This is what Trump and equally vile people like Chaffetz would like this country to turn into: a tragic, grotesque travesty of a country founded on democratic principles.
Trump’s endless incitement to violence, the vicious, infantile tantrums launched by him and his fellow Republicans, of whom no one is more culpable than Chaffetz, must be explained for what they are and what they portend. We are experiencing one of the most perilous moments in the country’s existence.