His Lawless Actions and Call For Violence are Turning His Followers Against Him

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump reaches for his phone as he makes an announcement about a trade deal with the U.K., in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

 

David McAfee

Raw Story

President Donald Trump futilely tried to delete a Sunday night Truth Social rant, but his typo-filled fury was captured by various screen shots, The Daily Beast reported.

“Ther [sic] are laws that effect our nation," Trump posted, but then quickly deleted his message.

On Trump's second attempt at posting, he confused “effect” and “affect,” instead going with what The Daily Beast described as "the less problematic word" “impact” instead. 

Trump's edited version finally made it to Truth Social, with both ending in the taunt, "DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE!!!”

"Trump seemed to be quoting former U.S. Navy Commander Kirk Lippold, who now works as an inspirational speaker, as part of a rant against Democratic 'traitors,'" the Daily Beast reported.

Last week, six Democratic lawmakers with military and intelligence backgrounds released a video urging current U.S. service members to refuse any orders they deem unlawful, an action that aligns with U.S. military law.

Trump called them the “Seditious Six” and posted that the lawmakers, including former Navy captain and astronaut Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) had committed “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”

His latest tirade came after another of Trump's Truth Social tantrums, in which he used an offensive slur against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) "in a scathing post at Thanksgiving, where he also called out political correctness," the Daily Beast wrote

"There’s something wrong with him, absolutely, sure,” Trump told reporters Sunday on Air Force One, refusing to apologize.

The other set of Thugs. BY David McAfee

 

His People Are Turning Against Him

Ordinarily, an election in an area as conservative as Tennessee's 7th Congressional District isn't a major story. That district, which Donald Trump carried by 22 percent in 2024, typically goes hard-right — and a GOP victory comes as no surprise.

But on Tuesday, December 2 in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District, political strategists paid very close attention to a special election that found Democrat Aftyn Behn competing with Republican Matt Van Epps — who won, but by much smaller margins than Trump. The election became largely a referendum on Trump's second presidency, and according to conservative New York Times columnist David French, the election results are a very bad sign for Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms.

"The Republican candidate, Matt Van Epps, defeated his Democratic opponent, Aftyn Behn, by just under nine points," French explains. "In some places, a nine-point Republican margin is considered a resounding victory. But not in Tennessee 7. In 2024, the district voted for Donald Trump by a 22-point margin. At the same time, Mark Green, the Republican Van Epps succeeded last week, won reelection by 21 points. This is not a swing district or one that Democrats expect to win this side of the apocalypse."

 

The Never Trump conservative, a frequent guest on MS NOW, emphasizes that Behn didn't run as a centrist but rather, as a staunch progressive — and has been compared to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York). Yet she only lost by single digits in a deep-red district.

"That it was close at all was stunning, not least because Behn is hardly an ideological match for one of the most conservative districts in Tennessee," French argues. "She's been labeled — and not as a gesture of love and respect — the 'AOC of Tennessee.' She once posted, then deleted, during the George Floyd protests in 2020, 'Good morning, especially to the 54 percent of Americans that believe burning down a police station is justified.' Since the 7th District includes parts of Nashville, it was also unhelpful that Behn said on a podcast, also in 2020: 'I hate the city…. I hate country music.'"

The "MAGA faction," French laments, does the GOP a major disservice when it bashes "traditional conservatives."

"If you've been doing nothing but shedding support since Trump was sworn in," French argues, "and if the Democrats work to win over decent Republicans who are repulsed by what their party has become, then the gerrymandering party may be reminded of one of Solomon's most memorable proverbs: 'Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.'"