The Guardian: Republicans closely resemble autocratic parties in Hungary and Turkey – study
Berry Craig
Swedish university finds ‘dramatic shift’ in GOP under Trump, shunning democratic norms and encouraging violence
Julian Borger in Washington
Donald Trump raises a fist to the crowd following his speech in Circleville, Ohio, on Saturday. Photograph: Tom Brenner/Reuters
The Republican party has become dramatically more illiberal in the past two decades and now more closely resembles ruling parties in autocratic societies than its former centre-right equivalents in Europe, according to a new international study.
In a significant shift since 2000, the GOP has taken to demonising and encouraging violence against its opponents, adopting attitudes and tactics comparable to ruling nationalist parties in Hungary, India, Poland and Turkey.