"Trump is the general leading the army into battle against an enemy that needs to be vanquished for the good of the nation. When facing an existential threat, there is no room for public dissent. In his Republican Party, you are expected to treat him with reverence, submission and obeisance, or you will be treated as a traitor to king and cause. All of this has come at a crushing price, including driving away young people in huge numbers . The Trump ascendancy has made far too many Republicans increasingly contemptuous of serious intellectual and policy argument, indifferent to empirical truth and His takeover of the Republican Party is complete. Healing and renewal can’t begin until the party rejects the malignancy of Trumpism and embraces the belief that politics is not only a necessary activity but a noble calling, an imperfect but essential way to advance justice."
At www.nytimes.com
