There also comes a point where they don’t have to hide anymore. They’re doing Nazi salutes on television. They’re pardoning white supremacist neo Nazis. They’re already there. Why pretend when they can just deny that such a thing exists or should exist in the first place? Fascists will love it, and that’s where his core supporters are anyway.
Why suspend it when you can just ignore it?
Look a fascism lite in Russia or Turkey – they still pretend to have democracy and rule of law – that’s the power of pretending.
There also comes a point where they don’t have to hide anymore. They’re doing Nazi salutes on television. They’re pardoning white supremacist neo Nazis. They’re already there. Why pretend when they can just deny that such a thing exists or should exist in the first place? Fascists will love it, and that’s where his core supporters are anyway.