Conservatives Say Democrats Would Treat Any Republican The Way They Treat Trump. That's Absurd.

A GOP myth that drives me crazy: "Trump isn't special"

There’s a myth in Republican circles that goes something like this: Democrats and liberals would hate any Republican with the same level of anger we direct at Trump. Romney, McCain, Bush—doesn’t matter, they say. The left will always see Republicans as fascists, always reach for hyperbole. But this line of thinking misses something obvious: Trump is not just any Republican, and that’s why he’s treated as something different entirely.