3, 2022. what is the july 4, 17 76 celebration mean to you? prof. anderson: it means that we are so precariously pert as this democracy that we are heralding on july 4, 1776. we are in a perilous time, to me, as perilous as it was when the continental army looked like they were getting their butts kicked, as perilous as it looked when the south attacked fort sumter and launched the civil war. we are in perilous times where our democracy is hanging by a thread. host: why do you say that? prof. anderson: we ve got what i call a land, sea, and air attack happening on american democracy. the land attack is the assault on voting rights. the sea attack is the attack to wash away the teaching of real american history. and the air attack is the loosening of gun laws while having a narrative that the insurrection was legitimate political discourse. and well seeing that there was all of this violence and threats raining down on election workers and election officials. when you are look
c-span radio and listen to washington journal daily at 7 am eastern. important congressional hearings and public affairs events throughout the day and weekdays at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. eastern, washington today for a fast paced report on stories of the day, listen to c-span any time, tell your smart speaker play c-span radio. c-span powered by cable. carol anderson, it is july 3, 2022. july 4, 1776, celebration, what does it mean to you? guest: it means we are precariously perched in this democracy we are heralding on july 4, 1776. we are in a perilous time. to me, as perilous as it was when the continental army looked like they were getting their butts kicked. as perilous as it looked when the south attacked fort sumter and launched the civil war. we are in perilous times where our democracy is hanging by a thread. host: why do you say that? guest: we ve got what i call a land, sea, and air attack that is happening right now in american democracy, the land attack is the