McVeigh stated in a letter published after his execution in 2001, “When an aggressor force continually launches attacks from a particular base of operations, it is sound military strategy to take the fight to the enemy.”

It is obvious that someone worried about federal excesses does not necessarily mean they are the same person who sees the federal government in enemy territory.

Finally, Trump supporters on the ground responded by… driving to Mar-a-Lago where they protested the raid using signs and flags.

But sure MSNBC, let’s paint all Republican officials and voters since the Clinton administration as potential domestic terrorists.

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MSNBC’s ReidOut
08/08/22
7:26.32 PM ET

JASON JOHNSON: Joining me right now is Kurt Bardella, adviser to the DNC and the DCC, and Dana Milback — uh, Dana Milbank, columnist for It Washington Post and author of The The 25-Year Crackdown of the Republican Party by DestructionistsTomorrow’s release is titled. 

Kurt, let me start with you. Your immediate reaction to the unexpected raid on Mar-a-Lago. Is it surprising? Do you feel thrilled? Do you jump up and down or are you thrilled? Was that your first reaction? 

KURT BARDELLA: I think we now know the reason why many Republicans discussed defunding FBI funding at CPAC last weekend. Uh — you know, I think that this is — this is unprecedented — I mean, and we cannot underscore and understate the fact that the former President of the United States’ residence, if you will, just got raided by the FBI. 

Uh, as I look at possible political outcomes, I believe that any Republican who spends their energy and time on the campaign trail begging Donald Trump for support or his endorsement is doing so at great risk. I doubt it will be good. 

The FBI has been examining your campaign for law and order while you are campaigning on the idea that it is the party with the most power.

JOHNSON: Unlike Vegas, what stay — what happens in Mar-a-Lago may not stay in Mar-a-Lago after this investigation. Kurt suggested that Dana was referring to people politically connected with Trump. This includes all Republican congressional members who travel to Mar-a-Lago in order to touch the ring. Are they worried right now? Do they think I left my business card in an inappropriate bathroom? Was this the right place or was it there? Do you know of any Congress members right now that are looking at their calendars in order to determine how many hours they’ve spent there? 

DANA MILBANK: Well it may well be and it’s — it’s a testament to Donald Trump’s — uh, malfeasance, that there are any number of things that this could be about. There are so many potential avenues of criminality and so many different — uh, people involved. 

So — uh, there’s a whole lot of reasons for a lot of people to be concerned, but there’s a reason we should all be concerned right at this moment because can you see in — uh, Donald Trump’s response to this that he is ready — uh, to turn up the heat, to turn people against the FBI, against the Justice Department, against the government. 

So — uh, even though it would be a normal procedure for the Justice Department — uh, to proceed in some secrecy, I think there’s a real public interest in them letting — uh, letting the public know — uh, what’s going on, getting some information out there, because we’re in a potentially dangerous — uh, period of time if — if Donald Trump, and possibly with support of Republicans, is going to use this — uh, to turn his people against the investigators, against the FBI, against the government. We know what happens — uh, when this anti-government rhetoric gets out of hand, and it can often be violent. 

JOHNSON: Dana, one of the — the sort of key theories in your book The Destructionists is talking about the fact that — you know, you trace this back to Newt Gingrich. You trace this back to the “Contract With America.” That is where the beginning of the Republican Party sort off going off the rails begins. 

With that in mind — it’s been almost 30 years since we saw that sort of transformation — what do you think is a potential worst-case scenario here? You know in — in August of — of 2018, two years into the Trump administration, he was tweeting about how he wanted Jeff Sessions to stop the witch hunt. He is now capable of literally forming a terrorist army in order to attack the Capitol. 

Are you concerned that the raid will result in domestic violence, domestic terror or other violent reactions as he says he was violated at his house? 

MILBANK: Well Jason, God willing it won’t, but that is exactly — uh, the concern right now. And if you look at — to go back to the ’90s as — as you just were — uh, before the Oklahoma City bombing, there was a whole lot of things building up to that, a lot of smaller — uh, skirmishes and incidents, and a whole lot of heated rhetoric coming from — uh, Republican — uh, lawmakers, from conservative talk radio at the time — uh, and it got heated and more heated, and — and then we had that — that catastrophic event. 

Uh, I — I think some people who follow these things closely are worried that we’ve been building towards — uh, just such a moment right now — uh, with the rising amount of — of violence we’ve seen from — uh, right-wing domestic terrorists who are — uh, the lion’s share of — uh, domestic terrorism right now.

Uh, so that is a very real concern — uh, and — but I think a lot of it will — uh, hinge on — uh, the reaction — uh, Trump has. Is he gonna sic his — uh, his army of — uh, Proud Boys and Oath Keepers on the United States government again, and what happens with — uh, his potential rivals and elected Republicans in Congress? Do they join in this — uh, anti-government fervor?

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