Trump's racist outbursts and autocratic ploys endanger American democracy

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'Democracy is fragile. Our president is doing his best to break it,' writes columnist AbcarianLAT.

Democratic congresswomen, from left, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib struck back Monday at President Trump's Twitter attacks against them.

And yet, it’s absolutely uncanny how he is following those leaders, taking our country into uncharted, undemocratic waters. The steps, laid out in Diamond’s latest book, “Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition and American Complacency,” sounded uncomfortably familiar:

 

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AbcarianLAT LOL.

AbcarianLAT I wonder why no one trusts the MSM? EndTheBias

AbcarianLAT Sorry to debunk your anti-American rhetoric LAT, but America does NOT endorse these Islamic extremist women.

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AbcarianLAT How is it that these four women who should go back where they came from can speak better English than the president?

AbcarianLAT Here’s a thought. What good work has any president done that is remembered? Was it economy? No. Was it internments? No. Was it tax breaks for wealthy? No. It was civil rights. It was a unifying black president. It was voting rights. This president will just be a bad memory.

AbcarianLAT maga shame on you realDonaldTrump

I believe he is trying to foment a civil war. After which he can declare himself president for life. All the tactics Hitler used.

AbcarianLAT Fake News

AbcarianLAT Not “the squad” they are more like “the squat” since they don’t know squat. Ungrateful, in-American, bitter, racist, cognitively & ethically compromised entitled & privileged losers-they’ve already ensured the President’s re-election-they can go now.

AbcarianLAT LOL

AbcarianLAT Darn tootin’ right we need 2 stop pure democracy from taking over! That is why Founders gave us federal constitutional republic! Much diff than democracy! americaisnotademocracy americaisafederalconstitutionalrepublic foundingfathers notodemocraticsocialism notopuredemocracy

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