“Democrats demonstrate daily that they’re not for the rule of law, but for the law of rule, mob rule.”

— Ilana Mercer

"The Party of Man-Haters," https://townhall.com/columnists/ilanamercer/2018/10/19/the-party-of-manhaters-n2530054 Townhall.com, October 19, 2018
2010s, 2018

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