A desire for chaos is a key reason that some supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are thrilled he'll resume the White House in 2025 despite economic plans that experts warn could ignite an "inflation bomb," feminist author Jill Filipovic argued in a MSNBC editorial Monday.
"But what if a good number of Trump’s fans are simply chaos voters?" Filipovic wrote. "They may not feel horribly mistreated so much as they resent what they perceive as the better treatment accorded to people they don’t think deserve it. These voters wouldn't be turned off by Trump’s aggression and his threats because his brash rhetoric is part of the appeal."
Trump, whom Filipovic dubbed "one of the singularly worst presidents" in American history, repeatedly targeted people of color in campaign rhetoric with anti-immigrant and wrong claims that Haitian immigrants eat pets and people who cross the border have "bad genes."
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She argues these comments rallied people such as conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky, who was recently banned by CNN for expressing a racist death wish against journalist Mehdi Hasan.
Girdusky said he hoped Haasn's "beeper doesn't go off," a reference to the deadly Israeli attack targeting the militant group Hezbollah.
This violent rhetoric toward people of color was only ramped up on Election Day, journalist Justin Baragona reported.
"Girdusky says this election is a chance for 'white men' to throw a 'middle finger' at the "people who talk down to you," Baragona wrote on X. Girdusky also said on Real America’s Voice News, "This is the day you get to throw a human Molotov cocktail."
For Filipovic, it's just more proof that Trump's voters are thrilled by the prospect of "watching things burn."
"The suffering of those you deem unworthy is more appealing than appalling; maybe it’s even exciting," she wrote. "These men (and a whole lot of women too) showed up — and they torched the place."
