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In his near decade as America’s main character, Trump has thoroughly desensitized voters to behavior that would have been disqualifying in another era

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Frida Ghitis: Donald Trump gets away with saying things that would have ended any other politician’s career.

She says he's a singular figure who has crossed lines of legal, ethical, constitutional, moral, legal, moral lines.

Ghitis says he has thoroughly desensitized voters to behavior that, in another era, would have been disqualifying in a president.

She asks: Is it possible to resensitize an electorate to act with impunity?.

In recent weeks , Gen Z voters have been sharing videos of themselves on TikTok listening to Trump ’s infamous Access Hollywood tape.

Brigid Quinn , a 15-year-old in Georgia , said she “didn’t understand how people thought this was normal.” Kate Sullivan , a student in Ohio , was similarly shocked when she heard it for the first time.

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