tom nichols: “The term fascism has been so overused as a condemnation that many people understandably ignored it. But when presidential candidates, other Americans (including sitting members of Congress) Any American would be shocked to hear that we are more dangerous than two countries with hundreds of nuclear warheads aimed at cities, as conservative Republicans said during the Cold War. They would have labeled anyone who said such things as a “sympathizer,” a compatriot, or even a traitor. Indeed, one might expect that other Republicans would also be appalled to hear of such hatred directed at their fellow citizens and such consolation given to enemies of the nation. ”
“It’s nice to think so. But today’s Republican leaders are cowards and, as Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin proved today, they are even worse, co-conspirators. There are some too. In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper.. At least the cowards escape. Republican elected officials who cross the street against traffic lights just to get away from reporters demonstrate at least a small-scale sense of shame. But Yonkin was smiling and exasperated, excusing Trump’s ugliness with a kind of folksy shamelessness that made cowardice seem noble by comparison. ”
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