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The President and his supporters think that American Democrats are enemies of the American people, and thus it is ok for the President to ask the Justice Department to work with a foreign government to dig up dirt on them. That's what is going on here. Authoritarianism 101.
They think that the President's actions are in pursuit of a "higher law" and are necessary because he is trying to protect the sovereignty of the US against what they perceive to be an existential threat. They think losing to Democrats is an existential threat to the US.
The President and his supporters also think that journalists who inquire into his actions to hold him accountable to the public are "enemies of the people." Again, this is authoritarianism 101.
But this is not just about the actions of elected leaders. This is about a party that has built a political culture centered on the idea that their opponents are not their fellow citizens, but instead their mortal enemies.
Here's a thread where I explore the deep history of GOP efforts to win elections by painting their opponents as existential enemies to the nation. This Frankenstein monster of a political culture they've built has been a long time coming.
