One-party rule is now the credo of Trump and his followers | Lloyd Green

An illiberal democracy, similar to Viktor Orban's Hungary, is increasingly the model for Republicans

The first anniversary of the invasion of the Capitol approaches, our cold civil war grows hotter by the day, and the numbers tell the story. A majority of Republicans view the attack as a defense of freedom (56%) and just under half (47%) cast it as an act of patriotism. For good measure, one in six Americans approve of the events of 6 January 2021, including nearly a quarter of Republicans.

America's Reichstag fire continues to smolder. A staggering 64% of Americans believe democracy here is in crisis and at risk of failing". Beyond that, two-thirds of Republicans agree that voter fraud helped Joe Biden win the 2020 election". Disturbingly but not surprisingly, the Republican party's credo is now heads I win, tails you lose".

Lloyd Green is an attorney in New York. He was opposition research counsel to George HW Bush's 1988 campaign and served in the Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992