U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL). largely seen as pushing Speaker Kevin McCarthy‘s Republican-majority House of Representatives toward shutting down the federal government, is praising and promoting remarks made by a freshman GOP lawmaker that appear to suggest the use of violence. U.S. Rep. Eli Crane‘s comments, posted Friday (below), call for change “through force,” remarks echoing Congressman Gaetz’s recent comments which were denounced by an expert on authoritarianism as fascistic.
“The only way we’re going to see meaningful change in this town is through force,” wrote Congressman Crane, Republican of Arizona atop a three-minute video in which he frames what is now an almost guaranteed government shutdown as a “spending fight.” In his video he says, “the only way you’re gonna get any change in this town is through force.” Gaetz in August had said, “we know that only through force do we make any change in a corrupt town like Washington, D.C.”
Why would anyone be shocked by Gaetz calling for violence when for the last number of years the US has recognized that fascism rules the Republican Party?
Terri Quint
Shocked my acquaintance today by telling her that our common neighbor could NOT be a good person while sporting a TRUMP- F*** YOUR FEELINGS bumper sticker. Republicans have lost their way and too many are willing to step over the cliff with them into fascism. It’s the Weimar Republic 2.0