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Robin Abcarian: Trump's plan to subvert American democracy is on the record. Will Republican voters care?

I have to hand it to the inimitable Charles Pierce of Esquire magazine. A few days after media critic Margaret Sullivan complained in the Guardian that journalists were not effectively conveying the dangers of a second Trump administration, the headline on his essay did not mince words: "Nazi-Curious Madman Currently Under Indictment For 91 Felonies Gives Speech." This is not hyperbole. As ...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before his speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at Gaylord National Resort& Convention Center on March 4, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland.

I have to hand it to the inimitable Charles Pierce of Esquire magazine.

A few days after media critic Margaret Sullivan complained in the Guardian that journalists were not effectively conveying the dangers of a second Trump administration, the headline on his essay did not mince words: "Nazi-Curious Madman Currently Under Indictment For 91 Felonies Gives Speech."

This is not hyperbole.

As former President Donald Trump appears to be sailing toward the Republican presidential nomination, he is increasingly embracing autocratic language and ideas, using rhetoric familiar to anyone

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