The fringe has become the standard. As MSNBC’s Brian Williams said in signing off from his final show in December 2021, “The darkness on the edge of town has spread to the main roads and highways and neighborhoods.” This was certainly true within the GOP, though Williams framed it in terms of its poisoning effect on our broader national enterprise. “Grown men and women, who swore an oath to our Constitution—elected by their constituents, possessing the kinds of college degrees I could only dream of—have decided to join the mob and become something they are not,” Williams said. “They’ve decided
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