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Commentary: Herbert and Trump conspire to shill for big corporations

In his State of the State address on Jan. 30, Gov. Gary Herbert abruptly broke his continuity of thought to warn us against evil socialism (example provided: Venezuela). It was a strange non sequitur.

How fascinating that just six days later, President Trump did the same thing in his State of the Union address, using exactly the same example.

We probably just witnessed the launching of a new GOP fear campaign, the goal of which is to scare the bejesus out of anyone leaning towards an idea whose time has come: universal health care, and/or Medicare expansion.