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Remember when Republicans would go on about states' rights being most important thing?
Trump admin has shown this is now a lie in at least 7 high profile ways.
And we should understand why. It's because there is growing R comfort with the abdication of power to the executive./1
Trump admin has shown this is now a lie in at least 7 high profile ways.
And we should understand why. It's because there is growing R comfort with the abdication of power to the executive./1
Support for authoritarian impulses was ALWAYS key indicator of whether someone would support Trump.
He has normalized these attitudes of power for Americans. Republicans really need to look in the mirror and see what they are now agreeing to. /2
washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2…
He has normalized these attitudes of power for Americans. Republicans really need to look in the mirror and see what they are now agreeing to. /2
washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2…
Trump loves authoritarianism. He loves dictators and autocrats. He gravitates toward military men who come from strict chain of command experience. He leans heavily on extremist evangelicals who are all about hierarchy, patriarchy, and oppression. This is how he sees power. /3
But he is the end product of the hard-right strategy to undermine the system from within using tactical control strategies.
Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear. /4
Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear. /4
