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To save democracy, recommit to principles of the rule of law and human rights at home
The fascist riot at the U.S. Capitol is a fitting denouement of the Trump Presidency. His incitement of thousands of white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and others caught in the thrall of his cult of personality demonstrated once and for all that there is nothing he won’t do to cling to power – -and nothing some won’t do to keep him there.
Whether by the 25
th Amendment, a second impeachment, or the inexorable approach of January 20, Trump’s presidency is ending. But for the United States to recover from this near miss with a Trump dictatorship, we must commit to rebuilding our democracy on a foundation of accountability, truth-telling, and human rights.
victory. he s getting in to alter that dynamic. we ll run a campaign against the president, to try to make mike the nominee and bring those things together. both of those things are happening right now. obviously he will talk about in virginia the electrics that occurred there recently. mike, listen, really led a campaign to elect democrats to the house of delegates. it s a very long time that democrats hold both houses and the governorship. it s been a fight for us for a very long time because of all the illegal guns that come out of the state of virginia and flow to the rest of the country, an issue for the environment. and bloomberg has talked about the impact from a private sector, from the outside in on political process. just in september, eight weeks ago, when i asked him, he said truth of the matter is when you look at the layout of who is going to vote and where the country is, i would be very unlikely to get elected. that was eight weeks ago. what s changed? we re focused