On Monday, President Donald Trump stunned nationwide audiences when he suggested that Democrats who refused to clap for him during the State of the Union are “treasonous” — and one conservative columnist saw the writing on the wall.

“In 1964, from the outer fringes of the Goldwater right, John Stormer lamented, ‘None dare call it treason,'” Bill Kristol, the founder of the conservative Weekly Standard magazine, tweeted. “Now, in his buffoonish but still dangerous way, Donald Trump has taken him up on the dare.”

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In 1964, from the outer fringes of the Goldwater right, John Stormer lamented, “None dare call it treason.” Now, in his buffoonish but still dangerous way, Donald Trump has taken him up on the dare. — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 5, 2018

The “disgraceful” charge that opposing party members are guilty of treason or not patriotic not only implicates the president, he argued, but all the members of his party who fail to denounce him.

The charge that members of the other party are un-American or treasonous is disgraceful enough that anyone in his own party who doesn’t denounce Trump for this shares in the disgrace. — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 5, 2018

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Kristol went on to suggest that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) should write a resolution censuring the president, and work to get House Majority Leader Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to co-sponsor it.

Schumer and Pelosi might consider drafting a resolution censuring Trump for “un-American” and “treasonous” and asking McConnell and Ryan to co-sponsor. — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 5, 2018