Steve Benen - @stevebenen.com posts:
Not too long ago, it would've been pretty dramatic for an incumbent American president to refer to his opponents as “the party of Hate, Evil, and Satan.”
But as people grow accustomed to madness, it's now barely a one-day story.
[And Steve Benen quotes Rachel Maddow posting]:
Trump pushes a new label for Democrats: ‘The Party Of Hate, Evil, And Satan’
Republicans apparently want Democrats to stop using the kind of incendiary political rhetoric that the president uses all the time.
[photo of Democratic minority leaders in Congress]
October 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
To people who have been watching the American fundamentalist movement that became the core of MAGA, this is the same language they've always used, and the same belief they've always had.
Opposition is literally Satan. Opponents are literally Satan […]
[Original post on mastodon.murkworks.net]