There's a Twitter game that routinely starts whenever a new, frightening revelation about the Trump administration becomes public: Clips of Hillary Clinton predicting that specific horror are resurrected. It's really quite remarkable. From President Donald Trump's affinity for Russia's Vladimir Putin to his refusal to accept the election results. ("Every time Donald thinks things are not going in his direction, he claims whatever it is is rigged against him," she said in 2016 during the final debate between the two.) There are so many documented examples of Clinton's warnings coming to pass that it's easy to see why the 2016 election still takes up a lot of oxygen.
But the truth is, the nation began gasping for air in February 2010.
It started in a corner of New York state politics. For 13 years the 3rd Assembly District of eastern Long Island had been represented by Democrats. Then came L. Dean Murray. With the endorsement of Sarah Palin (then wildly popular) and the wind of anti-government sentiment at his back, this Republican candidate scored the 160-vote lead he needed to become the first tea party activist elected to office.
