Opinion

The Worst Day for Democracy Since the Civil War

MAKING AMERICA VULNERABLE AGAIN

The Republican party is escalating its war on democracy as it aims to rule America, or ruin it.

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Jan. 31, 2020, was the worst day for democracy in America since April 12, 1861, when South Carolina forces opened fire on Fort Sumter. Both days represented a moment when an old guard representing a dying way of life placed their own survival ahead of that of the United States...

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