I wrote much the same thing after the 2016 election. As it turned out, country club Republicans, along with the Republican intellectual class, lived down to the worst stereotypes the left could imagine for them. At the time, someone who called Mitch McConnell a fascist would have been regarded as misusing a boo-word: now the only question is whether he is an actual fascist or merely a cowardly collaborator with fascism. Here's my piece
I wrote much the same thing after the 2016 election. As it turned out, country club Republicans, along with the Republican intellectual class, lived down to the worst stereotypes the left could imagine for them. At the time, someone who called Mitch McConnell a fascist would have been regarded as misusing a boo-word: now the only question is whether he is an actual fascist or merely a cowardly collaborator with fascism. Here's my piece
https://insidestory.org.au/the-dog-that-didnt-bark/
Wow.