This Mike Pence “prayer” of thanks to Trump is excruciatingly, stomach-churningly uncomfortable to watch. The ritual submission and exaltation is nearly pornographic. This is not America. pic.twitter.com/FN6y2X2K73
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) December 20, 2017
Until Trump, I believed that official public spectacles of personal loyalty and nationalism that reminded me of the Stalinism were limited to dictatorships. https://t.co/gctNDnsfuk
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) December 21, 2017
Fact. This is an ugly, desperate spectacle. Embarrassing to any self-respecting citizen of a republic. https://t.co/gxIbgggbVt
— David Simon (@AoDespair) December 21, 2017