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markodochartaigh

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7. In 2015 the
Sun Jul 21, 2024, 12:06 AM
Jul 2024

Republicans were going to have a brokered convention to choose another candidate. But they realized that because Trump was so wildly popular with the 80% of their base who are authoritarians they could not win without him. So they put party before country and chose an authoritarian Strong Leader who was not committed to democracy. Still, some party leaders refused to support him. They knew what they were doing.
For a democracy to be functional there must be at least two viable parties committed to democracy. We only have one. Until the corporate Republicans take back control of their party from the 80% of their base who want a Strong Leader, or develop a viable alternative party committed to democracy, democracy in the US will be one election away from failure.

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