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E.J. Dionne: In North Carolina, a portrait of a deeply torn nation

Washington • President Trump’s tweeting of a “Trump 2024” meme should concentrate the minds of his opponents. So should the results of North Carolina’s special congressional elections on Tuesday.

Perhaps it's a mistake to take the first too seriously. But it does underscore the utterly abnormal, chaotic, norm-breaking, and corrupt nature of this administration. We have a leader who, like some of his dictator friends abroad, would love to be president for life. This means he will do everything he can to divide the country by sowing anxiety and inter-group hatred, something he did with gusto on the eve of the Tar Heel state's balloting.