Krugman Nails It With A Tweetstorm

Krugman has been riding high lately, and I couldn’t agree with this Tweetstorm more.

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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 x

the Supreme Court blockade. Think about the political weaponization of the debt ceiling to extract budget concessions.  4/

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 1, 2016 x

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 x

And I think I'd better stop before I violate Godwin's Law 8/

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 1, 2016

What I think we need to keep in mind is that Trump REALLY does represent the GOP and they REALLY have become an authoritarian party of deplorables and the party of stupid.

The GOP must die, but I fear that the GOP zombie will continue for some time, and we will be fighting to save our democracy for a long time to come.  And it is a fight, and everyone had better engage or this experiment started by the founding fathers can really come to an end.

UPDATE:  Krugman just tweeted this:

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What @jonathanchait says: authoritarian impulse deeply rooted in conservatism; Trumpism is no accident, just a vulgar version pic.twitter.com/nTpo20XFHc

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 1, 2016