The Casual Menace of a Trump Rally
As the U.S. closes in on Election Day 2020, an anthropologist remembers the chilling mix of cruelty and cheer he witnessed at a Trump victory rally after the 2016 election.
Nov 2, 2020 · 8 min read
By Anand Pandian
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