Donald Trump has made good use of the propaganda technique known as the Big Lie 1.0, famously claiming that the 2020 “election was stolen” from him. And now he’s preparing to use Big Lie 2.0 to shut down our government this fall, believing it’ll hurt the Biden administration and thus the Harris/Walz...
If it helps with your outlook at all, fascist elements in our government (right-wing, naturally) have been trying and failing to do this shit since the end of WWII. It’s very cyclical, and this is the first real chance they’ve gotten a second try at whatever the flavor of the decade platform is. Red Scare parts I & II, Vietnam, Oil Crisis of the 70’s, and the Cold War of the 80’s, Satanic Panic, and skipping some all the way to the Tea Party bullshit.
Their entire mindset is just finding something that scares enough people to get elected, then shovel their attempt at moral superiority down everyone’s throats. That’s the platform. It takes hold for a few years then it fails, and the left side of things enjoys a few terms of progress. Trump floundering is a good thing. Trump failing again will push these assholes back into their caves for another decade.