Are some of the candidates in the November 2024 election promoting crime?
This was posted by Baldwin:
https://x.com/SenatorBaldwin/status/1833996530434367522
The slogan on the sign has been used to support John Nicolas Roske’s attempt to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. This time, it is on a plain white sign, but sometimes the slogan has been accompanied by graphics overtly signifying violent intentions. Advocating the abortion of Supreme Court justices is advocating to kill them. Advocating the abortion of unborn babies is advocating to kill them, too. The use of the color red, symbolizing blood, fits with the message.
Some may to reduce it to a metaphor. Homicidal metaphors are not uncommon in politics. However, this sign was not created by politician, but by someone who is unknown, whose motives may have been more literal than metaphorical. There is a possibility that the intention of the sign was actually solicitation to assassinate Supreme Court justices. Sometimes ambiguity is an intentional component of threats.
Beyond that, abortion is not fair to the unborn baby. What is inflicted on aborted babies is the opposite of “domestic tranquility”, described in the preamble to Wisconsin’s state constitution:
We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings, form a more perfect government, insure domestic tranquility and promote the general welfare, do establish this constitution.
That Baldwin rejects the preamble to Wisconsin’s state constitution is also indicated by another post, which features someone holding a sign with a blasphemous message.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113285770878343625
In Wisconsin, voting after placing an election bet is a felony under 6.03(2). This is discussed in some previous posts, https://doorcounty.substack.com/t/gambling. It is unwise for any politician to advocate something which will cause voters to disqualify themselves. This is especially true for Republicans, since one of the 2024 platform planks promised that “Republicans Will Ensure Election Integrity”: https://prod-static.gop.com/media/RNC2024-Platform.pdf#page=21
Some may prefer to see Trump’s post only in context of his degree of support, as indicated by the betting odds showing that he is favored to win. While that could be the case, it remains that he brought up Polymarket’s off-shore betting in a positive light. No disclaimer was included. Was he ignorant of Wisconsin’s law? If so, his staff should have caught it.
This post received some attention among Trump supporters, with 2.61k people who reposted it and 9.44k people who liked it. With that many, some undoubtedly are from Wisconsin. If any Wisconsinites are led to bet in favor of Trump’s election as a result of this post, and then decide to vote, that means Trump himself is motivating election fraud. If any are prosecuted as a result, this is a terribly unfair way to treat your own supporters.
The following post is from the previous presidential election, and has gotten a considerable amount of negative attention in the media:
https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/1267555018128965643
These were not merely protestors, as Harris stated, but rioters. That this has still not been deleted after four years, suggests that she does not regret supporting them. Damage to the Twin Cities was estimated at $500 million: https://www.mnsenaterepublicans.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Review-of-Lawlessness-and-Government-Responses-to-Minnesotas-2020-Riots.pdf#page=6
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