{"id":10032,"date":"2021-01-19T01:58:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T01:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/01\/19\/fascism-scholar-strongman-trump-radicalized-his-supporters-turning-this-back-will-be-very-hard-2\/"},"modified":"2021-01-19T01:58:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T01:58:11","slug":"fascism-scholar-strongman-trump-radicalized-his-supporters-turning-this-back-will-be-very-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/19\/fascism-scholar-strongman-trump-radicalized-his-supporters-turning-this-back-will-be-very-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Fascism Scholar: Strongman Trump Radicalized His Supporters; Turning This Back Will Be Very Hard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ccb_single_video_player \" data-controls=\"1\" data-autohide=\"1\" data-fs=\"1\" data-theme=\"dark\" data-color=\"red\" data-iv_load_policy=\"3\" data-modestbranding=\"1\" data-rel=\"0\" data-showinfo=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"0\" data-disablekb=\"0\" data-nocookie=\"1\" data-aspect_ratio=\"16x9\" data-width=\"640\" data-video_position=\"above-content\" data-volume=\"100\" data-video_id=\"fsVFbi_B-rE\" style=\"width:640px; height:360px; max-width:100%;\"><!-- player container --><\/div>\n<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is threatening to begin new impeachment hearings against President Trump if Vice President Mike Pence doesn\u2019t invoke the 25th Amendment of the Constitution to remove Trump from office for inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol. Calls are also growing for Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley to be expelled or to resign for supporting Trump\u2019s effort to overturn the election and fanning the flames ahead of last week\u2019s insurrection, and authorities are warning about more right-wing violence ahead of Inauguration Day on January 20. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a New York University historian whose work focuses on fascism, authoritarian leaders and propaganda, says the storming of the Capitol was \u201ca logical result\u201d of Trump\u2019s legitimization and encouragement of right-wing extremism since 2016. \u201cThe threat to democracy is not outside our institutions only. It\u2019s coming from inside,\u201d Ben-Ghiat says.<\/p>\n<p>#DemocracyNow<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. 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