1. A heuristic for thinking about Trump: for his political acts best not to see him as a freak but as rooted in history of American right.
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2. Trump undermining legitimacy of election (talk of vote rigging, won't necessarily accept result) can't be isolated from GOP & USA right
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3. Trump is merely articulating in a crude way message often heard on right: that political system that allows liberals to win is flawed
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4. Of course, distrust of democracy is as old as democracy itself, but for our present purposes GOP turn started in 1990s.
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6. With election of Bill Clinton in 1992 & changing American demographics, there emerged new wave of anti-democratic thought on the right
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7. I connect Trump with larger right-wing anti-democratic trend here: https://newrepublic.com/article/138019/right-giving-democracy …
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As a Christian, do you feel it's permissible to grab women by their genitalia?
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Trump's statement didn't take place in locker room but his work place (during filming of TV spot).
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