What's fascist?
I have felt for quite a few years that the Republican party was on its way to extinction simply from demographic changes underway on this continent. Old white males were becoming a smaller and smaller minority and being replaced primarily by a growing Latino population that tended to vote democratic. Republicans as a whole seem to have seen that and decided that rather than modifying their own platform to appeal to the members of the new emerging majorities, they would simply hold onto power by abusing the tools current governance gave them. Justifying themselves with the time-tested strategy of manufactured threats from "others" (Latinos, liberals and blacks) they modified the conduct of elections through voting restrictions and gerrymandered voting districts to favor their control despite their waning membership among the population. This strategy represented a fundamental break with basic democratic principles but conservatives seem to have concluded hanging on to power was more important. Right in the middle of all this, Donald J Trump saw his opening and began his run for office and takeover of the Republican party. Following on what they had already started and the obvious amorality and righteous self-interest of their new leader, the new republican party abandoned the idea of the rule of law - at least for themselves.
So, where are you headed Frank?