Photos: YouTube Screenshot Trump does not have to physically show up at the Republican presidential debate Wednesday night to be well-represented on that platform. Each and every one of the candidates who will be there stands for essentially the same fascistic and criminal policies promoted by the ex-president, almost making irrelevant the question of whether or not he physically stands on the platform with them.
Like infamous fascists throughout history, including both those of the past like Hitler and Mussolini and those of today like Hungary’s Victor Orban, Trump said yesterday, “I don’t do debates.” Fascist “supermen” consider appearing on a stage with “Untermenschen,” people allegedly inferior to them, as kowtowing to democracy and manifestations of it, including political debates.
Trump, of course, has always found it personally difficult to pass up an audience, so some say he may yet show up this week or for future debates. The reality, of course, is that he and his policies will be present on that stage regardless of whether he himself is standing behind a podium.
The candidates who have qualified for the debate give varying if not total support for lying, for corruption, for election denial, for attacks on democracy, for restrictions on voting rights, for removing…
