"Our democracy hangs by a thread": Expert panel says a Trump victory in 2024 will end it
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D onald Trump and the movement he represents are not “just” a matter of politics: They are effectively a public health crisis that touches all areas of American society and life.
These assaults on democracy and a humane society are emotional, physical, spiritual, psychological, economic, intellectual and material. Trumpism and fascism attack reality and truth, seeking to replace them with what social psychologists have described as a state of “malignant normality."
The result of these assaults is a collective state of trauma, anxiety, lack of direction and growing despair about our futures as individuals and citizens of a supposed democracy. These negative emotions are amplified by existential fears about global climate disaster, disruptive technologies such as AI, wars in multiple areas of the world, past and future pandemics and other unpredictable crises.
Fascism and authoritarianism are like opportunistic predators. They seek out societies in crisis whose dysfunction and brokenness allow them to flourish.
If Trump and his MAGA forces take back the White House, whether by fair means or foul — a once-unthinkable prospect that now seems increasingly likely — that might finally mean the end of innocence for those Americans who have deluded themselves into believing that “we are better than that."
This situation calls to mind James Baldwin's famous observation that “white people are trapped in a history they don’t understand” and that “ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
In an attempt to make some sense of our collective emotions, and how we can perhaps orient ourselves in this time of enormous uncertainty, I asked a range of experts for their thoughts and suggestions. Their answers have been lightly edited for clarity and length.
Cheri Jacobus is a former media spokesperson at the Republican National Committee and founder and president of the political consulting and PR firm Capitol Strategies PR.
The cavalcade of chaos and instability is unnerving, even to the most seasoned practitioner of politics, news and civic life. President Biden's chilling but honest assessment this week that "the world is changing, and what happens in the next four years and the last four, five, six years is going to determine what this country looks like for the next six to eight decades" is mitigated only by the fact that he is the experienced, sober, thoughtful leader we have the good fortune to have as president in these precarious times.
But I look at the poll numbers and realize that half the country supports a lying, treasonous, dangerous, racist, sexist authoritarian who is under indictment, has been found liable for massive fraud, and who may be elected president because he's good for Fox News ratings and does Vladimir Putin's bidding. He's a lifelong criminal who likely sold or otherwise provided classified and top secret intelligence to our enemies and adversaries, and who managed to install a federal judge in the right jurisdiction to delay and obstruct his case, and generally assist him in covering up his crimes.
Failure is not an option. Trump and MAGA must be defeated at the ballot box, in courtrooms and in the media. We are reaching the crescendo that will make or break democracy. I believe we are close to the end of this part of the Trump Era — its final chapters — and that if he and MAGA are not defeated, a new story begins that will chart a new era of authoritarianism, oligarchy-driven economy, isolation from a world that doesn't trust us and the death of the free press, which is already coughing and gasping for air. The fact that the new speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, is an election-denying MAGA insurrectionist who reports exactly zero assets on his financial disclosure forms and does not believe in evolution is just a peek at what's ahead on a much larger scale.
My hope lies in the courts — at least some of them. Justice is finally being served to Donald J. Trump and his thugs, after years of excuses and delay. My fear is that eight years of MAGA propaganda, lies and crimes have normalized and emboldened that which had previously been deemed abhorrent, unacceptable, shocking, dangerous and unfathomable. The reality that the 2024 election will likely be very, very close is frightening, and evidence we are closer to that second book than we may think.
Rich Logis is a former right-wing pundit and high-ranking Trump supporter. He describes himself as "a remorseful ex-Trump, DeSantis and GOP voter." Logis is the founder of Perfect Our Union , an organization dedicated to healing political traumatization; building diverse, pro-democracy alliances; and perfecting our Union.
What I really figured out about Trump, after leaving MAGA, was that his entire ethos, persona and political product are all inaccurate mythologies. He has, however, skillfully convinced millions into adhering to those mythologies (I was such a sycophant at one time). Many will continue to say, “I knew he was a con man years ago”; credit to those who recognized this. Now, I’d implore those who weren’t duped to welcome into the civic and democratic fold those who leave MAGA behind.
