If a “contempt of facts” is a fascist’s tool, what does that say about the entire Republican party?

Donald Trump, America’s modern Mussolini – The Washington Post

the conservative military historian Max Boot tweeted: “Trump is a fascist. And that’s not a term I use loosely or often. But he’s earned it.”

Trump uses many of the fascist’s tools: a contempt for facts, spreading a pervasive sense of fear and overwhelming crisis, portraying his backers as victims, assigning blame to foreign or alien actors and suggesting only his powerful personality can transcend the crisis. He endorsed the violence done to a dissenter at one of his rallies, and he now floats the idea of making entry to the United States contingent on religion. …

Trump’s campaign has grown ever darker. Last week, I wrote that it’s necessary to call Trump the racist, bigot and demagogue that he is. His supporters’ reaction to my column confirmed that he’s appealing to the ugliest impulses: My inbox filled with anti-Semitic, anti-gay, anti-immigrant, anti-black and, particularly, anti-Muslim invective (“bunch of scum ball Mos-slimes”). The next day Trump gave a speech to a Jewish group and portrayed them as money-obsessed “negotiators.” …

“This is not conservatism,” House Speaker Paul Ryan (Wis.) said.

Right — it’s fascism.

Donald Trump, America’s modern Mussolini – The Washington Post