MSNBC host Rachel Maddow fears Trump may put her in internment camp if he is re-elected president in November
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said she fears Trump will put her in an internment camp if he is re-elected this coming election season.
In an interview with CNN media reporter Oliver Darcey published in Monday’s Reliable Sources newsletter, Maddow was asked about her concerns about personal victimization from the Trump administration if he wants to emerge victorious in the 2024 presidential election.
“Trump and his allies are openly talking about arming the government to retaliate against critics in the media and politics, with some of his extremist allies even talking about jailing their fellow Americans,” Darcy said. “You’re one of his most notable critics on television. Are you concerned that you might be a target?’
Maddow responded: “I worry for the entire country if we put in power someone who openly admits his intention to build camps to detain millions of people, and what he has in inhuman terms called his ‘enemy’ described, to ‘exterminate’. from the inside.’
“Again, history is helpful here. He’s not kidding when he says things like this, and we’ve seen what happens when people take power and push such an agenda.”
“I think there’s a bit of head-in-the-sand complacency that Trump only wants to go after individual people that he’s already chosen. Do you really think he plans to stop at well-known liberals?
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said she fears Trump will put her in an internment camp if he is re-elected this coming election season
“If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act on his first day in office to use the U.S. military against civilians, do you think he will then revoke that order on day two?” Maddow said in response to Oliver Darcey’s question about how serious Trump and his allies actually are about seeking revenge on critics in the media and politics
“It also seems pretty clear that some people in politics think they are on the safe side – that they can even benefit – if they side with Trump. Ask Mike Pence how that will ultimately work out.
“If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act on his first day in office to use the U.S. military against civilians, do you think he will then revoke that order on day two?
She continued, “What convinces you anyway that these huge camps he’s planning are just for migrants? So yes, I worry about myself, but only as much as I worry about all of us.”
Maddow, a well-known advocate against Trump’s presidential campaign, said in August that she fears Trump would become “president for life,” or a dictator, if he secures a second term in the White House.
“If every election is another chance for him to go to jail, do you think he will allow us to hold new elections?” she said. “I mean, if that’s the stakes, if winning the election is his plan to stay out of jail, then what happens in that election if and when he doesn’t win it?”
In a recent interview with television personality Dr. Phil McGraw, better known as Dr. Phil, Trump said that sometimes it takes time to be right.
“Well, revenge takes time, I’ll say that. And sometimes revenge can be justified, Phil. I have to be honest. Sometimes that’s possible,” Trump said.
Maddow has railed against Trump since he was first elected in 2016, with her stunned reaction to his victory over Hillary Clinton being one of the defining media moments of that election.