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CSUSB professor discusses statements made by Iranian Supreme Leader about assassination of general
PressTV
David Yaghoubian, CSUSB professor of history, appeared on PressTV to discuss the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenai’s statements regarding revenge for General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed via a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3, 2020.
“The most important point I think moving forward for the Iranian nation was his real exhortation to the country to remain strong, to remain unified, to remain vigilant in the context of your lead in and that is that the United States and the EU simply cannot be trusted, and that ultimately Iranians should work towards the neutralization or the nullification of the sanctions,” Yaghoubian said.
Watch the whole segment at “Ayatollah Khamenai says revenge for U.S. assassination of General Soleimani is certain.”
CSUSB professor quoted in article about MAGA leaders who call for troops
Yahoo News
Dec. 18
Brian Levin, CSUSB criminal justice professor and director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, was quoted in an article about MAGA leaders who call for the troops to keep Trump in office.
In the minds of some authoritarian-leaning and conspiracy-minded Trump supporters, the Insurrection Act – which allows the president to deploy troops to suppress domestic uprisings, not to overturn elections – has become a needed step to prevent President-elect Joe Biden from assuming the presidency. Their evidence-deficient reasoning: Democrats illegally rigged the election and are attempting a coup, and Trump must send in the troops to undo this conspiracy.
“When you’re talking about a group of conspiracy theorists, and others who lack any kind of legal knowledge, they’ll just pull that arrow out of their quiver when the rest don’t work,” said Levin.
Read the whole article at “MAGA leaders call for the troops to keep Trump in office.”
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