Is This Fascism

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July 22, 2026

Rep Jim McGovern spoke about the state of the Republican Party on
the floor of the House, The speech called the party out for
falling back on the communist label to divert attention from the
economy and from what is happening in the party more broadly,
McGovern charged that the Republican Party has become the party
of fascism, Fascism rejects the equality that defines democracy,
It elevates a single man to be an all powerful dictator, Scholars
have noted that such demagogues depend on a disaffected
population, who focus on someone to hate, Fascism aligns the
government and favored businesses as business activity is
subordinated to the needs of the government, Trump has approved a
deal to provide Saudi Arabia with a civilian nuclear program,
This project is worth billions in contracts for US firms, MBS,
Saudi’s crown prince, has declared he will build a nuclear weapon
if Iran does, making this deal a blow to nuclear
nonproliferation.

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