Dolores Janiewski is associate professor in the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and the coeditor of Private Security and the Modern State: Historical and Comparative Perspectives (Routledge 2020).
The far-right violence that Donald Trump has stoked has deep roots in US history. Kicking him from office won’t change that — but it would deal a blow to right-wing vigilantism.