Heather Cox Richardson writes,
"It is not clear to me how anyone can any longer deny that Trump is promising to destroy our democracy and usher in authoritarianism.
But it is also not clear that he is still a figure that any but the extremes of his base will follow to that end. Hence his emphasis on turning them to violence."
#Trump #violence #authoritarianism #fascism #democracy
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