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The press is overhyping the “bipartisan” revulsion at Vivek Ramaswamy’s attack ad. In fact, the Trump and Republican responses bode ill for the last 12 days of the election campaign, and after.

The Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate’s ad against Amy Acton is disqualifying. It’s also precisely what you would expect from a MAGA regime that protects abusers.

Critics argue that these plans will erode social safety nets, undermine public services, and disproportionately benefit corporate interests.

With a 1,000-page “Project 2025” handbook and an “army” of Americans, the idea is to have the civic infrastructure in place on Day One to commandeer, reshape and do away with the “deep state” bureaucracy, firing 50,000 federal workers.

Even without Donald Trump on stage, in the first GOP debate, the treatment the crowd gave Trump’s critics made it vociferously clear - this is a MAGA Trump Party.