Stoking Division
2016
2016-08-22 During a speech Trump said, “You could go to war zones in countries we’re fighting and it’s safer than living in some of our inner cities that are run by the Democrats”.
2017
2017-01-20 In his inaugural address, Trump said the political establishment protected itself rather than ordinary citizens.
2018
2018-02-05 During a speech Trump accused Democrats of treason.
LINK REMOVED? https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-tax-reform-4/
2019
2019-03-01 Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted and harassed Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg and promoted claims that he was funded by George Soros
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/27/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-david-hogg-video
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-55849877
https://wassermanschultz.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2578
2020
2020-07-07 Julie Kelly published “Disloyal Opposition: How the NeverTrump Right Tried—and Failed—to Take Down the President”.
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU08/20220121/114349/HHRG-117-JU08-Bio-KellyJ-20220121.pdf
2020-12-15 After Biden won Trump posted, “This Fake election can no longer stand. Get moving Republicans”.
2020-12-19 Trump posted, “Big protest in D.C on january 6th Be there, will be wild!”
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-19-2020
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-january-6-univision-town-hall/
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/january-6-committee-hearing-trump-extremists/
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/7/13/trump_summoned_mob_after_unhinged_meeting
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62140410
2022
2022-01-01 Julie Kelly published “January 6: How Democrats Used the Capitol Protest to Launch a War on Terror Against the Political Right”.
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU08/20220121/114349/HHRG-117-JU08-Bio-KellyJ-20220121.pdf
2022-03-29 Kash Patel published a politically biased children’s book The Plot Against the King, featuring King Donald, Hillary’s horrible plot, and Komey’s spying slugs.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5213692
2023
2023-02-08 Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders framed politics as a choice between “normal or crazy”, accused Democrats of promoting “woke fantasies.” and asserted that Republicans “are under attack in a left-wing culture war”.
2024 February
2024-02-23 At CPAC, Kash Patel called for building an “army” to help Trump fight the media, the deep state, education systems, and border policies
https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/kash-patel-speaks-at-cpac/638926
July
2024-07-26 A news article quoted JD Vance, ”…the rejection of the American family…is perhaps the most pernicious and evil thing the left has done…”.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/26/trump-running-mate-jd-vance-defends-childless-cat-ladies.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw
2024 August
2024-08-03 Jack Posobiec’s book “Unhumans” argued that left-wing movements undermine civilization and promoted themes associated with anti-communist political activism. This person also promoted the Pizzagate.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5303473/jack-posobiec-bessent-hegseth-europe-influencer
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/us/politics/republican-national-committee-2024-posobiec.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw
2024-08-07 During a Shelby Police Department memorial service JD Vance politicized an officer’s death and blamed Kamala Harris policies for it.
2025 June
2025-06-08 Stephen Miller claimed protests in Los Angeles were “an insurrection against the laws and sovereignty of the United States”.
2025-06-28 Trump posted on social media, “Republicans must remember that they are fighting against a very evil, corrupt and, in many ways, incompetent (Policywise!) group of people, who would rather see our Country “go down in flames” than do the right thing”.
https://trump-archive.com/item/8e6ef9ad-fb7e-4487-94e4-7167d4984822
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114764221948518343
2025 August
2025-08-25 During an interview with Sean Hannity, Stephen Miller claimed that Democrats are a domestic extremist group.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377384186112
2025 September 9
2025-09-09 Newsmax host Rob Schmidt villainized, “For the last several years the Democrats have destabilized this country by installing agents of chaos…” and suggested Democrats are trying to “intentionally sabotage the country” and “shred faith in the system”.
2025 September 12
2025-09-12 In an interview with Fox, Trump said “radicals on the right are radical because they don’t want crime” but that “radicals on the left are the problem”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxzScV6HXyk
2025 September 14
2025-09-14 During a prayer vigil for Kirk, Kari Lake claimed the suspect was “brainwashed” by woke and then warned not to send their children to universities, which she labeled “indoctrination camps”. Kari Lake also stirred controversy in 2022 when she demanded ballots be counted by hand.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kari-lake-blames-college-indoctrination-for-charlie-kirks-death/
2025 September 24
2025-09-24 JD Vance blamed Democrats for political violence during a speech in Concord, North Carolina.
2025 October
2025-10-09 The administration announced plans for a divisive Turning Point USA–affiliated “All American Halftime Show” in response to Bad Bunny set to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show.
2026 February
2026-02-08 Multiple far-right commentators complained that the Superbowl halftime show was divisive, sexualized, and too Spanish.
https://x.com/lauraloomer/status/2020670509613015491?s=46&t=ur2P5MSMSrGDxyzhmgAjQw
https://time.com/7376165/ogles-bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-sexual-lyrics-congress-investigation/
https://abcnews.com/US/trump-calls-bad-bunnys-super-bowl-halftime-show/story?id=129980124
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116038200403048483
2026 March
2026-03-22 Trump posted on social media, “Now with the death of Iran, the greatest enemy America has is the Radical Left, Highly Incompetent, Democrat Party! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87lyEmlTfP0&list=WL&index=2&t=58s
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116272810363139207
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116269463539535135
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116272713025328785
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116273343074887409
2026-03-26 Benny Johnson told CPAC attendees to “out-breed” liberals, “Having children and starting a family is the culture war right there”, and “Because the left, we’re gonna just outbreed them! Can I get a witness? Can I get an amen? We’re just going to outbreed the left. You ever met a lib?”.
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/maga-outbreed-left-wing-babies-1760769.amp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wShzNx6RVg
2026 June
2026-06-12 Mike Bost accused the VFW of promoting political violence in their Honor the Contract campaign to oppose reducing disability compensation for veterans by $57B.
https://veterans.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=7938#
https://onoffense.substack.com/p/mike-bost-vfw-political-violence
https://www.veteransfightingfascism.org/
2026 July
2026-07-08 Salem Media Partners released a taxpayer-funded movie By Dawn’s Early Light that chastises non-Trump supporters and claims systemic bias against Christians during the Biden administration. Salem Media Partners also promoted election fraud claims in their other movie 2000 Mules.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt42950619/
https://baptistnews.com/article/taxpayer-funded-by-dawns-early-light-woos-trumps-evangelical-base/
2026-07-16 Stephen Miller told a Washington DC conference that leftists were driven by “envy and hatred” and accused the left of partisan political violence. Marco Rubio claimed at the conference left-wing violence has been ignored. During the international summit Miller and Rubio “formally” recognized “left-wing violence” and referenced the NSPM-7 directive to label leftists as terrorists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN1Ffb-ke9U&list=WL&index=1&t=10s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN1Ffb-ke9U
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/political-violence-event-trump-marco-rubio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s-8eN3Mks8&list=WL&index=3
2026-07-22 Mike Johnson made a statement about passing the NDAA, spending bills, insider training laws, and the SAVE Act. He stated, “Republicans support our troops, our farmers, and election security. We’re the only team in Washington that does”.