MAGA is a politically traumatic, exploitative mythology. Most who have fallen prey to this political Golden Calf are good and decent people; the MAGA mythology continues to be sold as a miracle elixir for many of the understandable, valid concerns (especially economic concerns) that led many Trump voters to support his candidacy. I give gratitude daily for my personal and political epiphany. Yes, Trump is afraid of prison. But he’s more petrified of his mythologies — about his malleable businesses, his “brand” and the false political messianism of MAGA — being rendered naked on the world stage.
Trump has spent more than half a century carefully cultivating a deceptive facade; MAGA is an iteration of this. When all the legal cases are decided, after all appeals are exhausted, I expect the sentences will amount to a de facto life sentence. For voter registration groups, the goal for our upcoming elections is to labor to ensure the highest turnout in history. If that happens, I’m confident that the GOP in its current state will finally be mercy-killed, opening an opportunity for responsible Republicans to rebuild the party, and offer a mea culpa to We the People for allowing the GOP to become the MAGA party. I want to emphasize, however, that Biden's re-election is not guaranteed; and a Biden win doesn’t guarantee a Democratic majority in Congress. Also, don’t forget about your state, local and school board races; for years, right-wing groups have spent fortunes in time and money on state legislative elections, and although those don’t have the sexy allure of horse-race national elections, local and state policies affect our lives more than federal policies do. Let that be a reminder that you should vote in all elections! I was once a devout MAGA activist; now I’m committed to helping others leave MAGA.
Before, during and after our upcoming elections, I will engage with MAGA voters — not by impugning them, but by showing them that realizing we were wrong, and acknowledging our errors, are traits of strength, not weakness. Castigating MAGA voters only strengthens their already rabid support of Trump. Trump himself is in the final stage of cult leadership: martyrdom. So MAGA voters feel further validated with every Trump indictment, or with every former Trump administration official who correctly views Trump as unfit for office.
I understand why so many might feel despairing and hopeless about our democracy. We are not powerless; when history and the moment have demanded it, our country has an excellent track record of forming unlikely but necessary alliances. Now is such a time in our current epoch; such alliances are how our democracy and our democratic institutions have survived crises that would have irreparably damaged any other country. A second Trump presidency will almost certainly end the American experiment as we know it; no one knows what that would look like. It doesn’t have to be that way. Despite myriad efforts to cement minority rule across America, each of us can make a positive mark in the continuous work of perfecting our Union.
Brynn Tannehill is a journalist and author of " American Fascism: How the GOP is Subverting Democracy ."
How am I feeling? That’s a huge question that could be the basis for an entire book. For almost everyone else included in this online roundtable, the dangers of a second Trump administration are less personal. People forget that for most people living in a fascist autocracy, even people formerly associated with the loyal opposition, life is generally boring and normal. Unless you happen to be a part of the minority group that composes 0.5 percent of the population, yet the fascist movement blames them for every bad thing and promises to eradicate them once they come to power to restore the greatness of the nation. Then the danger is terrifyingly real and omnipresent.
Republicans have declared that “transgenderism must be eradicated from public life.” Project 2025 declares that everything related to “gender ideology” is pornographic, and immediately thereafter that pornography must become illegal. The GOP answer to the “transgender question” is to ban transgender people from schools, sports, medical care, the military, public performances, media, public facilities and government jobs.
At the same time, they’re pushing for laws that strip trans people of civil rights that every other American has, while mandating that they carry IDs that out them as transgender. Literally every one of these has a direct parallel to actions taken by the Nazis between 1933 and 1939, which is why preliminary data suggests that up to 20% of trans people have already fled red states. The end of democracy is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition for genocide. Unfortunately, the other conditions are already there: moral panic, scapegoating for the nation’s ills, media sources more than happy to stoke that panic (looking at you, New York Times), dehumanizing language ("vermin"), and promises of eradication to save the Herrenvolk from the transgender menace. It’s all there: The only thing holding it back is the vague semblance of democracy and a weak Hindenburg/Biden administration. There is no beginning or end: just pivotal moments.
I fear that historians will remember Jan. 20, 2025, much as they do Jan. 30, 1933. Germany is still here, but the only thing that ended the Third Reich was the combined might of the world’s greatest powers pummeling it to dust. There will be no such rescue for the United States, a nuclear superpower, should we fall into such darkness. My hope comes only in the form of knowing that I have a few avenues to avoid the absolute worst-case scenarios: My wife of 23 years is Canadian, and getting a visa is not that difficult. My fear, however, is that blue states will follow the Hungarian and Russian path of quiet acquiescence, waiting for the Godot of future elections to save them from a federal government that has turned on specific minority populations. My despair comes from the polls, seeing that a plurality of Americans genuinely wants this outcome: They want not just fascism, but the absolute worst attributes of the worst fascist government in human history.
