Fox News' Laura Ingraham is sounding a lot like Tucker Carlson as she paints a "dystopian" picture of our future under President Joe Biden, according to a report on Wednesday.
Ingraham, who has been accused of being delusional in the past, on Wednesday tried to tie Donald Trump's legal problems to a sinister scheme led by the president. The results were fascinating, as described by The Daily Beast.
"Fox News host Laura Ingraham tried to gin up more fears Wednesday of a far-fetched dystopian future under President Joe Biden’s leadership—suggesting that Donald Trump’s legal woes were part of a sinister plot masterminded by Democrats to impose martial law," the outlet reported. "She suggested Trump’s various criminal charges and even the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to boot him from the state’s ballot were all part of a calculated plan to make Trump’s supporters act out publicly, giving Biden the pretense to institute a 'mass crack down on civil liberties'—which would ultimately clear the way for nationwide mail-in voting during the 2024 presidential election."
According to the report, she goes on to say, “What we are seeing in the courts, at the Department of Justice, and even in State Attorneys General’s offices, and given Democrats’ ‘Trump is Hitler’ rhetoric, is it not logical, even to consider, maybe to assume that some on the left are hoping to spark some type of civil unrest here?”
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She reportedly continued:
“Which would be followed, of course, by a mass crackdown on civil liberties or the declaration of maybe a nationwide emergency, all as a way—a [protective] way—to usher in, I don’t know, nationwide mail-in voting?”
The Daily Beast says Ingraham's argument is flimsy.
"On the other hand, it requires no assumptions to see that Trump’s ambitions are rooted in 'retribution,' because he has said so. His agenda for a second term, The Washington Post reported last month, includes potentially invoking the Insurrection Act to use the military against civilians," The report states. "According to that report, Trump has also said privately that he wants to use the Justice Department to go after his political adversaries, like Bill Barr and Gen. Mark Milley."
