Donald Trump is no stranger to the language of political violence.

It's something that he has encouraged throughout his presidential campaign and throughout his presidency.

Welcome to Deconstructed, I'm Mehdi Hassan.

On today's show, the far-right extremists, militiaman and conspiracy theorists

protesting the lockdown outside state houses across the country.

Who are they? And how dangerous are they?

My guest is an expert on the far-right, the historian and scholar, Nicole Hammer.

You know, it's something we've seen again and again, like these images of people who are armed

storming state houses, which are pretty striking and pretty worrisome images.

So, can we expect to see these same people on the streets in November,

disputing the results of the election if Donald Trump loses?

And why isn't it a bigger deal that the president of the United States is once again

inciting domestic terror and violence even in the midst of a public health crisis?

Right now, I'm recording this podcast from my home in the DC metro area,

where I've been locked down with my family for the past eight weeks now.

Picture this, I'm literally speaking to you while sitting on the floor inside of a closet in my house

as the closet has the best acoustics and the least echo in my house.

Do you think I want to be stuck here indoors forever?

I don't. Do you think I want to be thousands of miles away from my elderly parents,

unable to see them, be near them, hug them? No, of course not.

But like I hope all of you listening at home, like millions of people across the country,

across the world, we all accept that these strict social distancing measures have to be taken

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