Crash Course: Republican voters know Trump isn't joking with his "dictator" remarks — it's why they love him

MAGA folks are gaslighting reporters when they say Trump is kidding [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvczFyZmNmd243ay8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXZXA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNDRmbHFiYmtjbS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXYmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMHZmdjI1d2g2ZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXZXA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMzF4NzlrZWs1Zi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXZXA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvc3E3aGcxMjkzYS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXZXA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvaTN6NWEzOGEzeS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXZXA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvN21ocHdpazNobC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXZXA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo Republican voters know Trump isn't joking with his "dictator" remarks — it's why they love him From Amanda Marcotte: At this point, the space between Trumpism and Nazism is disappearing quickly. The "disrepair" we're talking about is not hard to suss out, when [Trump is out there claiming immigrants are](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMTRzaGs5NXJtMS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXYmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) "poisoning the blood of our country." Four out of five his children were born to immigrant women, removing all remaining wiggle room that this phrase is anything but an assertion that non-white people are a subhuman taint. This is eliminationist rhetoric, which reduces human beings to "disrepair" that needs to be forcibly removed or destroyed. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvYjFsdG50amNhby8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXYmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNGRoM25jMGJjcS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXZXA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcXFmOWpsMWM5by8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXZXA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNHhub291NDJzMy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXZXA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvc2V1dGsydXp3bi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXZXA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo Republicans have set a border trap. Biden can't afford to fall for it From Sabrina Haake: Sweeping decades of republican opportunities and inaction under the rug, [Freedom Caucus member and House Speaker Mike Johnson](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvb2V6YWdyeHA1bS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXZXA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) has declared that immigration reform is now Republicans’ “hill to die on,” confirming that the right is willing to jeopardize long-standing military obligations to score political points from manipulated voters. Promoting [#BidenBorderCrisis](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdGg2Y28wN2doNy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXZXA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) on social media, and [falsely claiming](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXsTgP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMmE1MXBmbjNxMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW12eGlyYTZxMXZXA3NwY0IKZXPiP3xlTyTgOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) that democrats support open borders, far right politicians approach immigration today like they approached abortion yesterday: as an opposition party whose role is to attack, not solve. 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