Warning: 2018 political ‘civil war’ threatens, fueled by media

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Washington Examiner

Paul Bedard

 May 26, 2018

More and more voices are raising concerns that the 2018 elections will ignite a terrible clash between supporters of President Trump and his increasingly agitated critics in a partisan battle that has been brewing for years.

Stanley Greenberg, former President Bill Clinton’s pollster, is warning of a “civil war.”

Purdue University President Mitchell E. Daniels, former President Ronald Reagan’s political director and a two-term Indiana Republican governor, sees the nation dividing into feuding “tribes” that gravitate to tyrants who “bludgeon” opponents.

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In warning of a “civil war,” Greenberg said Trump has become central to how people identify themselves. “Families dividing over the 2016 election reflects just how central feelings about Trump have become to people’s identities,” he wrote in his latest report on the unusual Michigan county.

 

Despite the concerns, Daniels expressed optimism that America’s youth will be able to change the tone.

Or maybe it was wishful thinking. “It’s possible this all goes out of fashion,” he said in the interview. If not, his goal is getting new generations to take charge. “You all,” he told his Boilermakers, “may have to be the ones to fix this.”

 

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