Kevin Leecaster
When authoritarian leaders lose office, they come back, like, 10 times worse — they never get less extreme, they always get more extreme,” Ben-Ghiat said. “January 6 was a profoundly radicalizing event for the base, for the GOP and for Trump himself, because even assaulting the Capitol you could get away with. His campaign events have to be seen as that of an extremist radicalizing people and emotionally reeducating people to hate people.” @ruthbenghiat https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/24/trump-language-policy-2024-race/
The deepening radicalization of Donald J. Trump

Watch how the former president’s positions and rhetoric have grown more confrontational and extreme as he seeks a second term.

The Washington Post
May 24, 2023 at 4:27pmWeb
Show threadAbraxas3dMay 24, 2023

@GreenFire @ruthbenghiat Same deal when sex harassers get ousted from an organization. They fight tooth and nail to get back in and get more power than they had before. It's almost always the case that the people that dutifully used the code of conduct or complained about the gross behavior end up having to leave because an entitled abusive turd couldn't handle normal repercussions.

Jan 6th is a political example of entitled people fully expecting no consequences for their horrific behavior.