OPINION | Howey: Will our republic and democracy survive?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Here is how Trump has addressed some of these topics, in his own words:Elections and the Constitution:
40% : His "Operation Aurora" would dispatch "elite squads of ICE, border patrol and federal law enforcement officers to hunt down, arrest and deport every last illegal alien gang member until there is not a single one left in this country."
39% : Trump responded, "I think it's in the U.S.'s best interest to get this war finished and just get it done.
34% : "Second-term retribution: At his campaign kickoff rally in Waco, Texas, in March 2023 on the 30th anniversary of the infamous Branch Davidians massacre, Trump said, "I am your warrior; I am your justice.
29% : Many Republicans have jettisoned any set of conservative principles for Trump.
24% : "Pulling out of NATO: Trump said numerous times that NATO allies "rip us off" by not meeting the 2% spending target.
24% : In the Sept. 10 debate with Vice President Harris, Trump was pressed on his commitment to Ukraine.
22% : On Dec. 4, 2022, Trump called for a "new election," alleging "massive fraud" in 2020 (there wasn't) and added that the situation "allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.
22% : Trump appeared to invite a Russian attack against NATO deadbeats, saying he would "encourage" Russians to "do whatever the hell they want."
18% : "Authoritarian rule: Trump said at a Fox News town hall in early 2023 that he would not be a dictator "except for day one."Mass deportations: Trump said last week that he will invoke a more than 200-year-old wartime law that grants the president unilateral authority to deploy federal law enforcement for rounding up and deporting immigrants.
14% : Enemies from "within:" Trump said on Fox's "Sunday Morning Futures" last weekend that America faces real danger from the "enemy from within," including "radical left lunatics.
8% : "Rule of law and summary executions: Trump said in Erie, Pennsylvania, last week that "one really violent day" would solve what he has described as a plague of unchecked property crime in American cities.Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack: Trump said this past week , "You had hundreds of thousands of people come to Washington.
8% : "Military tribunals for Pence, Cheney: Trump called for "televised military tribunals" for former Vice President Mike Pence, President Joe Biden, Vice President Harris, Sen. Mitch McConnell and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney.

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