Who's "smugly refusing" though? I'm bristling at the suggestion that a sitting president should be immune from criticism, especially one who is ACTIVELY supporting genocide!

an actual fascist United States.

I've got bad news for you about us. We're already a fascist state. Yes, it can get worse, but just the existence of agencies like ICE and our entire fucked up history paints a grim picture of what we are.

So if you're telling me my only choices are either a genocidal maniac or a slightly less genocidal maniac, then I'll tell you we do not have a democracy. That is NOT a democracy that you're describing. You admit this, right?