By holding his first big 2024 rally in Waco, Texas, on the anniversary of its siege, Trump sends an unmistakable message to extremists. (via MaddowBlog)
The United States is a big country. When Donald Trump and his political operation were trying to choose the location of his first big rally of the 2024 campaign cycle, the former president had thousands of options.
But the former president instead settled on Texas — a state that doesn’t appear to have special strategic significance for Trump’s comeback bid. What’s more, the Republican had plenty of choices within the Lone Star State — Texas is massive, with nearly 270,000 square miles — before settling on the city with theOr put another way, Team Trump, with seemingly endless options, is holding its first big 2024 rally in Waco.
In other words, Reagan sent an unmistakable signal with his choice of events. Decades later, it’s hardly outlandish to believe Trump is doing something similar now. “Militia members and conspiracists,” the Chronicle’s editors added, “know exactly what Trump’s Waco visit symbolizes.”
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