‘It will be the end of democracy’: Bernie Sanders on what happens if Trump wins – and how to stop him
‘It will be the end of democracy’: Bernie Sanders on what happens if Trump wins – and how to stop him
He’s the leftwing outsider who nearly became the Democrats’ candidate for president - twice. As his position on the Israel-Gaza war threatens to upset his support, the veteran senator says he’s tired but determined to fight the return of that ‘ bitter, humiliated man’
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They've been saying this every election. This line is the norm now. There never was much of a democracy.
I don't think it's a coincidence that "this line" became normal at the same time the GOP has been enacting antidemocratic legislation and putting forward antidemocratic candidates.
at the same time the GOP has been enacting antidemocratic legislation
1940: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnice_P._Clement
1964: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Eye_(United_States)
1981: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballot_Security_Task_Force
From 1838 to Present: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement_in_Florida
Were you alive in 2000? Bush & Gore were often parodied as too similar
Also, The End of History
It hasn't been forever. It's been since Trump started running, and the Republcan party pulled the Southern Stratgy Part 2.
Did climate change stop being real when we started breaking the record temp every year?