I would add that the institutional capture of the referees (i.e., the Supreme Court and several of the circuit courts) is a big reason why I subscribe to Masha Gessen's admonition: "Your institutions will not save you." Nor am I blind to how a Trump administration would not hesitate to weaponize the military, the Senate and the Department of Justice against SCOTUS if they failed to rule the way they are supposed to. If they choose to use every tool at their disposal ruthlessly and without regard for right and wrong, then you begin to understand how the Weimar Republic's rule of law collapsed in a matter of months.
To understand the worst-case scenarios, you have to think like a terrorist or a mobster or an insurgent in a bloody civil war (like I did in Iraq). Having zero moral compass opens up all sorts of opportunities for power, and that's where the GOP is now. They believe the ends — complete power, either for personal gain or religious reasons — justifies anything that they do to undermine a system they see as inherently corrupted to begin with.
That's the essence of MAGA.
Thomas Lecaque is an associate professor of history at Grand View University where he specializes in apocalyptic religion and political violence. His essays and other writing have been featured in the Washington Post, Religion Dispatches, the Bulwark and Foreign Policy.
Making sense of unending crisis feels impossible. The harder part is keeping yourself from reaching a level of numbness and despair — a feeling of hopelessness. It’s not only the horror of Hamas’ atrocities on Oct. 7 but the unending violence of the atrocity of Netanyahu’s response, the collective punishment of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank by a far-right regime opposed by the Israeli people. It’s the unending violence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s the ethnic cleansing of Armenian territories invaded by Azerbaijan, it’s the earthquakes in Afghanistan and hurricanes in Mexico and violence in Sudan and Yemen and Ethiopia — and then you come home and see the political mess here, the violence and the threats and the promises of retribution and vengeance. And while there may not be a solution to any of it, not that I can achieve, avoiding resignation is critical to both surviving and trying to do something about it.
The fatigue aspect is a major problem. Biden’s reaction to the Israel-Hamas fight has many people justifiably angry, saying they won’t vote for him, things like that. I completely understand that reaction; no one’s vote should be taken for granted. But the ongoing crisis of democracy means that the next election is not about Joe Biden and the Democratic Party and whether or not they are right on really any of the issues we might want them to be. The next election is about the ability to have further elections — about the survival of the republic as a concept, let alone anything else. And that numbness and despair, the resignation, is the enemy of all possibility of fighting off a Christofascist takeover of the country. I say this not because of any sense of certainty that Trump or his allies could dismantle our democracy, but a deep-seated belief that if they win they would try.
I think we are heading toward the end of the book of Trump. I do not think he will win the 2024 election (which may be more hopeful than is safe), and between his legal woes, his age, his increasing erratic behavior and his narrative of perpetual winning, a loss might finally put a nail in his coffin. But I think of the Trumpocene not as a single chapter book but a series, and what the sequel mightbe worries me a lot more than the conclusion of this one. Will the next volume be more moderated, or are we heading towards the traditional science fiction trilogy structure — "The Empire Strikes Back," as it were — where everything gets infinitely worse.
My greatest fears right now are twofold. The first is the acceptance of the mass murder of civilians as normal and defensible, based on how we feel about a region or religion or nation-state. This ties into both the grotesque violence of antisemitism and Islamaphobia in the United States, the way Americans choose to engage in both rhetorical and physical violence against marginalized communities here and abroad, and the way that mass violence by terrorist groups and also by states collectively punishes entire populations for the real or perceived crimes of a few. The other is that our ability to pay attention to the rest of the world seems to focus on single events for a small amount of time, and ignores everything else that is happening — which means while we are focused on one place, other areas take advantage of the media withdrawal to engage in atrocities we don’t pay attention to.
