“These People Are Crazy”: A Short History of Authoritarian Rhetoric That Pathologizes Opponents, and Why Trump’s SOTU Line Fits the Pattern
1) The contemporary trigger: Donald Trump says Democrats are “crazy” in the State of the Union In his Feb. 24, 2026 State of the Union, President Trump criticized Democrats for not standing and then said, “Look, nobody stands up. These people are crazy. I’m telling you,…