Left-Wing New Republic Urges Dems to Mobilize ‘New’ Resistance to Defeat Trump’s ‘Fascistic’ Agenda, ‘Extinguish’ MAGAJoshua Klein 21 Jan 2025
Donald Trump’s return to the presidency is a major threat to democracy and Democrats need to “find a new way to defeat him,” according to the left-leaning New Republic, which lambasted the returning president’s “nakedly fascistic agenda,” and calls to “extinguish the growing movement he leads.”
In an article published on Trump’s inauguration day, The New Republic slammed the new president, branding him as an authoritarian leader whose influence has only grown stronger since his initial term.
https://twitter.com/newrepublic/status/1881319851496546601Revisiting Trump’s first inaugural address in 2017, the Monday piece notes how many Democrats were “shell-shocked” by his surprise victory over Hillary Clinton, with some refusing to even acknowledge his legitimacy as president.
“Eight years ago today… ‘President Trump’ was still hard to fathom,” it states. “In fact, many Democrats simply refused to believe it: They considered Trump an illegitimate president who should be rejected outright.”
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