In any case, the violence of US politics, especially the so -called "right -wing extremism", has now become the attention of some scholars.In this way, domestic political violence is the true threat of American democracy.There is no doubt that Trump has promoted such violence.As far as Singapore's experience is concerned, it is necessary to legislate extremism, but it is only for cure. The way to regulate the root cause must also further explore the political and social roots of violence.
According to the US President Biden and the campaign team, the answer to this question is: Trump.Last Friday (January 6), Biden warned by the first re -election speech of this year's first re -election speech near Valley FORGE, Pennson that American democracy will face threats if Trump won the second term.He also compared Trump and Nazi Germany, saying that Trump "called those who opposed him as pests and Americans poisoned, which is exactly the same as the language used in Nazi Germany."
Trump immediately responded: "Biden's record is continuous weakness, incompetence, corruption, and failure ... This is why the cunning Joe held a sad and scattered campaign in Pennsylvania today."He pointed out that the United States" under the leadership of the cunning Joe Biden ", everything has not improved and a mess, and the United States is now a failed country, which has been influxed by" terrorists "and" psychiatric hospitals ", from the border between the United States and Mexico.Immigration trouble.
When Biden delivered a speech, the Trump's campaign team immediately issued a refutation on social media, saying that Biden and the radical left -wing Democrats were the biggest threat to democracy in the history of the United States.In this way, the threat of US democracy (politics) is Biden.The United States Republican and Democratic fights endlessly, and when they try to discredit each other, they seem to be telling the world that the threat of American democracy comes from inside.
The United States is scheduled to hold the next presidential election in November this year. The Republican Party's in -party primary election has not yet begun, but Biden has obviously regarded Trump as the most likely opponent and bombarded it violently.Highlighting Trump's threat to democracy and defending American democracy will become the main axis of the election of the Biden team.But who is the threat of American democracy, in fact, there is no obvious answer, at least many Americans still don't understand.People who support Trump still support him as usual.
Foreign intervention in US elections has been considered a major threat to American democracy.On December 20, 2023, the US Voice -over website published a comment that in the past elections, the interference of foreign governments has always been the core topic of domestic narrative, especially in Russian agents invaded the Democratic Party in 2016 and helped helpAfter publishing these emails.U.S. officials said Russia did like to help Republican candidates Trump defeated Democratic opponents Hillary.Four years later, Trump often claims to have voters fraud and other issues in 2020.
Trump certainly denied the so -called "Tong Russia".After a while, this incident was gone.But Trump has brought unheard of changes to the United States democratic politics.Among them, the biggest impact was that Trump was unwilling to accept the defeat, which led to the Capitol Robe on January 6, 2021.The US Presidential Regime has never been replaced and has never happened. Not only is the election results questioned, but the defeat party also tried to overthrow through violence.
The Democratic Party stated that Trump was the mastermind of the incident, so he filed a criminal lawsuit against him.One day Trump's crime of inciting parliamentary mountain riots, the Democratic Party could be able to characterize him as a threat of democracy.But for now, Trump has still received the highest support rate in the Republican Party, although he has been litigation.If he can come back at the end of this year, history will be rewritten.At that time, Biden could in turn that were qualitatively characterized as democratic sinner.This is the winner as the king.
As the Biden camp set the main axis of the campaign as maintaining democracy, and directly pointing the spearr to Trump, who is the threat of American democracy, it should be focused on the country, not foreign intervention.Biden selected a speech near the Valley Valley of Pennsylvania, which has the symbolic significance of defending democracy.Because Furuki Valley is a historical site that Washington has gathered the U.S. military nearly 250 years ago and fights with British colonial rulers.Selected the date on the third anniversary of the violent impact of the Congress Building, the targetedness was greater.
Biden said in his speech: "Trump will not do what the US president must do. He refuses to condemn political violence ... So please hear clearly, I will say what Trump can't say--Political violence will never be accepted in the political system in the United States. "
These words may inadvertently point out the real threat facing the United States' democracy today, that is, the increasing growth of political violence.Capitol riots are naked violent incidents.Americans finally see that the violence demonstration is not "a beautiful landscape" (Peroisi described in Hong Kong's riots in the former House of Representatives).On the day of the incident, thousands of Trump supporters rushed into the parliamentary building to try to prevent Congress from certifying the victory of Biden's election.The Federal Investigation Agency said that 1240 people have been accused of participating in violent activities so far, of which 452 were accused of attacking law enforcement officers, and more than 900 people have been convicted or convicted.Trump claims that people participating in the riots are "patriots", saying that those who are serving sentences are "hostages" and promised that if he was elected again, she would forgive them.
Trump faces 91 felony allegations in four jurisdictions, including the Federal Level and Georgia State Prosecutor, accusing him trying to overthrow the results of the 2020 election.The Supreme Court of Colorado made a decision with four to three votes in December last year. It ruled that Trump did not have the qualifications of the presidential election in the party's election due to the Capitol.Trump immediately appealed to the Federal Supreme Court, and the court had decided to accept it. The case was scheduled to start the trial in February this year.It is worth noting that six of the nine judges of the Supreme Court were appointed by the Republican President, and three of them were appointed by Trump himself.As a result, we can only wait and see.
In any case, the violence of US politics, especially the so -called "right -wing extremism", has now become the attention of some scholars.Matthew Levitt, an expert in US research terrorism, said that the United States has become the output country of right -wing extremism.Bruce Hoffman, two scholars in the United States, and Jacob Ware have recently published a special article in foreign affairs magazines that the United States has become the main exporter of white supremacy.They cited many examples to explain this, and this article will not repeat it.
They believe that this kind of political violence has a profound impact on the status of the United States, which has led to the United States as a country that is declining, split and fragile.As a result, the United States must also use more resources to bridge domestic differences, and it cannot be confident to handle various major world issues, such as climate change, preventing major epidemic diseases and maintaining international order.What should the United States do?The answer given by the author is: a new domestic terrorist law must be introduced so that the Ministry of Justice can characterize various domestic violence extremist groups and individuals in accordance with the law as domestic terrorists.Such a law can send a clear information: democracy does not have violence.
So, domestic political violence is the true threat of American democracy.There is no doubt that Trump has promoted such violence.As far as Singapore's experience is concerned, it is necessary to legislate extremism, but it is only for cure. The way to regulate the root cause must also further explore the political and social roots of violence.For example, is there a long -used old system that has been used, and can't keep up with the changes in the times?Has the original democratic system changed?Such problems such as such a simple solution.
The author is a former journalist, a former member of the Congress