As for hope — I teach an honors class on hope, using post-apocalyptic literature as a lens. And I am constantly searching for that thin line of hope, that light in the darkness, to hold onto, to keep going forward. I find hope in people. Across the United States, communities rise up to protest violence — maybe not enough, maybe not in a way that shifts the levers of power, but Jewish communities across the country are leading mass movements protesting the killing of Palestinians, people are counter-protesting fascist marches in American cities, individuals are fighting back against the anti-trans violence of the state and local communities, groups like Doctors Without Borders and people like Chef José Andrés go to areas of pain and disaster to help. I try to remember, for all that the world seems to justify Thomas Hobbes’ narrative that man is monstrous and only tyranny can keep them in check, that in every disaster, manmade or natural, strangers rush into burning buildings or raging floods or bombed buildings to rescue children and the injured and perfect strangers. That for all of the darkness and hate in this world, people stand up for love and hope and to push back against violence. Hope is in the people who are still fighting for others.
Joe Walsh was a Republican congressman and a leading Tea Party conservative. He is now a prominent conservative voice against Donald Trump and the host of the podcast " White Flag With Joe Walsh ."
It's easy, with all the conflict, chaos, unrest and dysfunction going on at home and abroad, to get pulled in and obsessed with current events, and lose sight of the much more important task in front of us: Making sure Donald Trump is not elected 12 months from now. The pain that Israel has suffered has hit me hard because I am such a huge fan of that country. It's been a struggle for me to focus elsewhere. I feel invested in making sure Israel wins this war and destroys Hamas. And as I'm obsessed with Israel's fight, I'm cognizant of the politics involved here. Biden's party is divided on Israel, and this is an issue that could and will hurt Biden politically. Because much of his base will abandon him and that means a Trump victory, and that means I must do all I can to help wake Democrats up to that danger.
World events and domestic dysfunction are conspiring to take America's eyes off this crucial truth: Our democracy hangs by a thread, and a Trump victory in 2024 will end our democracy as we know it. People right now don't see this, and I worry that all the noise and chaos going on all over the world will keep people from recognizing the looming threat right in front of us. Biden looks overwhelmed by it all. That only strengthens Trump. We must get through these next three or four months and refocus, after the first few Republican primaries, on the general election matchup. All these third-party candidates are an immense unknown and an immense risk when it comes to keeping Trump out of the White House. I continue to feel like we're sleepwalking right back into another November, 2016.
We are nearing the middle of this Trump era. Trump will be the nominee, and he has a fantastic shot at getting elected again. If he loses, he's not going anywhere. He could run again in 2028. But Trumpism — white Christian nationalism, authoritarianism and intolerance — is now the Republican Party, and that's never gonna change. So even though Trump may be gone in eight years, Trumpism is here for good.
What scares me the most right now is what's always scared me the most: Trump back in the White House, and a radicalized former political party of mine taking a sledgehammer to our democracy and our Constitution. The only thing that gives me hope is young people. Not because they understand any of this, but because they have the potential to understand. Older Americans are set in their ways. They're gone. Young people need to save this thing. I don't know if they will. But I know they can.
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You're so right John. I think young people are going to really help us in 2024. They may not understand as you say, but I believe many of them do understand what is at stake here and will come out in force in 2024. We can thank Taylor Swift I think for many of those young voters and many other young folks. I know you're not, but we must not sell these young people short, cliche I know (if that's the right word), but they are our future.
Sorry John, I misread, you said you don't know if they will, not if they understand. I think they WILL. They know what's at stake, the ones who are paying attention and the ones who are not are of the magat mindset already.
The emperor has always been without clothes but very few have had the guts to tell him.
Real Americans, true patriots, cannot vote for Trump. The End...
This is the end, my only friend
The end of our elaborate plans
The end of everything that stands
No safety or surprise
The end
I'll never look into your eyes again
So limitless and free
Desperately in need of some stranger's hand
In a desperate land
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The country was in much better shape during Trump's presidency, the world did not come to an end and democracy did not die.
During his next term, which is becoming more and more likely, things can only improve from their current wretched state.
In what way? Please provide a list in the ways it was in better shape during Trump's presidency, ways that can be documented and presented not merely opinions.
The farther you are to the right, the more you think Trumps presidency was good for the country. The more you are to the left the more you think it was not good for the country.
Whether policies are good or bad is normal political fodder. The issue about Trump (and his followers) though, is only about policy to a minor degree. The issue with Trump is his fitness to hold elective office in the United States - a fitness that is non-existent.
