mcdaniel. rnc chairwoman. pennsylvania being an important state for republicans this year. open senate race, senator toomey is retiring and the razor thin margins in the senate. this state counts very much. for whoever wins, oz or mccormick, when this is all said and done do you believe that either of them would be in good position to try to beat the democrat s nominee john fetterman? i do, dana and bill. i think the thing that we re taking away from last night is first of all republicans outpaced democrat purn-out by 100,000 votes. the first time we ve beat the democrats in 10 years in this type of primary situation. we also are going up against a democrat candidate in fetterman who is an acclaimed democrat socialist. if you look at what deblasio did to new york city, that s what fetterman would do to pennsylvania. you would see defund the police, getting rid of energy
i started the firm in 1998. the united states domestic politics was never part of it. the u.s. was doing a lot of leading by example. didn t make everyone around the world happy and we made our share of mistakes but there wasn t really any question about the legitimacy of american political institutions. now, i mean, you and i know ali and that kind of fundamental to a functioning democracy is the ability to have free and fair, legitimate elections that whoever wins, whoever loses, you go on and you continue to govern. and all around the world major democracies continue to function like that. but not the united states. and so and i see so many people out there saying can we keep our denokeracy, can we save our democracy? i think it s more can we rebuild some of the democracy that we ve already lost because, as of today, the national election cycle in the u.s. has fundamentally eroded. we can no longer count on having a free, fair and legitimate
might mean for the future of american democracy. what you re seeing and what year reading is not what s happening. reporter: former president trump s truth has ruined elections. you don t trust election officials. no. there you don t trust the fbi. no. you don t trust the courts. no. who do you trust. trump, his supporters, and anybody that when i listen to them talk they don t turn my stomach with the disin gen genui genuineness. do you have faith in american elections? i think whoever wins, win. he will win if he win runs again. people are saying i don t want to vote because it will happen again. because it will happen again. what is your reaction to hearing from an american like that? well, 10 years ago, it would
the former president has been pushing his big lie so long it has become ingrained in his supporters. will they ever trust an election? what does that mean for our country? cnn s doney o sullivan has the story. reporter: what you re seeing and what you re what you re seeing and what you re reading is not what is happening. reporter: former president donald trump s elentless attacks on the truth has eroded faith in american democracy and its institutions. you don t trust election officials. nope. you don t trust the fbi. nope. you don t trust the courts. nope. who do you trust? trump and his supporters and anybody that has, that when i listen to them talk they don t turn my stomach with the disingenuousness. reporter: you have trust and faith now in american democracy and american elections? no. i mean, i think whoever wins, wins. i m all about that. he will win if he runs again. but the people that know that we were cheated are almost at the
and american elections? no. i mean, i think whoever wins, wins. i m all about that. he will win if he runs again. but the people that know that we were cheated are almost at the point of saying i don t want to vote because it ll happen again. reporter: what is your reaction to hearing from an american like that? well, ten years ago it would have been shock. and disbelief. and i would have thought, well, she is an outlier and she s not representative of anything larger than fringe movement maybe but of course that is not the case anymore. reporter: barbara walter is a professor at the university of california in san diego. she has studied civil conflict for years from yugoslavia to northern ireland. experts who study civil wars and know the warning signs, we ve been talking about them but nobody wanted to believe it. and january 6th made it impossible to deny and ignore that there really was this cancer growing in our own country.