Paul Krugman Comes Close to Invoking Nazis in Twitter Rant About GOP’s ‘Authoritarianism’
Paul Krugman went on yet another Twitter rant against Republican obstruction and “authoritarianism” today that almost led to an invocation of the Nazis. Almost.
One of the big issues of the 2016 campaign is how many election norms has been just thrown out the window. Krugman thinks that the GOP was violating some political norms well before Trump:
David Frum is right about the breakdown of democratic norms in this election, whatever happens. But … 1/ https://t.co/0cnFEDj0zY
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 1, 2016
it's crucial to realize (which I think he does) that this is the culmination of a process, not a sudden collapse of intact system 2/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 1, 2016
The fact is that movement conservatives — the GOP people overrun by Trump — had already abandoned norms well before. Think about 3/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 1, 2016
the Supreme Court blockade. Think about the political weaponization of the debt ceiling to extract budget concessions. 4/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 1, 2016
Back under Bush, think about the purge of US attorneys — and the way we were, you know, lied into war 5/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 1, 2016
At a fundamental level, the GOP decided a long time ago that there were no boundaries, no legitimacy to opponents. This was supposed to /6
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 1, 2016
be in the service of right-wing ideology. Predictably it has gone out of their control and opened the door to thuggish authoritarianism 7/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 1, 2016
And I think I'd better stop before I violate Godwin's Law 8/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 1, 2016
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