Democracy’s Next Threat

14 Dec

The Devil Is In The DeSantis Details

Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an expert on fascism and authoritarian political leaders. She had recently stated… “People need to start paying attention…

“DeSantis is NOT a more normal, better disciplined version of Trump… He is a dangerously power-hungry, self-serving, corrupt bigot.

He may be worse than Trump because Trump was a fool. DeSanctis has the potential to be a fascist, unafraid to impose his personal views on everyone, using the power of government.

If DeSantis is becoming many Republicans’ answer to their “Trump problem” his rise is because of his of authoritarian sympathies and attitudes, not in spite of them. He promises a more “respectable”-seeming version of illiberal rule than the baggage-laden outrage specialist that is Trump. No wonder dozens of billionaires have backed him…

But let’s be clear: The man whom Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post celebrates as “DeFuture” would, in fact, continue Trump’s relentless attempts to turn back the clock on social progress in America by silencing and disenfranchising tens of millions who don’t fit into Republicans’ white Christian vision for the nation.”