Heidi Li Feldman on Nostr: The press still normalizes the Republican Party, covering last night’s debate as if ...
The press still normalizes the Republican Party, covering last night’s debate as if it were a contest among contenders for the presidential nomination of an institution committed to U.S. Constitutional democracy. So we get headlines about who “won” or “broke through”. This is both silly and dangerous. The important news is that the Republican National Committee, sponsor of the debate, remains committed to Trump if he wins the Republican primaries.1/
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