Actor and director Rob Reiner claimed america has just one yr earlier than tuning right into a “full-on autocracy,” suggesting on MSNBC’s “Velshi” Sunday that President Donald Trump will try and steal the upcoming election.
Reiner argued that the nation beneath the Trump administration has already moved “past McCarthy era-esque” and should be taken again earlier than it’s too late.
“Make no mistake; we’ve got a yr earlier than this nation turns into a full-on autocracy, and democracy utterly leaves us,” Reiner mentioned. “And we’re wanting on the election in 2026, and Donald Trump is aware of that in a free and honest election, he’ll lose. He’ll lose the Home, the Home will flip and can turn into in Democratic palms. There might be committee chairs who will be capable of maintain conferences, and that is the very last thing he needs.”
Reiner pointed to Trump deploying immigration officers and the Nationwide Guard to main cities and mentioned it could possibly be a preview for election season.
“Don’t be stunned when polling cubicles are surrounded by American army within the guise of creating certain that the elections are honest and that no one is tampering with something,” Reiner mentioned.
“And once you see violence breaking out, which there’ll be protests, there’ll be inciting violence, there’ll be some violence, they usually’ll preserve that. Then you definitely’ll see the commandeering of voting machines, poll bins to make it possible for that election is safe. Effectively, what which means is that he’ll then commandeer the election,” he added.
Reiner additionally spoke about becoming a member of actress Jane Fonda’s Committee for the First Modification after she introduced the group’s relaunch on Wednesday.
The “Spinal Faucet II” director added that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s transient suspension confirmed how far First Modification rights are being infringed.
“The 2 huge issues that an autocrat wants. They want management of the media, which is what they’re making an attempt to do. They usually want army management of the streets. And that’s the opposite factor that we’re seeing. So we’re in it proper now, and we’re sliding downhill in a really, very quick method, and we’ve got to discover a strategy to cease it,” Reiner mentioned.
In a quick response to Fox Information Digital, a White Home spokesperson mentioned, “Trump Derangement Syndrome is a helluva illness.”
Reiner was a frequent critic of Trump throughout his first time period, going as far as to name him a “infantile, moronic, mentally unstable malignant narcissist” who was “committing Treason” in 2018.
