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How the GOP primed its voters for political violence

How the GOP primed its voters for political violence

Trump Republicans spent years stoking Americans' hatred. Now MAGA voters are ready to turn the GOP's violent rhetoric into a revolution.

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Aug 17, 2023
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Sometimes I struggle to remember what politics was like before Donald Trump descended that golden escalator and sent our nation careening toward civil conflict. 

I first volunteered in politics in 2004,  when I was just 16 years old. I was just in time to campaign for Indiana Governor Joe Kernan, the last Democrat to ever ho…

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