Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Expert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Expert</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BreaksDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BreaksDown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ConvictedFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConvictedFelon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MadisonSquareGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MadisonSquareGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rally</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuthBenGhiat</span></a> also <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/exposed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exposed</span></a> the real <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/purpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purpose</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/claim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>claim</span></a> repeatedly made at the event. </p><p>When speakers claimed that “<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/they" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>they</span></a>” had tried to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/assassinate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assassinate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, she responded: “The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/purpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purpose</span></a> of this is to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/conjure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conjure</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/threat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> sufficient to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/justify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justify</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>action</span></a> if they win. Old <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trick</span></a> of those <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coups</span></a> as well.” </p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ruth-ben-ghiat-donald-trump-msg-rally_n_671f2c1ee4b0a55cb4cd824b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/ruth-ben-gh</span><span class="invisible">iat-donald-trump-msg-rally_n_671f2c1ee4b0a55cb4cd824b</span></a></p>