Thread by @monaeltahawy

I wrote this Jan 20, 2017: “He sounds just like one of our despots,” said a friend after we watched Donald J. Trump speak at his inauguration. It was an address worthy of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, our general turned president.
#NationalEmergency
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When 60 million Americans voted for a man who is the fruition of decades of racism, misogyny and bigotry, too many other Americans thought they were immune to the authoritarianism that their administrations too often criticized elsewhere. #NationalEmergency

And yet here you are, America: with a president who has dictator envy, who hates a free media, calls any critical coverage “fake news,” and whose base believes God wanted him to be president. 45% of Republicans believe that.

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#NationalEmergency