Commentator Dan Bongino says that censorship and left-wing riots will increase as former President Donald Trump gains momentum on the campaign trail.
Bongino issued the warning on his Rumble broadcast this week and referenced two articles that he claimed serve as a “guidebook” to stopping Trump from reassuming the presidency.
The first article is a piece in Time published in February 2021 titled “The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election.” The article details the alleged efforts of left-wing activists to “pressure platforms to enforce their rules, both by removing content or accounts that spread disinformation and by more aggressively policing it in the first place.” Another section refers to a “national mobilization network” that purportedly prepared to “hit the streets” if Trump remained president after inauguration day in 2021.
The other article Bongino mentioned in his broadcast was a January 2017 piece in Foreign Policy titled “3 Ways to Get Rid of President Trump Before 2020.”
“The fourth possibility is one that until recently I would have said was unthinkable in the United States of America: a military coup, or at least a refusal by military leaders to obey certain orders,” wrote Rosa Brooks, the author of the article.
Bongino claimed his Facebook account has been “throttled” recently, and he suggested social media companies may further suppress or inhibit certain voices.
“As Trump closes in on the nomination, you are going to see two things ramp up: censorship under the guise of, ‘hey, we’re just trying to get free and fair elections and prevent misinformation, so we need to censor people.’ And you’re going to see an increase in calls for riots and coups,” Bongino said.
“This is going to get worse,” Bongino added. “Censorship number one. Number two, get ready for their calls for riots and calls for coups.”
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Trump won the Iowa caucus by a wide margin after maintaining his front-runner status among those vying for the Republican nomination.