Trump kicked off his 2020 reelection campaign with these words: “The only thing these corrupt politicians will understand is an earthquake at the ballot box. . .”
npr.org/2019/06/19/733…
Trump's critics see much irony.
💠All that nepotism?
washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
💠The shameless way Trumps are profiting from the presidency?
usnews.com/opinion/articl…
💠The Mueller report’s discussion of "the Presidenti's corrupts of his authority?" (vol. 2, p. 8)
justsecurity.org/wp-content/upl…
💠 10,796 Trump lies in 869 days? washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
💠 Accusations from the NY AG that the Trump’s stole from charity?
If that’s not corruption, what is?
And here is Trump, accusing others of corruption with a straight face.
Yale Prof.@jasonintrator, author of👇, says:
“Fascists see democracy as corrupt because democracy requires concessions to different groups. They see compromising with out-groups as “corruption.”
The phrase, “Drain the swamp” originated with Mussolini.
See Prof. Stanley's book, How Fascism Works, or watch:
The implication was that Democrats (who champion the rights of minority communities) are anti-American.
He genuinely thinks liberals are the enemies of America and a physical danger to Trump. I suspect there are lots more like him.
rightwingwatch.org/post/right-win…
Satanic, of course, is the ultimate in incorrupt.
Another part, of course, is many Trump supporters think any news that is critical of Trump is fake.
From Prof. Finchelstein (h/t @jasonintrator ) “Fascists always deny what they are and ascribe their own features and their own totalitarian politics to their enemies.”
This is a fascist technique, and is done deliberately.
healthline.com/health/project…
I suggest Trump's supporters aren't duped. They're willing to accept corruption as defined in (a) and (b) in exchange for having a leader who will "purify" the nation.
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