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On March 17, 2026, Trump posted on Truth Social that anyone voting against the SAVE Act is “sick, demented, or deranged.” This is not an outburst. It is a documented pattern going back years, and the consequences have been real. 1. March 17, 2026 — Called lawmakers opposing the SAVE Act “sick, demented, or deranged” and vowed to destroy their political careers. (Truth Social) 2. November 2025 — Shared a post calling for Democrats to be hanged after six members of Congress recorded a video about refusing illegal orders. (NBC News, December 13, 2025) 3. November 2025 — Called Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime ally, a “ranting lunatic” who has “gone far left.” Death threats against her family followed within hours. (NBC News) 4. November 20, 2025 — Called six Democratic members of Congress “traitors” and posted “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Their offices received hundreds of death threats the same day. (NBC News) 5. October 18, 2025 — Reposted an AI-generated video of himself flying a plane labeled “King Trump” and dumping sewage on American protesters. (Wikipedia: Rhetoric of Donald Trump) 6. June 2025 — Called participants in anti-ICE protests “animals” and “enemies.” (Wikipedia: Rhetoric of Donald Trump) 7. Memorial Day, May 26, 2025 — Posted “Happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum that spent the last four years trying to destroy our country.” (Common Dreams) 8. 2025 — Called the Democratic Party “the party of hate, evil, and Satan.” (New York Times) 9. October 2024 — Called political opponents “radical left lunatics” who may need to be handled by “the military.” (CNN) 10. November 12, 2023 — Vowed to “root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country.” Historians at Columbia, NYU, and Harvard compared the language directly to Hitler and Mussolini. (Washington Post, NPR) NYU historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat has documented this pattern for years: dehumanizing language precedes violence. Go on record denouncing it. Co-sponsor legislation protecting members of Congress from executive incitement. The death threats are documented. The silence is a choice