Donald Trump......the candidate who put the con into conservative.
For all of you who aren’t aware yet, maybe consider the Mussolini playbook for introducing authoritarianism. It likely won’t work this time because Trump is a moron. Be afraid however of the smarter Republicans, those who have yet to speak out at this attempt. They are the ones who would willingly give up democracy to retain power. There was always a reasonable support base for a populist leader with appeal to the anti intellectual, racist, nationalist groups. The problem for them is getting enough votes to obtain power from a fair election. The answer is to claim it was rigged. Unfortunately there are too many states this time to turn. The question now is not if but when. 2024?