Waiting On The Shoe: The Dangers of Holding a Demagogue Accountable

Our resolve will be tested now that Trump is being held accountable. We must meet this moment head-on.

The emails were almost immediate.

After former president Donald Trump said on Truth Social that he expected to be indicted there was a marked uptick in harassment and threats. For years they were pretty constant, starting with my original reportage from Trump’s rallies in 2016, and the resulting media firestorm, and it came to be such a regular occurrence that I grew used to it, even as supporters showed up at my house in the middle of the night or attempted to break in. Looking back, it was a nightmare I never expected to wake from.

Since the 2020 Election there have been fairly regular messages. Insults. Targeted harassment. Some incredibly detailed instances of stalking and specified threats. But I hadn’t seen anything like it in a long, long time.