Trump’s threat to put Clinton in jail is more than unconstitutional

Donald Trump, in his words and deeds, has not hesitated to reveal who he is. He has not hidden any of it. And what he is, at the end of this too-long parade hatred and contempt, is just this: a fascist.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, pictured in this file photo.
TORONTO—Fascist. To some of us, at least, calling someone a fascist is one of the worst things one can say. After that, what is left? How can one top that? George Orwell, among others, struggled to define the word. He wrote that defining fascism was “important,” and even one of the “unansw...

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