Reich writes: "Federal officials looked into obtaining a heat ray that makes one's skin feel like it's burning in preparation to clear a crowd of peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square in June."
Former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich. (photo: Steve Russell/Toronto Star)
Every Day, Trump and His Goons Chip Away at Our Democracy
20 September 20
ederal officials looked into obtaining a heat ray that makes one’s skin feel like it's burning in preparation to clear a crowd of peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square in June. The officials also amassed an estimated 7,000 rounds of ammunition prior to the protest, which was violently cleared so Trump could stage a photo op with a Bible in front of a church in the square. The heat ray, called the "Active Denial Systems,” directs an energy beam that “provides sensation of intense heat on the surface of the skin.”
A heat ray and 7,000 rounds of ammunition, to be used on fellow Americans exercising their First Amendment rights. This is not how a democracy is supposed to operate. We are dangerously close to succumbing to full-blown autocracy from which there is no return. Every day, Trump and his goons chip away at our democracy, but we still have a chance to save what’s left and rebuild our country from the ground up. We can’t waste a second.
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