As an indictment looms for former President Donald Trump, he recklessly stokes the flames of discord with a call for protests if he is arrested. Trump took to social media to announce that he "will be arrested on Tuesday" for his role in hush money payments to an adult film star before he was elected president in 2016. His comments echo his use of social media to incite a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Jan. 2021.

Shockingly, his call for protests has been met with support from a legion of Republican officials who have put their loyalty towards Trump ahead of the nation's well-being. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy stated an indictment of Trump would be an "outrageous abuse of power" and threatened an investigation into whether federal funds were being used for politically-motivated prosecutions. Former Vice President Mike Pence also chimed in, urging the GOP to focus on the