Crash Course: “Any Republicans wanna speak out now?”: Alarm after Trump shares “civil war” post

Conservative critics call out the GOP for their silence on Trump's escalating rhetoric: "They're terrified of him" Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkbz--P0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpihr66jGKO_YwGUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). [Donald-Trump] Scott Olson/Getty Images “Any Republicans wanna speak out now?”: Alarm after Trump shares “civil war” post Trump over the weekend "retruthed" a post invoking "civil war" on his Truth Social platform. "Nothing to see here," conservative attorney George Conway wrote. "Just a former president of the United States sharing a social media post advocating or predicting civil war in the United States. No biggie." Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., lashed out at his party's silence amid Trump's escalating rhetoric. "Any of my fellow Republicans wanna speak out now?" he tweeted. "Or are we just wanting to get through 'just one more election first…?'" Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., also slammed Trump's call for a "civil war." "Of course, like Vietnam and the walk to the Insurrection," he wrote, "he won't be man enough to fight it." [Read more from Igor Derysh](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkbz--P0RbaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMjMvYW55LXdhbm5hLXNwZWFrLW91dC1ub3ctYWxhcm0tYWZ0ZXItc2hhcmVzLWNpdmlsLXdhci1wb3N0L1cDc3BjQgpihr66jGKO_YwGUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). [Donald-Trump] Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images Trump considered a military coup: Would he have gotten away with it? As the Jan. 6 committee plans to hold public hearings, one question that demands much more public attention than it has gotten is how close Donald Trump came to invoking the Insurrection Act, declaring martial law, or to using other presidential emergency powers in an effort to nullify the 2020 election. Salon's Chauncey DeVega spoke with Elizabeth Goitein, co-director of the Brennan Center's Liberty & National Security Program, about the various scenarios through which Trump could have declared a "national emergency," perhaps including martial law, as a way of remaining in power — and whether that gambit would ultimately have worked. The president of the United States, she explains, has access to immense powers in a time of national emergency, many of which are secret and not subject to any effective oversight from Congress or the courts. 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[Billy-Graham-statue] Getty Images Southern Baptist scandal: It's no coincidence that anti-abortion churches protect sexual abusers "Shocking." 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As [Christianity Today bluntly noted](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkbz--P0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2hyaXN0aWFuaXR5dG9kYXkuY29tL25ld3MvMjAyMi9tYXkvc291dGhlcm4tYmFwdGlzdC1hYnVzZS1pbnZlc3RpZ2F0aW9uLXNiYy1lYy1sZWdhbC1zdXJ2aXZvcnMuaHRtbFcDc3BjQgpihr66jGKO_YwGUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), the convention had "a secret list of more than 700 abusive pastors," but "chose to protect the denomination from lawsuits" rather than the victims or potential future victims in the pews. Instead, protecting predators became the norm, and victims of abuse were frequently blamed. One victim, whose abuse started when she was 14, "was forced to apologize in front of the church," but forbidden to name the pastor who had forcibly impregnated her. But for feminists, none of this is shocking in the slightest. It lacks the element of surprise that the word implies. Not just because this whole situation is a retread of the sex scandals in the Roman Catholic Church, right down to the pattern of reassigning predatory pastors to new churches where they can begin abusing a fresh group of unsuspecting congregants. Like the Catholic Church, the SBC is one of the most virulently anti-choice religious groups in the country. 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Others saw a significant "public relations" risk in light of Kushner's relationship with Trump. "The reason this smells so bad," said Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis, "is that there is all sorts of evidence he did not receive this on the merits." [Read more from Jon Skolnik.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkbz--P0RuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMjMvc21lbGxzLXNvLWJhZC1uZXctcmVwb3J0LWRldGFpbHMtaG93LWt1c2huZXItcXVpY2tseS1jYXNoZWQtaW4tYWZ0ZXItbGVhdmluZy9XA3NwY0IKYoa-uoxijv2MBlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Have a tip for Salon? Feedback on this newsletter? [Let us know](mailto:brett.bachman@salon.com). Our mailing address: 1000 N. West Street, Suite 1200 Wilmington, DE 19801 [Unsubscribe from this list](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkbz--P0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL3Vuc3Vic2NyaWJlP2lkPUAzNTQzOTUyVwNzcGNCCmKGvrqMYo79jAZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Copyright © 2022 Crash Course, All rights reserved. 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