Never forget that Trump was the culmination of 40 years of stagnant wages, widening inequality, corruption, dog-whistle

[diane in sf]

3. The rich, through the Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society, packed the courts. The oligarchs of Russia

Flooded money into the Republican Party through the NRA and directly. Our more local oligarchs funded the Repugs and consolidated media since the 80s and made it impossible to hear anything but right wing propaganda. Between right wing radio, fox and now the internet enabling micro targeting of people, about 40% of the country believes in fiction. tRump has been laundering money for Russian oligarchs since the 90s. The Republicans have gerrymandered, suppressed voter registration, messed with voting machines vote counting (Rove and likely Musk), had 5 crooked Supreme Court members appoint bush jr. to office. All this has enabled them to seize power, when their platforms should have made them dwindle into a regional party 20 years ago.