and it was almost at stake at january 6th. i agree with representative crow, we have a chance to save democracy but we have to take it serious. what happened that day was a serious thing and there are serious threats to it. the best of america can stop the worst of america. but we have to accept what occurred was an actual threat upon our country. at the same time i think it s really important that we not accept defeat, that we think about the inherent goodness of people, that we think about the fact that truly a majority of people in this country are good people who want to see our democracy thrive. that s the thing about one of the horrors of the big election lie, is that the last election was actually a remarkable victory for democracy. exactly. and and more young people than ever voted. and for republicans, they did very well at the ballot box. the president didn t win, but they gained seats in the house. and people came out in the midst of a pandemic, more people vot
i joined the marine corps to serve my country because i loved it so much. i gained the inheritance of democracy. and it was almost at stake at january 6th. i agree with representative crow, we have a chance to save democracy but we have to take it serious. what happened that day was a serious thing and there are serious threats to it. the best of america can stop the worst of america. but we have to accept what occurred was an actual threat upon our country. at the same time i think it s really important that we not accept defeat, that we think about the inherent goodness of people, that we think about the fact that truly a majority of people in this country are good people who want to see our democracy thrive. that s the thing about one of the horrors of the big election lie, is that the last election was actually a remarkable victory for democracy. exactly. and more young people than ever voted. and for republicans, they did very well at the ballot box. the president didn t
on in nearly 40 states. the fact is, election fraud does occur. charges of widespread fraud have all been proven false. but the claims have succeeded in one critical way. they have shattered trust in the election system. a poll published in november found that only 33% of republicans said that they would trust the results of the 2024 election if their candidate didn t win. that compares to 82% of democrats. there will be no faith whatsoever in election results. there s 70 million people who do not believe this. so i think it s much more likely that we have a full-blown national crisis in 2024. the crisis is unfolding right now. with republicans passing new
next coup has begun, part of the special issue the atlantic d did did, is that adhereadherence, t biden is illegitimate, has become orthodox in the republican party. as we were thinking about the podcast, this show, i thought to myself, there s almost no one i want to speak to more than barton gelman. in your piece published september 23 this is before anything. you have got two things in the piece. they are talking about, can we get the state legislatures to just bypass people. you have got the trump team taking the position the vice president can just decide. i don t like those electoral votes. they are talking about that in september. because the idea of stealing an election that you didn t win is with them from the beginning.
up. there would be many more in the days ahead. voters in the final hours of making a monumental decision for this country. keeping an eye on the key battleground. president trump will win the state of florida. former president trump was in the residence. he had people coming up and down but there were staffers, aides, friends, hangers on in the east room. munching on mini burgers and celebrating what they believed once the state of florida was called for trump would be a repeat of 2016. a big win for president trump in florida. trump was in a decent move until calling arizona for joe biden. that is a big get for the biden campaign. he believed what he was being told by some advisers after he won florida which was this is