Robert Reich has been a Trump watchdog, warning about the dangers of a tyrant, for some time. He like many of us are connecting the dots, not a conspiratorial connection, but one that is inferred from those willing to see through the fog.
Robert Reich explains why we must resist Trump
The rally at Berkeley over Yiannopoulos’ visit was out of character. It was evident that the riots were not organic. It seemed planted for a purpose. Robert Reich wrote the following recently.
As you may know, on Wednesday night, February 1, Berkeley gave Yiannopoulos a major forum to spout his racist and misogynistic vitriol. But police had to cancel the talk because about 150 masked agitators threw Molotov cocktails, smashed windows where Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak, and threw rocks and fireworks at the police – delivering made-for-TV images of a riot.
Reich has justifiable reasons to believe this was a setup influenced by Breitbart and he gave the following connect-the-dots rationale.
(1) Yinnopoulos writes for Breitbart News, which Steve Bannon – Trump’s strategy director – ran before joining Trump.
(2) Before Yiannopoulos speaks at Berkeley, Breitbart publishes an article saying that Yiannopoulos will call for the withdrawal of federal grants and the prosecution of university officials who endanger their students with their policies.
(3) Berkeley opens its doors to Yiannopoulos, but campus police have to cancel the event because of masked agitators.
(4) Hours later, Trump issues a misleading tweet, accusing the university of not allowing free speech and promoting violence against innocent people with different views, and threatening to withhold federal funds.
(5) The next night, Yiannopoulos on Fox News says the incident proves that universities like Berkeley don’t deserve federal grants by cracking down on free speech.
(6) That same night, on CNN, I raise the possibility that Yiannopoulos and Breitbart could have been collaborating with the agitators – saying “I wouldn’t bet against it.” This generates a belligerent column in Breitbart with a misleading headline calling me a liar for claiming that Breitbart News organized the riots.
I don’t want to add to the conspiratorial musings of so many about this very conspiratorial administration, but it strikes me there may be something worrying going on here.
I wouldn’t bet against it.
I witness a disruption at our protest in at Houston Intercontinental Airport from several likely plants as well. As the resistance build, we must be careful not to let violent infiltrators change the narrative, one that would grant the Trump administration the cover for a violent fascist crackdown.
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