…#Trump repeating the #lies about #Springfield residents’ pets—which #Republican Party leaders picked up from a Facebook post [remarkably questionable source to base a #terror campaign on]& #JDVance elevated Mon—fits into Trump’s record of portraying #immigrants broadly as threats. His attempts to #vilify immigrants & people of color, including his campaign’s use of #racist tropes, align w/tactics that #populist & #authoritarian leaders have used throughout #history, scholars and historians say.