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The Authoritarian Moment Chris Murphy Feared Has Come
The Connecticut senator’s warnings about the fate of US democracy can sound alarmist to some ears. But right now, they look prescient.
Prescient.
Photographer: Jemal Countess/Getty ImagesIn 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris centered her closing argument on democracy, predicting that then-candidate Donald Trump posed a threat to the nation’s bedrock institutions and would enter the White House with an enemies list, intent on using the military against citizens and seeking unchecked power and revenge.
That argument obviously fell flat.