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"It's a republic, not a democracy!"
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"It's a republic, not a democracy!"

The right keeps spouting that claim--and progressive objections have been weak.

William Hogeland
May 25, 2021
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At some point I really am going to do Part Two of my exploration of how the display of a supposedly empathetic personality became, for liberal Democrats, a key presidential attribute.  . . .

But not today!

The right-wing “it’s a republic, not a democracy” trope just won’t go away. Liberal responses to it are always tricky. The issue involves some uncomf…

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