![]() ![]() In Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America, historian Nancy MacLean establishes that the Republican Party of today has been entirely transformed. Meanwhile, those siding with our current president and Republicans in Congress typically try to frame a criticism as “hysterical.” (Eric Trump has even noted that Democrats are “not even people.”) Every day it seems that someone with liberal inclinations tweets or posts on social media asking when Republicans in Congress are going to do something about Donald Trump, when they’re going to get fed up with his destruction of basic American values, his emphasis on deregulating everything from corporations to schools, his attacks on minorities and women. ![]() AS WE FACE unprecedented threats to our democracy, it’s common to hear people try to frame the moment in traditional, partisan terms as one in which they side with Democrats or Republicans, liberals or conservatives. ![]()
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