EAll: The plausible deniability reading he was going for is that what they're doing is very legal and very cool, and will happen unless the left tries to illicitly use violence against them to stop it. But it was a little naked in the "oppose us and we will put you down with force" intent.

"We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the North allows it to be" Jefferson Davis, 1861

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

how is this not interpreted as a direct threat of violence?

The plausible deniability reading he was going for is that what they're doing is very legal and very cool, and will happen unless the left tries to illicitly use violence against them to stop it. But it was a little naked in the "oppose us and we will put you down with force" intent.

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