{"id":35205,"date":"2020-11-07T13:30:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T17:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=35205"},"modified":"2020-11-07T13:35:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T17:35:06","slug":"this-is-the-retribution-trump-supporters-will-face-should-biden-enter-the-oval-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=35205","title":{"rendered":"This is the retribution Trump supporters will face should Biden enter the Oval Office."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Left Threatens GOP: \u2018We Have a List\u2019 and You\u2019ll Never Work Again If You Helped Trump<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->Jason Lemon<br \/>\nMyNewsCorps<\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden used the power of the office\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/may\/20\/fox-news-reporter-targeted-us-government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/may\/20\/fox-news-reporter-targeted-us-government&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF8WELReUrCKBsI023raiTfgk8LMQ\">to spy on<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2019\/05\/10\/the_government_spied_on_me_you_could_be_next_140291.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2019\/05\/10\/the_government_spied_on_me_you_could_be_next_140291.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHmMlMXu0IfEPfFbbi4kdfhNVvdJw\">the media<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/509002-more-willful-blindness-by-the-media-on-spying-by-obama-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/509002-more-willful-blindness-by-the-media-on-spying-by-obama-administration&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFaAZNOvcEVm5PYrbG5DvNU6iU39Q\">political enemies<\/a>, including, of course,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2019\/apr\/10\/william-barr-says-spying-did-occur-on-trump-campaign-during-obama-era\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2019\/apr\/10\/william-barr-says-spying-did-occur-on-trump-campaign-during-obama-era&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtF1fNr-iHaEBMExgjgzD9w-ApZA\">Donald Trump<\/a>. Obama kept a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/misc\/disposition-matrix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/misc\/disposition-matrix\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBF2x0Q-q_4Jv2N3KiTT463mMNdQ\">disposition matrix<\/a>, an assassination list. And now the DC Left is trotting out a new list. It goes something like this. If you complain about potential voter fraud in the 2020 election, you\u2019ll never work in this town again and if you ever worked for Trump, you\u2019re through.<\/p>\n<p>The threat has been issued by\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0columnist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRubinBlogger\/status\/1324792225260253184?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRubinBlogger\/status\/1324792225260253184?s%3D20&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFveDgfiE2Q2kc6pKg8jGQ3J6D8ow\">Jennifer Rubin<\/a>\u00a0who explicitly threatens to cancel any Republican \u201cmaking baseless allegations of fraud\u201d among other things. Of course, as per usual, they\u2019ll decide the meaning of \u201cbaseless\u201d thank-you-very-much. In fact, \u00a0Jen will probably pull a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/06\/17\/trump-is-going-freak-out-when-he-sees-this\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/06\/17\/trump-is-going-freak-out-when-he-sees-this\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF0ZaTx3fx7JnHrSBITPIJQJ4L3Ow\">Crazy Hirono<\/a>\u00a0and DM Merriam Webster demanding they\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/merriam-webster-changed-definition-sexual-preference-barrett-hearing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/merriam-webster-changed-definition-sexual-preference-barrett-hearing&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF0k8ImSqz-o1XePlljHM1QRDxJKQ\">change the definition<\/a>\u00a0of the word \u201cbaseless\u201d or \u201cfraud\u201d before deadline. Or else.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRubinBlogger\/status\/1273273645368930307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRubinBlogger\/status\/1273273645368930307&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHRHQBU4JYd6n3Wr9WpeUyvybu0Fg\">Lincoln Project, and their siren<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/06\/17\/trump-is-going-freak-out-when-he-sees-this\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/06\/17\/trump-is-going-freak-out-when-he-sees-this\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF0ZaTx3fx7JnHrSBITPIJQJ4L3Ow\">Tokyo Rose Rubin,<\/a>\u00a0have held themselves out as principled conservatives. Their principle is pretense. The organization has been anything but principled, what with claiming that Trump\u2019s a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2019\/08\/we-have-a-russian-asset-sitting-in-the-oval-office-says-former-senior-doj-official\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2019\/08\/we-have-a-russian-asset-sitting-in-the-oval-office-says-former-senior-doj-official\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNENrG8yydvLUi9Ze9bxgduFeb33AA\">secret Russian agent,<\/a>\u00a0and worse disinformation, such as he won\u2019t leave if he\u2019s defeated, and will change the law to stay 12 years. We\u2019re talking unhinged here. Their purpose in life is to troll the president and if the lo-fo crowd buys their agitprop so be it.<\/p>\n<p>Being the \u201cprincipled conservative\u201d that she is, Rubin is more than happy to pile on.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAny R now promoting rejection of an election or calling to not to follow the will of voters or making baseless allegations of fraud should never serve in office, join a corporate board, find a faculty position or be accepted into \u201cpolite\u201d society. We have a list.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And she\u2019s not alone in keeping a list. My colleague Stacey Lennox points me to this AOC tweet followed by a blue checkmark named Michael Simon who\u2019s starting an entire project to keep track of people who deigned become Trump supporters. They\u2019re finished.<\/p>\n<p>Simon is a former\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelbsimon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.michaelbsimon.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFiKcDUwIIH_Y8uPri3mcTcnweJ1g\">Obama Administration<\/a>\u00a0analytics guy who has started the \u00a0\u201cTrump Accountability Project,\u201d to keep a list of, as Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez calls them \u201cTrump sycophants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was right there to pick up what she was throwing down.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Is anyone archiving these Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity in the future? I foresee decent probability of many deleted Tweets [sic], writings, photos in the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Simon responded.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Yes, we are. The Trump Accountability Project (@trumpaccproject) [sic] Every Administration staffer, campaign staffer, bundler, lawyer who represented them \u2013 everyone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Yes, we are.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump Accountability Project (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trumpaccproject?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/trumpaccproject?ref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Etfw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEHPtBI2DSGQxvfBmrNH_Ye2MRZaQ\">@trumpaccproject<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Every Administration staffer, campaign staffer, bundler, lawyer who represented them \u2014 everyone.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PHx8v8GxOp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/t.co\/PHx8v8GxOp&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGyK4Dl0vALeMr2mXgswKYHST0jGg\">https:\/\/t.co\/<wbr \/>PHx8v8GxOp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Simon (@mbsimon)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mbsimon\/status\/1324808849572958218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/mbsimon\/status\/1324808849572958218?ref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Etfw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFsnjuNC6znZzmdPjifzYIlJMCegA\">November 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And what will they do with such information?\u00a0 As Tokyo Rose Rubin pointed out in her above tweet, anyone supporting Donald Trump should \u201cnever serve in office, join a corporate board, find a faculty position or be accepted into \u2018polite\u2019 society.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We have a list.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Diversity of opinion will not be tolerated. Because of your views, you\u2019ll never work in this town \u2014 or anyplace in the business world, universities, or board rooms.<\/p>\n<p>We have a list.\u00a0 It is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/misc\/disposition-matrix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/misc\/disposition-matrix\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBF2x0Q-q_4Jv2N3KiTT463mMNdQ\">disposition matrix<\/a>\u00a0of people with different political views. They won\u2019t kill you, just your livelihood.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>mynewscorp provides breaking news articles from reuters as a service to its readers, but does not edit the articles it publishes. Articles appear on <a href=\"http:\/\/mynewscorp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/mynewscorp.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFJhnp_rr5kxUrfv4ijYUpuN1LCeA\">mynewscorp.com<\/a> for a limited time.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/mynewscorp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/mynewscorp.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604826989130000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFJhnp_rr5kxUrfv4ijYUpuN1LCeA\">mynewscorp.com<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Left Threatens GOP: \u2018We Have a List\u2019 and You\u2019ll Never Work Again If You Helped Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}