Other presidents in my lifetime have been able to summon majorities of lawmakers for unpopular causes — I think of Lyndon Johnson and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — but none with the retributive threats, social media fury, and potentially violent base of supporters that Trump is now wielding.
Needless to say, the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts made America more inclusive. Trump’s Big Ugly Bill makes America crueler.
The best analogy isn’t to Lyndon Johnson. It’s to the “strongmen” of the 1930s — Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and Franco.
That such a regressive, dangerous, gargantuan, and unpopular piece of legislation could get through Congress shows how far Trump has dragged America into modern fascism.
Friday, July 4, 2025
Robert Reich: “This is fascism”
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Too bad the republicans in congress are against unions, because otherwise they could organize to help each other to resist their fear of Trump.
Good thing Trump is ignorant of history, because otherwise when he has his followers intimidate folks in the judicial and legislative arenas, he would have them wear brown shirts and then be twice as fearsome.
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