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The cowardice of the press to compare Trump to fascist leaders of yesteryear has helped to normalize his words and deeds.

“The adults brought this child along to do a bad deed, and let her suffer all the consequences.”

President-elect Trump, though he had been in office before and committed a host of previously disqualifying crimes and deeds, represented the ultimate change.

Yet he has managed to turn those normally disqualifying deeds on their head, positioning himself with about half the electorate as the ultimate change agent for a system that he paints as corrupt.

And that means being prepared to hold anyone accountable for their words and deeds.