take is, in primaries, the republican presidential primary being the big one in front of us, but over the next two election cycles, let s, say you see more republicans for congress, for governor, for secretary of state, for president, being able to win without embracing, basically, this anti-democracy, pro autocracy argument now, that is hard to do when the biggest megaphone continues to shout that from the rooftops. that, in fact, there is something to admire about autocracies there are our democracy is deeply flawed that things like replacement theory white power our sometimes on that network. that is a big concern. but i have always believed that that s what it s going to take. i will feel, certainly, better about our democracy when you begin to see more republicans who, basically, are deeply conservative, don t agree with democrats on hardly any issues, but basically are more institutionalist wing. that may seem like a fairytale.
being the big one in front of us, but over the next two election cycles, let s, say you see more republicans for congress, for governor, for secretary of state, for president, being able to win without embracing, basically, this anti-democracy, pro autocracy argument now, that is hard to do when the biggest megaphone continues to shout that from the rooftops. that, in fact, there is something to admire about autocracies there are our democracy is deeply flawed that things like replacement theory white power hour sometimes on that network. that is a big concern. but i have always believed that that s what it s going to take. i will feel, certainly, better about our democracy when you begin to see more republicans who, basically, are deeply conservative, don t agree with democrats on hardly any issues, but basically are more institutionalist wing. that may seem like a fairytale. but i do think you will see some republican primary voters and certainly in 2026 say, hey,
you know what we should do on thursday? let s have a tenth public humiliation. what s going to happen friday? could be an 11th. that s part of it, but the other thing is also true. rick ross used to say some things are deeper than rap. this is deeper than this moment for kevin mccarthy or even these defectors. it runs to a kind of rock at the core of part of the republican party, and that is not stated as an opinion. the reason so many republicans are angry is they, like critics of the republican party are now living with the actual anti-governing, anti-democracy, anti-rational part of this party, and for the three reasons i told you tonight, they are in a very real sense somewhat in charge until they re not. that is our understanding of the situation. we turn to our experts to go even deeper. we have the atlantic s mark leibowitz who wrote about
given right wing candidates in particular are passed by bot sides and everything that s a problem. the new medias wants to be see desperately as fair, and unbiased an impartial and you know, those are good aims, wet in order to get there, they are overly responsive t criticism from the right and they keep moving over to try to make it seem like the are fair, and in fact, they ar actually just taking thing down the middle that shouldn t be taken down the middle democracy and anti-democracy are not equal things and they shouldn t be treate as such. very well, puck several new outlets came down very hard on john fetterman s post trum debate performance he did fun bull a fair few words, but not anymore words and herschel walker. and donald trump who have been had strokes as far as we know when a republican manages to come of semi polished, they ge a gold star for beatin expectations, but when a democrat stumbled slightly
pro-democracy party and now it is a paranoid cult of authoritarian personality. but that party he thrives on anti-democracy, on voter suppression, on gerrymandering and filibuster and we need to get democracy moving again. so we need statehood for the disenfranchised populations in washington, d.c. and puerto rico. we need a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote. we need to repair the voting rights act which has been dismembered by the supreme court and shall be county versus holder case. we need to get democracy moving in the rights direction so we don t lapse back into the authoritarian stuff. yeah. i understand that. and that also goes to where america is right now. there is also the criticism of the committee us self. the evidence that emerged, testimony especially from a lot of trump s own people is under oath and people can weigh it and in that sense, it s been something that the nation, journalists, lawyers, and clearly the doj, they re