Friday, June 1, 2018

Call out his lies. He depends on them. Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United."


By E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post

Image of video in article from, with caption in article: "At a rally in Nashville on May 29, President Trump called Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen a 'total tool' of 'MS-13 lover Nancy Pelosi.'"

Excerpt:
Political polarization has many sources, but the prime cause of it now is the president himself. Polarization defines Trump’s survival strategy, and it means that demagoguery — toward immigrants, toward crime, toward special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe, toward dissenting NFL players, toward anyone who takes him on — is what his presidency is all about. ...

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