Attacks on institutions by elected officials in the United States, can pose significant dangers to the functioning of a democratic society.
It started with Donald Trump’s attacks on the media. Calling any unfavorable news, QA or by his Special Counselor, Kellyanne Conway, labeling their lies alternative facts. These are the tactics that authoritarian regimes and dictators use to limit the news the populace gets so that they in fact, become the sole providers of news. It