There really needs to be another way to report on this...
This is how normalized all of this has become. The president says he plans to defy the constitution's term limits, and the response is mostly a shrug. Major failure of the press to take the rise of fascism seriously.
He's been saying this for a long time, and everyone just kind of rolls their eyes. At what point do journalists start to treat these claims with the alarm they deserve?
"Yeah, but he can't do that" is one thing that comes up a lot, but... says who? He's only constrained by what Congress will allow. As long as Republicans in Congress won't stand up to him, he's able to do whatever he wants.
He's been vocal in his support for other authoritarians who've made recent changes to hang onto power longer than they were allowed (Xi, Putin). What makes anyone think he's joking about this?
I mean, the guy held the RNC at the White House, and many journalists were still just like "oooooOoOOooOoh! lots of chairs! Pretty! Look at the fireworks!"
Without Congress holding him in check, the press is kind of all we have. But too few are taking this as seriously as they should.
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