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    Jonah Goldberg: Did Trump literally threaten a ‘bloodbath’? No, and claiming he did only helps his campaign

    by Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency Mar 19, 2024 3 minutes

    At a rally in Ohio on Saturday, Donald Trump said that if he is not elected in November, there will be a “bloodbath.”

    That he said that much is true. Having actually read the text of his remarks, however, I do not believe he was threatening: Elect me president or the streets will run red with blood.

    But that is exactly how many, particularly in the media, interpreted his comment. “In Ohio campaign rally, Trump says there will be. “Trump says country faces ‘bloodbath’ if Biden wins in November,” Politico.

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