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Let's be clear on what Trump is really saying now.

He's claiming impeachment is illegitimate on the grounds that the majority that elected the House has no legitimate claim to political representation.

That's what his rally rant really meant.

New piece: wapo.st/38VLNwT
Crucial to Trump's mystique is the idea that his base has a kind of limitless potential, a depth and reach that's incalculably large.

It's almost a form of mysticism.

It's no accident that this idea is reappearing in the wake of his impeachment:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
At his rally, Trump said:

"It doesn't really feel like we're being impeached."

The dark and ugly truth is that Trump/GOP structural advantages are such that Trump really might get through this without "feeling" that way:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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