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Based on what I saw on January 6th and the Republican re-writing of history in response to this vicious act of insurrection, I believe that more right-wing violence is inevitable. I also believe that many in the Republican party have traded their allegiance to the United States and our democracy for membership in a cult of personality.

Notice how conservative pundits no longer use the word “Democrat” as a stand-alone descriptor. It is now almost always radical, socialist Democrat. Frankly, I do not think the Democratic Party has changed all that much. It is still the same uneasy, disord...