Paul Krugman: When did Republicans start hating facts?

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 as one of belie