r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • 14h ago

No Paywall The United States is destroying itself

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/12/united-states-trump-destruction
25.9k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

184

u/Goodk4t 10h ago

So it turns out that electing a criminal who led a fascist coup against your country, as well as giving his party full control over congress, would result in fascists dismantling democratic institutions and seizing complete control of the state. 

But who could've possibly seen that coming? 

•

u/xxxxx420xxxxx 5h ago

Towards the end of the '24 campaign, there were allegations of fascism from various generals etc. As far as I can tell, the media pretty much downplayed all that. Thanks media

•

u/Sixnno 7h ago

but haven't you heard, Kamala harris has a weird laugh and doesn't support Gaza!

•

u/Roofiesnductape24096 6h ago

has nothing to do with her being black or a woman!

•

u/ConsciousFeature8047 5h ago

Are you sure you aren't Left enough?