can american politics please go back to 'guys the president forgot to put on a us flag pin on his blazer' or 'guys the president wore the wrong color suit' or 'guys the president is kinda a baller' or 'guys the president used a selfie stick' or 'guys the president wore a helmet'
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When politicians (usually on the right) constantly make up reasons why they should fear their political opponents or minorities
They definitely do it on the left as well
True, but to a noticeably lesser extent, which you can see by the way Democratic politicians didn’t incite a deadly insurrection after Hilary lost in 2016. Marjorie Taylor Greene, on the other hand, used antisemitism and “replacement theory” to convince people to vote for her… then defended riots/violence at the capitol against law enforcement and supported those who threatened her fellow lawmakers…
Many on the far-right can’t convince enough people to vote for their policies, so instead rely on voter suppression, fear-mongering, and hateful rhetoric. If you can’t denounce white supremacists for fear that you’ll lose their votes, then you know you’re relying on a support base which is problematic. 