By Ralph Nader April 11, 2025 If there was ever a strong contemporary case for declaring that silence is complicity, consider the hush of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, and even George W. Bush as they grind their teeth over the Donald Trump/Elon Musk wrecking…
Trump’s willingness to allow them secret service protection is all that’s keeping his unhinged followers from going after them. He could cancel that and announce open season on them if he feels like it. Their families and anyone who works with them would be endangered too.
They’re all fantastically rich and frankly most don’t have many years left to spend it. They can fucking pay for security rather than disappear during the greatest political crisis in 50 years.
Trump’s willingness to allow them secret service protection is all that’s keeping his unhinged followers from going after them. He could cancel that and announce open season on them if he feels like it. Their families and anyone who works with them would be endangered too.
They will just hire private security.
They’re all fantastically rich and frankly most don’t have many years left to spend it. They can fucking pay for security rather than disappear during the greatest political crisis in 50 years.
So what? That’s not an excuse.