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Experts in authoritarian regimes say Comeys firing was a 'shock event'
Trump’s decision to remove the FBI director “was an anti-democratic maneuver.”
Scholars on authoritarianism have been sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump since before he took office, pointing to his sweeping executive orders, aggression towards the media, and willingness to play with the truth.
Now, following Trump’s removal of FBI Director James Comey, those same scholars are more disturbed than ever.
“Democracy is threatened in drips.”
“Democracy is threatened in drips,” Ben-Ghiat said. “You have drips and drips….then you have these [huge] events.”
Scholars on authoritarianism have been sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump since before he took office, pointing to his sweeping executive orders, aggression towards the media, and willingness to play with the truth.
Now, following Trump’s removal of FBI Director James Comey, those same scholars are more disturbed than ever.
“Democracy is threatened in drips.”
“Democracy is threatened in drips,” Ben-Ghiat said. “You have drips and drips….then you have these [huge] events.”
https://thinkprogress.org/james-comey-fired-authoritarianism-ef2ec50d266f?source=collection_home---4------0-----------
Damn it! Republicans. Stop fucking around!
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