How white racism and anti-democracy elite rhetoric create the conditions for right-wing violence | #196 – May 15, 2022

Research paints a picture of a republic frayed by the politics of white grievance and violent rhetoric by far-right politicians

When I blogged last week about how America’s counter-majoritarian electoral institutions and minoritarian politicking have insulated the Republicans from accountability and enabled, eg, the overturning of Roe v Wade, the stakes of the discussion hinged on two likely outcomes. The first is, obviously, the loss of abortion rights for women who want aborti…