it suppresses. it subjugates. hi again, everyone, it s 5:00 in new york. that nightmare scenario of one of america s two political parties abandoning truth, abandoning principle, abandoning the constitution in pursuit of power sometimes feels like a fever dream. sadly, the threat to our democracy is very real, very urgent. what you might not know by only listening to this white house, other than that really important, really powerful speech from president biden four and a half months ago. it s the clip we played. we ve seen almost no action and very little public recognition from this administration about just how dire the situation is. on the other side, trump and his allies talk about it all the time. they ve turned up the heat in their ongoing, very public war on democracy. they take any and every opportunity to publicly spread lies and to shore up the reinforcements should the
untoward for a sitting president to reach out to a secretary of state and ask, you know, things like this, but that said, we are not seeing the action on the federal level, the prioritization of this issue on the federal level that we need to be seeing, whether it s in congress or in the white house. this is a five-alarm fire. this is happening in broad daylight, as you mentioned. the dismantling of democracy by putting people who are willing to undo the results of an accurate election, fail to certify it and the like, simply because they don t like the results, and the federal government has a critical role to play now in ensuring that we are protecting our states and our state officials and local officials from attempts to replace them by with people who would willingly, openly block the will of the people. i mean, madam secretary, with all due respect and more, an american president has conversations about attacks on democracy with foreign leaders. what is untoward about monitor
ex-president again attempt to undermine an election result he doesn t like. there s brand-new reporting in the washington post that takes a deep look at how trump and his backers are installing loyalists in key positions. quote, the effort goes far beyond the former president s public broadsides against well-known republican state officials who certified president biden s victory such as georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger and arizona governor doug deucy. citing the need to make elections more secure, trump allies are also seeking to replace officials across the nation, including volunteer poll watchers and paid precinct judges, elected county clerks and state attorneys general. that s according to state and local officials as well as rally speeches and posts by those seeking the positions. if they succeed, trump and his allies could pull down some of the guardrails that prevented him from overturning biden s win. election officials and watchdog
edited. and he s got a hundred million dollars available in cash on hand. you know, i mean, first of all, michael cohen is obviously right that this is a massive grift. it s always a grift. of course it s a grift. on the other hand, these things do have a momentum of their own and as you point out, nicole, this is a man who does appear increasingly unhinged and increasingly in a certain way kind of delusional about his status, so i mean, i i think you have to assume, and i am assuming that donald trump is going to run because at a certain point, what else is he going to do? why is he doing everything else he s doing? he s looking at the polls. he understands he owns the republican party. the republican party will hand him the nomination. he s looking at an incumbent president who is weak and he s thinking, if i can get republican legislatures, if i have this guarantee in my back pocket, pennsylvania, wisconsin, and michigan, going to make sure i don t lose those states, why wouldn
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