by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Oh boy. Trump really screwed up by arresting Don Lemon. He’s just the type of guy who will be able to make himself a media martyr. Of course, this happens in the context of the US zooming towards an autocratic state.
But who knows what happens next. I can’t predict the future. Maybe this will seem like just a blip on our march to an autocratic state. My fear, of course, is that this is just the beginning.
My fear is that Trump will go after people like Stephen Colbert in a more direct way. Maybe that would be enough to get Colbert to run for president. Which, come to think of it, we have to accept that Trump is going to arrest whomever becomes the Democratic front runner in 2028.
That’s just accepted fact at this point.