“Meanwhile, Hamilton, in Federalist No. 1, said the greatest danger to republics and the liberties of the people comes from political opportunists who begin as demagogues and end as tyrants and from the people who are encouraged to follow them. “President Trump may not know a lot about the Framers,” I told the Senate, “but they certainly knew a lot about him.”

“Meanwhile, Hamilton, in Federalist No. 1, said the greatest danger to republics and the liberties of the people comes from political opportunists who begin as demagogues and end as tyrants and from the people who are encouraged to follow them. “President Trump may not know a lot about the Framers,” I told the Senate, “but they certainly knew a lot about him.”

— Jamie Raskin