Democrats would have you believe that our very democracy is at risk in the 2024 election. They may be right, but not for the reason they say.

That’s because in the past, the low-level demagoguery of American politics was never really existential. A Republican who accused a Democrat of “defunding the police” might well find herself working on a piece of legislation with that very person, who in turn likely accused her of “making raped women have babies” during the heat of campaign season.

That sort of language just comes with the job. But the language the Democrats and the critics are using to describe Donald Trump has now gone so far beyond the pale that it is frightening.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has claimed, without any real basis, that this coming election “may well be the last real vote you ever get to cast. It will be that bad.”

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has said that “Donald Trump… is a clear and present threat to American constitutional democracy….”

Hillary Clinton says that electing Trump "would be the end of our country as we know it, and I don’t say that lightly.”

We can only assume she didn’t say the next thing out of her mouth lightly, either, when she reminded everyone that “Hitler was elected.” (Which is not true, by the way, although he did come to........

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