The real issue with Trump is irrationality. He evokes irrational hysteria among many of his detractors and irrational loyalty among many of his followers. He is the only president in my lifetime to win the office based almost exclusively on that factor.
Inflation. The border. The deficit. Our involvements in wars.
No, the issue is fitness for office. The "irrationality" you claim exists is a reaction to his unfitness for office.
When history looks back at Trump he will be judged as the worst president in US history. It is irrational to want such a person kept out of power?
Kelly, Mattis, Bolton, Esper, Millay, Barr and McMaster and other Trump appointees need to remind voters, daily, that Trump is completely unfit for the presidency.
Agreed.
The RINO label, uttered so flippantly by those who are obsessed with degradation, should be a source of pride…Responsibly Informing Neurotic Obfuscators…
…even if only for the sake of their party’s credibility but ultimately for the health and continued well-being of our democracy.
Correct. If you look at the usual complaints about the Biden presidency you will hear about inflation, gas prices, grocery prices and the southern border. Which don't really make sense if you think about it.
Inflation is a world-wide situation not national, and the US is doing much better in relation to inflation than any other industrialized country.
Gas prices are a combination of oil prices and corporate price gouging by the oil companies. Yet those that complain about gas prices are pro-unfettered capitalism and opposed to electric or alt fueled cars. Since Biden cannot control those prices, it is dishonest to blame him for them.
Grocery prices are much the same as gas prices but you also have to add that because unemployment is so low, many of the minimum wage workers have moved on to better paying jobs, leaving a void in many areas which can directly effect the availability of many items, including food, causing prices to increase.
The Southern border is simply another made up crises by the right wing, much like their "caravans" which seem to show up just before elections and disappear just after them. There have been, are, and always will be issues with illegal crossings at the southern border and there never has been a solution to it. However Biden has been attempting to address the cause and not spend trillions for a stone age solution that a simple ladder can beat. You also need to remember that republicans actually voted against border patrol funds just so they can keep their "border crises" a talking point.
Republicans also seem to not understand (willfully) the difference between illegal immigrants and legal asylum seekers.
Biden has never had a clue about the border.
And while he may not be spending trillions on border security, he did manage to preside over the single largest non-Covid deficit in history.
Maybe inflation would be better if Biden hadn't insisted it was just temporary for so long.
And of course I know the difference between illegal aliens and asylum seekers. I am also astute enough (and not blind) to know that the very vast majority of asylum seekers are denied.
So you think that the WH should stop talking about Bidenomics which links his performance to the voters wallet?
The Dem Mayors of DC, NYC, Chicago, Denver …disagree.
Well, they are all probably just considered DINOs now.
Gotta say, shipping those immigrants to sanctuaries was simply a BRILLIANT political move that seems to be working out pretty good for the GOP.
“Nearly half of the 27,000 migrants who arrived in Denver since November 2022 have chosen the bus, plane or train tickets to other cities in the U.S., city data shows. In New York and Illinois, taxpayer dollars also are being spent on tickets, creating a shuffle of migrants in the interior U.S. who need shelter, food and medical assistance as they await rulings on asylum cases that can take years.”
Don't know where you came up with that load of BS. Bidenomics is what is bringing us out of inflation faster than most other countries.
No they don't.
With the end of COVID there are a higher than normal number on the southern border, however that does not make it a "crises". Again it is the inability of republicans that cannot tell the difference between illegal immigrants and legal asylum seekers that blow it out of proportions.
If that were the case, you wouldn't vote for a 2nd Biden term, either.
There are millions of people who think he's unfit for office who manage to control their emotions, respect the rights of their fellow Americans, and refuse to live in fear over the possibility of his re-election.
And then there are also the irrationals, living in near hysterical fear, who rain scorn, condemnation and foolishness down on anyone who refuses to match their anxiety levels.
In Liberal La La Land, do mayors routinely declare emergencies when there really aren't emergencies?
It's worth pointing out that the biggest RINO in history may well be Donald Trump himself.
Spoken like someone who doesn't live anywhere near the border.
Whether these folks come in as asylum seekers or just come in undocumented, the net effect to the local communities is the same. You obviously DGAF because it doesn't affect you, but math is real and the number of people involved makes it an authentic crisis, no matter if they have paperwork or not.
