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Presidential candidate Andrew Yang warns of a possible violent reaction from Trump supporters. |
Trump warned in a Breitbart interview that his supporters could “play tough” and make things “very, very bad” if they “reach a certain point.” Police, the military and Bikers for Trump would be on his side. Tump implied that his supporters would rise up if his opponents made things "very, very bad."
“I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of Bikers for Trump,” he said. “I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough until they go to a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad,” he told the conservative news outlet.
In a video from late last year but tweeted out Thursday (Mar. 14) by Ryan Saavedra, Yang is speaking at a workshop called "A Glance at U.S. Politics from Asian Americans," and he lays out a frightening vision of what he thinks white supremacists will do as their population majority shrinks.
"So now that I'm running for president, I've learned more about the Asian American place in society. And one thing that scares the heck out of me is that this country is heading toward becoming majority minority by 2045. That's 27 years from now.
"And so there's a very happy notion in some quarters that the country will just become more tolerant as it gets more diverse. They just figure the math will take care of it, because if you have enough people, everyone will just have to get along.
"Unfortunately, that is not really the way things play out if you look at historical examples. There are very, very few examples in human history of a dominant racial or ethnic group giving up its dominance over time. ... And so if you look at what's happening now in this country, you can see an increasingly insecure white majority becoming more and more hostile, truly.
Since Trump has taken some economic measures against China, the tension contneus to grow between the U.S. and China all over the world, Yang believes Trump and the white supremacists will turn their attention to Asian Americans.
"...I think we're one generation away from falling into the same camps as the Jews, who were attacked in a synagogue in Pittsburgh like just a couple months ago," Yang said. "It's like we're probably one generation away from Americans shooting up a bunch of Asians saying like, you know, 'Damn the Chinese,' because there's a giant cold war even more with China. That is the great danger that I fear that my children are going to grow up in."
As far-fetched as Yang's predictions might sound, Trump's statements are even more frightening. In campaign rallies, he often gets carried away and encourages violence against protestors and the media. It’s “clear” from his repeated comments that he’s suggesting his supporters from the military, law enforcement and bikers “could be tempted to rise up if things don’t go Trump’s way,” the Post noted.
The likelihood of Yang's warnings coming true are very small although some unstable individuals have taken it upon themselves to commit violence against perceived Trump opponents or targets of his derision.
Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney and convicted felon, warned that if Trump didn’t win the 2020 election, there might be violence.
“Given my experience working for Mr. Trump, I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power,” Cohen told the House oversight committee.
"So now that I'm running for president, I've learned more about the Asian American place in society. And one thing that scares the heck out of me is that this country is heading toward becoming majority minority by 2045. That's 27 years from now.
"And so there's a very happy notion in some quarters that the country will just become more tolerant as it gets more diverse. They just figure the math will take care of it, because if you have enough people, everyone will just have to get along.
"Unfortunately, that is not really the way things play out if you look at historical examples. There are very, very few examples in human history of a dominant racial or ethnic group giving up its dominance over time. ... And so if you look at what's happening now in this country, you can see an increasingly insecure white majority becoming more and more hostile, truly.
Since Trump has taken some economic measures against China, the tension contneus to grow between the U.S. and China all over the world, Yang believes Trump and the white supremacists will turn their attention to Asian Americans.
"...I think we're one generation away from falling into the same camps as the Jews, who were attacked in a synagogue in Pittsburgh like just a couple months ago," Yang said. "It's like we're probably one generation away from Americans shooting up a bunch of Asians saying like, you know, 'Damn the Chinese,' because there's a giant cold war even more with China. That is the great danger that I fear that my children are going to grow up in."
As far-fetched as Yang's predictions might sound, Trump's statements are even more frightening. In campaign rallies, he often gets carried away and encourages violence against protestors and the media. It’s “clear” from his repeated comments that he’s suggesting his supporters from the military, law enforcement and bikers “could be tempted to rise up if things don’t go Trump’s way,” the Post noted.
The likelihood of Yang's warnings coming true are very small although some unstable individuals have taken it upon themselves to commit violence against perceived Trump opponents or targets of his derision.
Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney and convicted felon, warned that if Trump didn’t win the 2020 election, there might be violence.
“Given my experience working for Mr. Trump, I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power,” Cohen told the House oversight committee.
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