The Intense and Foreboding Landscape of the 2024 GOP Presidential Primary.

Many of the declared and potential Republican candidates for the 2024 presidential election are using dystopian rhetoric and dark undertones to portray the nation as locked in an existential battle. They warn that President Biden and a “radical,” “woke mob” of liberals are determined to “destroy” and “ruin” the nation. The risk of such rhetoric is that it strips political discourse and debate of its empathy and even humanity. Some experts say that it divides and excludes, casting one set of people as heroes and saviors and another set of people as beyond the pale and evil.