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How on earth does one person's opinion of Trump enable him?
Does Trump only have one enabler?
First you say that Biden isn’t responsible for the economy then you say he is. Talk about BS!
“Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released his plan to deal with the city's growing migrant crisis Friday morning.”
“MIGRANT CRISIS TO CAUSE 5% ACROSS-THE-BOARD BUDGET CUTS FOR ALL NYC AGENCIES”
Our national media was his biggest enabler in 2015-16 and remain so today.
Your comment indicates you think he is an enabler:
I don't know that he has any enablers. Just because someone says he has many doesn't carry any weight.
Either you can answer the simple question or you can't.
Thank you for writing.
All good points.
I am pretty sure you meant that for Ozzwald, though!
Yep, fat fingers on a little screen.
I know the feeling!!!
LOL!
So you don't care if they are legal or not? You just don't want them in YOUR neighborhood. How very un-American and un-christian of you.
un Christian?
Haven't you got the memo?
We are not a Christian nation, why would you expect anyone to act as one?
Either legal or illegal, I don't want to pay to house, feed, educate, and medicate them.
How many of these "asylum seekers" have you taken into your home to offset the costs of caring for them?
Now you are getting it.
BLACK VOICES
Alderman, Residents Push Back on City Plan to House Migrants at Amundsen Park Field House
Contentious meeting over new migrant shelter held in city's Smith Park neighborhood
We Just Can’t Get in Front of It”: Is Joe Biden Sleeping on Chicago’s Migrant Crisis?
Wow, yet another inconvenient fact to ignore!
Black Chicago says No más!
Why, that makes them un-American and un-Christian!
Oh. no!!
10 times as many as you have.
I have no idea why you are posting something that does not have to do what what I am talking about. Just trying to deflect to something you are more comfortable discussing.
So zero
If you feel as if they have the right to be here, then take a couple of them in. Show them that great liberal care and inclusion you leftists boast about.
In 4.1.26 you were pointing out the attitude about NIMBY.
Not diverting, but reenforcing your point with more examples.
Back the fuck up. You have less than zero idea WTF you're talking about.
I absolutely want them here. They are fantastic for the economy. They work hard, their kids behave, they don't commit as much crime, you don't have to guess what gender they are, they don't block traffic shooting Instagram videos, and they generally have 50x more common sense than the stereotypical American Millenial.
But rational adults understand that the sheer number of these folks is creating massive problems.
Unfortunately, any potential sensible action on the situation is stopped either by Team Red fuckwits who just don't want any of them here or Team Blue fuckwits whose desperate and laughable attempts at moral superiority don't allow them to admit that a million people doing anything is a logistical issue.
Are you claiming that they DO NOT have the right to seek asylum here?
My only point was that asylum seekers are here legally. Do you dispute that fact?
Most asylum seekers are migrants seeking a better life, not fleeing persecution.
Do you think American citizens should pay to house, feed, educate and medicate others?
Why do you bother replying when your reply has nothing to do with my comment?
My only point was that asylum seekers are here legally. Do you dispute that fact?
“…the world did not come to an end and democracy did not die.”
Thanks to the checks and balances built into this wonderfully crafted system and the resiliency of our citizenry.
Just as it has under endured in the current ‘wretched state’, or whatever other vitriolic adjective one chooses
And it will continue to do so even under a possible administration with a self-described vendetta based on retribution, retaliation, and the restrictions of hard earned rights…even under the not-so-veiled threats of violence.
Neither of which are going away.
Exactly. Well said.
There was a time when no one in their right mind thought a person like Trump could come along and be elected. That barrier was broken, and others could be too. It is unknown what the future will bring. What we do know is that he is unhinged and that appears to be acceptable to a lot of people.
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The amount of fearmongering in the article is astounding.
According to the article, we are barely hanging on by a thread. Ridiculous nonsense that no sane person should ever believe.
Trump is not President. Democracy worked.
Trump is under indictment. The justice system is working.
Going all Chicken Little in order to try to scare some folks from voting a certain way is weak. Make a real case for Biden.
And if Trump is elected?
Then he will be President again.
Democracy in action!
Sadly I do not think we have taught the history of the rise of the Nazis in Germany enough. I fear we are in for a repition of history, but the last one for humanity.