As Texas Shows, the GOP Big Lie Strategy has Already Destroyed Much of America

When politics are based on lies, fascism thrives

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• Republicans and their media are lying right now about why people are dying from the cold in Texas.
• The GOP has been embracing lies instead of policy since the Reagan Revolution.
• It’s become a way of life for Republican politicians.
• As a consequence, Republican voters are among the most misinformed people in America.
• When the electorate believes lies, democracy doesn’t work.
• The Libertarian billionaires who own the Republican Party don’t believe in democracy, so this is working out exactly the way they want.
• This is a formula for the destruction of democracy and the rise of fascism.

Back in the 1970s, Texas disconnected its power grid from the rest of the country so they wouldn’t have to put up with federal regulation of their energy system. As a result, people are dying across that state right now.

But rather than tell the truth, Republican officials across the state, from the governor on down, are lying to their people.

People are shocked that the Republican Party would embrace lies, from Trump’s lie that…