The GOP,helped by the left, has been destroying the US

But saying that Trump won’t destroy American democracy single-handedly isn’t really saying very much. Because the truth is, the GOP has been undermining our democracy for decades, eroding our political institutions [see my March 2015 story on “constitutional hardball”], as well as hollowing out our middle class. At the same, Democrats have mostly been playing along, offering “GOP lite” alternatives on most major questions, except for a few flagship social issues, such as reproductive choice, and more recently gay marriage.