The American system of government operates on a set of norms, and if one party decides to regularly violate those norms in order to acquire more power, it cripples the ability to respond to disasters like hurricanes, threats like North Korea, and existential challenges like climate change. The Republican approach is one of immense cynicism and utter cowardice, but there is nothing I have seen in twenty years in politics that suggests Republicans are going to change their stripes anytime soon. Russia clearly played a huge role in promoting the conspiracy theories that dominated the conversation
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