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Violence is the new Republican grift

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Trump's greatest appeal is how he gives his followers and others in the MAGA movement's orbit permission to be their worst true horrible selves.

Donald Trump continues to valorize the Jan. 6 terrorists as "heroes" and "p Schmitt l prisoners" Julian Zelizer: The American right wing is trying to create a Hobbesian state of nature where violence and fear of death is everywhere and the rule of law is meaningless.

The Republican Party's and "co Schmitt ive" movement's policies are deeply unpopular with the American people, Zelizer says.

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