that s what we have. that s what we have here. we talk to you and ring the bell. what are those steps? so ringing the bell is one of them because we have the same four steps in our arsenal of democracy. the informational one, we have to tell the truth, which you are doing here, right? and that is that unfortunately the vast majority of the republican party has become autocratic and we cannot deny that, whether we are politicians, whether we are reporters or whether we are american citizens. we have to tell truth. the second is legal, like the brave election workers in georgia are doing now because the law does have protections for us. the third is political, right? the midterms this year are going to be a referendum on democracy. and the last is personal. this is a moment for us all to be active citizens and reach out to our neighbors. and here s the weird thing. it may be tempting to demonize those who fall prey to a cult but we need empathy. because what the country needs is we nee
laws. people around the country are changing election laws. there s a personnel effort to remove people like brad raffensperger. and of course a recent poll showed today 30% of republicans say violence may be necessary to protect the country. there s a violent effort. last time was practice for the next time unless we do the necessary steps now to protect our democracy. well, i want to say in a minute what are those, because i feel like i ve again, we ending up in this place every night. i feel like it feels a little like covid in march of 2020 where it s like just ringing the bell. that s what we have. that s what we have here. we talk to you an ring the bell. what are those steps? so ringing the bell is one of them because we have the same four steps in our arsenal of democracy. the informational one, we have to tell the truth, which you are doing here, right? and that is that unfortunately the vast majority of the