Journalist and CNN political analyst Carl Bernstein said Sunday on CNN’s Reliable Sources that “the cold civil war” within the country predates President Trump, but that the president was able to tap into it and use it to propel himself into the Oval Office.

“No president in the history of the United States — in 246 years [sic] — has expressed the kinds of ideas and thoughts and undemocratic notions and authoritarian notions that he has. We need to start connecting these dots. What do people in the country think of this and why do they think and support him, no matter what we do, no matter how outrageous seemingly his conduct is,” he said.

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