Being educated at a very left liberal arts college, it’s been wild to see the Republican party accuse the media of non-stop of lying. That was a totally leftist stuff even 10-15 years ago. it’s also wild to watch the Republicans embrace full-throated election denial. While not embraced by the Democratic party, the de facto position on the very left was that W stole the election from Gore. I was even assigned “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy” by Greg Palast in my first politics class.

Also popular among the very left was that Bush knew and 9/11 was planned. Conspiracies are part and parcel with Republican thought today.

So blaming America first? This party is truly embracing the left’s worst impulses. And yes, the Democratic party had made progress in drifting away from them. Not enough and not in a unified enough way, but the contrast is stark. MAGA Republicans are simply unpatriotic. Straight up.