'Idiots,' 'criminals' and 'scum' -- nasty politics highest in US since the Civil War

By Thomas Zeitzoff, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, American University

Joe Biden, “together with a band of his closest thugs, misfits and Marxists, tried to destroy American democracy.”

This is what Donald Trump said to his supporters hours after pleading not guilty in federal court in June 2023 to his mishandling of classified documents.

The indictment of a former president was shocking, but Trump’s words were not. Twenty years ago, his rhetoric would have been unusual coming from any member of…

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