Anatomy of normalization

Republican Rep. Dave Joyce, the chair of the influential Republican Governance Group in the House, just said of Trump’s call to suspend the US Constitution: "I will support whoever the Republican nominee is.

“That's a remarkable statement," said interviewer George Stephanopoulos. "You just said you'd support a candidate who's come out for suspending the Constitution."

"Well, you know, he says a lot of things," Joyce said. "I can't be really chasing every one of these crazy statements that come out about from any of these candidates at the moment."

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BackyardShaman · 61-69, M

Good grief!! However it’s no surprise since this is how the GOP gaslights the public. The pattern is, it will be repeated by the GOP 4 times in succession, which with the lower IQ level voters will convince themselves it’s the only way to go, and when the GOP fully takes over again within 1.5 months we will have no constitution and will have a dictatorship in office until his death, then his son will take over. Obviously we need to stop this.

helenS · 36-40, F

@BackyardShaman Exactly the Roman way. From a Republic nobody cared about anymore, to a tyranny (Caesar) and then to a bunch of "Emperors".

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@helenS

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Trump is more like Sulla than Caesar.

helenS · 36-40, F

@beckyromero I still believe the American republic is supported by the vast majority of citizens, and it will survive the current attack.
Everybody has to keep in mind that republics are not immortal, and they are historically an exception. Despotism has always been the rule.

BackyardShaman · 61-69, M

@helenS history repeats itself every time

helenS · 36-40, F

@BackyardShaman 😕