Donald Trump’s legacy includes the specter of increased right-wing terrorism

The world will breathe a sigh of relief after a Donald Trump loss. That’s not to say people favor Hillary Clinton’s pro-war neoliberal track record, but they understand humanity dodged a loose cannon gung-ho to fling around nuclear weapons and accelerate climate change. But a Trump loss doesn’t mean the dangers exit along with his stubby-fingered groping. He has been trying to delegitimize the election for months by calling it rigged, and has refused to say that he would concede. Being a sore loser carries no legal weight, but it would further inflame his base, 73 percent of whom think the election could be stolen.

Already there are militias preparing for “civil unrest in the days following a victory by Democrat Hillary Clinton. They are convinced “the Islamic State, or agents sent by Mrs. Clinton, or both, may soon descend” on them. At Trump rallies, supporters warn of coming riots nationwide and “another Revolutionary war” to remove Clinton from office.

This rhetoric can be dismissed as fantasies stewing in the overheated imagination of reactionaries who envision race wars and their neighborhood going “up in flames” every time a centrist Democrat is elected or Black people march for justice. But there is another grave risk likely to explode after a Clinton victory: right-wing terrorism, particularly mass shootings.

Over the last year, as white male anger congealed around Trump, there has been a lull in mass shootings, about 60 percent of which are carried out by white men. While a causal relationship between his campaign and domestic terrorism can never be proved, there are reasons to think the drop in mass shootings is linked to Trump’s candidacy as well as it is more probable there will be an outburst of right-wing terrorism after a Clinton victory.

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