Trump gives Proud Boys, a white supremacist, anti-Semitic militia group, more than a shout out. It was an appeal to ready themselves to disrupt the elections over the next several weeks, on election day, and in the days and weeks that follow. It was an incitement to violence.

Trump’s performance in the presidential debate was an expression of his weakness and desperation as well as a danger to democracy.

Trump has been breaking democratic norms and institutions since he entered the White House. Earlier this week he continued this behavior in turning the presidential debate into a sh-t show.