Maybe US mainstream media should begin using the term ‘fascism’ | Robert Reich

My tweet about Ron DeSantis provoked outrage in rightwing media - perhaps it hit the nerve of the fascism now taking root in the Republican party?

I've been watching the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, for some time. Last Tuesday I tweeted: Just wondering if DeSantis' is now officially a synonym for fascist'."

I was surprised at the outrage my little tweet provoked in rightwing media.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His new book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com