The founders feared the demagogue, who figures prominently in the Federalist Papers as the politician who, possessing “perverted ambition,” pursues relentless self-aggrandizement “by the confusions of their country.”
Monday, December 02, 2019
Worst Nightmare
NY Times: Trump Is the Founders’ Worst Nightmare - The very conduct that necessitates presidential impeachment also supplies the means for the demagogue to escape it. By Bob Bauer - Mr. Bauer served as a White House counsel under President Barack Obama.
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