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The Debate Showed the Truth: Trumpism Is Bullyism
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The Debate Showed the Truth: Trumpism Is Bullyism

And the virus is spreading through the Republican grassroots.

David French
Sep 30, 2020
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The Debate Showed the Truth: Trumpism Is Bullyism
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One of the most mystifying and disturbing cultural aspects of the Trump presidency is the way in which a generation of Republican men, urged on by populist GOP pundits, have pushed him forward as an avatar of strength and masculinity. It’s always been a strange fit: A New York playboy who luxuriated in inherited wealth and dodged military service with a…

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