Our Constitutional Republic faces a clear and present danger more deadly than that of the Civil War. The danger is the Republican Party, a "political party" that has sold out to white supremacy, autocracy, misogyny, and hatred of everything our Nation stands for. Republicans dismiss any sense of a common American narrative. The "Republican Party" is an outlier in our history – ideologically extreme; contemptuous of social and economic policies that have sustained us for a century; unwilling to compromise; dismissive of evidence, fact, and science; dismissive of the legitimacy of any viewpoint except their own. America needs to face the simple, frightening fact that the Republican Party is a clear and present danger to our Constitutional Republic.

Meanwhile, in South Dakota

At the meeting of the South Dakota Republican Party, Gov. Kristi Noem introduced special guest, the twice-impeached, 4 times indicted, 91 times charged former failed real estate mogul Donald Trump, who spoke to an audience that about halfway filled the venue.

Trump spewed his usual bullshit.

But . . . here’s the important part: Not one cable channel, including Fox, aired Donald Trump’s 50%-full rally in South Dakota. It’s about time the media learns the twice-impeached, four-time indicted, proven rapist former president doesn’t deserve free airtime to spread lies.

Small crowd, empty seats.

So…Trump apparently is finally leaving his basement for the first time in a month for an event in South Dakota tonight.

Here is a video of the crowd (or lack thereof). The event starts in just a few minutes.

Smaller venues. Smaller crowds. Lower energy. Just sad. pic.twitter.com/kTi1ljj4kf

— Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) September 9, 2023