The Authoritarian Moment Chris Murphy Feared Has Come
In 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris centered her closing argument on democracy, predicting that then-candidate Donald Trump posed a threat to the nation's bedrock institutions and would enter the White House with an enemies list, intent on using the military against citizens and seeking unchecked power and revenge.
That argument obviously fell flat.
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