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If You Love This Country, Turn Down the Temperature Now
“Incentivizing better behavior doesn’t have to mean that hearts and minds in Bidenworld or Trumpworld will change overnight. But who knows?” (Illustration by The Free Press, images via Getty)
We have seen the enemy, and it is us.
By David Masci
07.14.24 — U.S. Politics
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Last night, David Masci, the editor-in-chief of Discourse, returned home from a birthday dinner when he saw the breaking news alert: ‘Shots Fired at Trump Rally.’ For a moment, he was shocked—but then ultimately not surprised, given how heated our political rhetoric has become. He quickly drafted the following essay on what we might do to pull our natio…

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David Masci
David Masci is Editor-in-Chief of Discourse at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Previously, he worked as a senior research fellow and senior editor at the Pew Research Center and as a staff writer at Congressional Quarterly.
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