"It was surreal, how the debate moderators avoided the profound, historical question of #nominating a man who will be on trial for federal felonies during the campaign. And it was ridiculous that no candidate mentioned that the man they trail in the polls makes #anti-democracy assertions on a regular basis, such as recently insinuating that America’s top general should be executed." #GOPdebate #democracyeroding #disfunctional #TrumpsShadow https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/in-trumps-shadow-a-meaningless-debate?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email