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So we have been talking to you since the embers of the 2020 election were still very much burning hot on the right. and i first want to congratulate you on your win. michigan s a very tough state. tell me how you re feeling. i guess not quite one week in. i m extremely grateful to the voters who recognized what was at stake in this election and reacted accordingly. we saw the highest turnout election in our state s history, people voting from all backgrounds, all walks of life, to defend democracy alongside us alongside of us. and it puts us in a strong position going into the next cycle. but certainly really shows through the voters voices that dismantling democracy is a losing political strategy. which we didn t know i feel like you and i thought that could be and should be but we didn t know it would be. how do you feel that the voters of michigan and frankly
ElectionEstateRightMichiganMembersWin2020VotersTurnoutStakeOneAmerican-democracyStoking a politics that is divisive, that is dangerous. and that is, i think, a, not a majority view, and one that is part of the desperation in pushing so hard and making these trips i think because there is a recognition that this is a minority position. and leslie, we are talking about functioning democracies here. any of these outcomes, presumably, reflect the will of the people in fair and free elections. what s the best response when it comes to countering the influence of the extremes? in this case, the far right. it s a really difficult question. i think, you know, the one advantage that the united states has, we had a president, donald trump, who would love to have rolled out the playbook with more success. he would like to have had the success in dismantling democracy that viktor orban has had in
PartOnePoliticsMajority-viewDesperationMinority-positionRecognitionFunctioning-democraciesManyTripsLeslieOutcomes( ( your leaving makes it more likely the republicans are taking over. it is hard. it is hard. i have been vocal about what i think we should do to win in 2022. allow members to represent the districts that they have. i don t want to hand this country over to a party that has become more of a cultive personality and is focused on dismantling democracy. i also don t want to hand my party over to the faction that is trying to dismantle capitalism. democratic congresswoman stephanie murphy of florida speaking on a new episode of show time s the circus with jen palmeri about the issues plaguing her party ahead of the midterm elections and why she decided not to seek reelection. she is concerned the far left of the party is opening them up to be branded socialists. there s also the issue of crime. some cities controlled by democrats have das who won t prosecute certain offenses.
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