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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobert Reich on monstrous predicament: One political party has abandoned reality and democracy.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/07/trump-senate-impeachment-trial-republicans-robert-reichA shocking three out of four Republican voters dont think Joe Biden won legitimately. About 45% even support the storming of the Capitol.
The crux of the problem is Americans now occupy two separate worlds a fact-based pro-democracy world and a Trump-based authoritarian one.
Trump spent the last four years seducing voters into his world, turning the GOP from a political party into a grotesque projection of his pathological narcissism.
Regardless of whether he is convicted, America must now deal with the monstrous predicament he left behind: one of the nations two major political parties has abandoned reality and democracy.
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Robert Reich on monstrous predicament: One political party has abandoned reality and democracy. (Original Post)
Elwood P Dowd
Feb 2021
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Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. The right never had a firm grip on reality before the Pig.
It is littered with haters, paranoids, magical thinkers and fools.
Trump is their earthly Christ, their prophet and savior, recently martyred and crucified. They are all awaiting the resurrection next.
ooky
(8,885 posts)2. I agree with Robert.
He looks, sees, and calls things what they are. Simple.
Midnight Writer
(21,543 posts)3. There is no sense in all of us going down with the ship while
the GOP is arguing that the hole in the hull is not a problem and lifeboats don't work