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By Dana Milbank
This is what Republicans have wrought as they remained silent, or even joined in, as Trump routinely declared his opponents treasonous and fraudulent. Now Republicans see that he can easily turn those weapons of authoritarianism against allies who disagree with him. Having excused and echoed his disinformation against others, they will have no defenses left when the charges of disloyalty are turned on them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/10/now-mike-lee-knows-what-it-feels-like/
From friend to foe in the blink of an eye.
DBoon
(22,403 posts)Stalin against fellow Bolsheviks, Hitler against Röhm and the SA, Trump against Republicans who do not fully support his every atrocity
usaf-vet
(6,217 posts)Of course, Jim Jones Jonestown proved that his followers will drink a known poison if told to. AND to feed it to their kids.
We need to be very concerned that there is no bottomless point that some of the sycophants won't follow him to and never say enough is enough.
Arthur_Frain
(1,864 posts)You would be unwise to do so.
usaf-vet
(6,217 posts)cilla4progress
(24,783 posts)move.
usaf-vet
(6,217 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)This Guy is hard Core Right wing and he is just playing to his Utah Audience which gets most of it's info from Sinclair owned Murdoch News Media Outlets.
Head Fake.
usaf-vet
(6,217 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Southern Utah Dem,learned first hand how this Dog stays relevant.
maxsolomon
(33,432 posts)Its the one place where otherwise rabid Tea Party Conservatives will sometimes meet the Left - international relations.