A Texas political expert says the moniker is another example of right-wingers co-opting a pejorative label applied to them by the left as a badge of pride–but that this one goes "over the line."
<p>The combination of persecution and rage on display in CPAC rhetoric by the former president and others suggests the right granting itself permission to take steps including violence to take power if the ballot fails. </p>
At a CPAC marked by militant rhetoric including Ted Cruz’s vow to “fight the barbarians” the former president promised a “crippling defeat” for his enemies.