GOP Lawmakers Sound Alarm on Trump ‘Dictator’ Narrative

Published on December 7, 2023

Several Republican lawmakers expressed concern about recent articles claiming that former President Donald Trump would become a “dictator” if he’s elected in 2024. An article written by Robert Kagan, published by the Washington Post, included a headline that blared, “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending.” He wrote: “There is a clear path to dictatorship in the United States, and it is getting shorter every day. In 13 weeks, Donald Trump will have locked up the Republican nomination.” Similar articles, published around the same time by The Atlantic and the New York Times, echoed those claims. The Times article claimed that the former president is using “violent and authoritarian rhetoric on the 2024 campaign trail,” likening those comments to authoritarian governments....