The line you quote caught my eye as well.  A rather pathetic effort at putting the shoe on the other foot by Thiessen:
it's not the Trump organization that undermined our republic, it's those that call attention to it that are the problem.
This from the same mindset that blame Obama for much of that national debt because he put Bush's wars and tax cuts on the ledger, rather then blame the man that accrued the debt in the first place.  The hubris and stupidity of the right never seems to end.  And, lo, Smeeagain proves it by posting: "Excellent article, Marc."  Need more proof of republican stupidity?