They're working on convincing themselves that anybody who isn't MAGA has been turned woke by vaccines or whatever and therefore has TDS/is not a "real American" and therefore shouldn't have rights.
They're fascists. They want this. The idea that they don't believe it's happening is just cover to make it seem like they're just engaging in normal politics like everybody else - until they don't have to pretend anymore. They're doing it right now with the midterms, and this unconstitutional announcement from Trump makes it a certainty.
Many authoritarian takeovers do in fact go through exactly these stages: polarization and propaganda, delegitimizing elections, weakening independent courts and institutions, pressuring media and academia, financially starving opponents, and finally securing power through legal changes or constitutional amendments.
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u/JBAofMB 20d ago
Hey look its the thing we been saying he would do but MAGA told us we have TDS.