Large numbers of Americans want a strong, rough, anti-democratic leader

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Large numbers of Americans want a strong, rough, anti-democratic leader: Large numbers of Americans want a strong, rough, anti-democratic leader - It might be comforting to think that American democracy has made it past the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

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