Rubin needs to look backwards to understand that Trump is just one extra step along a path that the GOP has been on for decades.
She saw it very late.
It was building from at least the Gingrich era, particularly in the Republican media complex. They moved from being pro- to anti-science as they gave the Christian right an outsized role. Cheney overturned the norms of human decency over issues like torture. When McConnell took charge of the senate, the cheating began in earnest.
Trump simply put the orange head on the octopus.
At least she has figured it out now.
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