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Posted December 19, 2020 5:00 a.m. EST EDITORS NOTE: Paul Krugman is a New York Times columnist and also a Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He won the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on international trade and economic geography. Republicans spent most of 2020 rejecting science in the face of a runaway pandemic; now they’re rejecting democracy in the face of a clear election loss. What do these rej...

Krugman: When did Republicans start hating facts? Dec. 16, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Republicans have turned Ronald Reagan into an icon, portraying him as the savior of a desperate, declining nation. Mostly, however, this is just propaganda.MIKE SARGENT /AFP /Getty Images Republicans spent 2020 rejecting science in the face of a pandemic; now they’ve rejected democracy in a clear election loss. What do these rejections have in common? In each case, one of America’s two major parties simply ...

 Credit...Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Republicans spent most of 2020 rejecting science in the face of a runaway pandemic; now they’re rejecting democracy in the face of a clear election loss. What do these rejections have in common? In each case, one of America’s two major parties simply refused to accept facts it didn’t like. I’m not sure it’s right to say Republicans “believe” that, say, wearing face masks is useless or that there was widespread voter fraud. Framing the issue...

Paul Krugman: When did Republicans start hating facts? Under Reagan, irrationality and hatred for facts began to take over the GOP. (Chuck Robinson | AP file photo) In this Oct. 7, 1984, photo President Ronald Reagan debates Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Walter Mondale in Louisville, Ky. By Paul Krugman | The New York Times   | Dec. 15, 2020, 8:13 p.m. Republicans spent most of 2020 rejecting science in the face of a runaway pandemic; now they’re rejecting democrac...