Of all the inappropriate and offensive things Donald Trump has uttered from the Oval Office, maybe none is worse than his recent suggestion that many Americans want to be ruled by a dictator.

“‘A lot of people are saying, ‘Maybe we’d like a dictator,’” Trump said.

If anybody in this country wants that, they’re not a real American.

Trump made the remark on Monday during a rambling stream of comments about an executive order abolishing cashless bail in Washington.

Trump often asserts that “some people say” or “many people say” in order to provide support for some opinion that he has himself. It’s a lazy way to make a case for something because it leaves the listener unable to weigh whether the number of people who have said what Trump says they said is very small, like one person, or ver

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