Opening statements begin on monday. And according to the judge, quote, this trial is starting. So long we have been using the word erosion on trumps institutions and americas faith in them f. This weeks spectacle showed us any, the term erosion the flow of water, slow and steady, might be under stating the immediate danger. We should think of the harm done to the structure of our democracy like a tidal wave, Flash Flooding possible. Try as we might to board up the windows to be kept from being swept away there is damage more and more every second. Some jurors so frightened or intimidated from doing their basic civic duty that some were moved to tears in the courthouse as they were today for fear of retaliation. You can see it in the way the disgraced president lies in the case and the way everyone is in if. He conditioned his followers to Distrust Anything and everything outside the sealed mega bubble. The Executive Director of protect democracy described it to us like this. I think pe
Distrust Anything And Everything outside the sealed mega bubble. The Executive Director of protect democracy described it to us like this. I think perhaps one of the most corrosive areas that we face is the unleashing of termites in the foundations of our system that trump and his allies unleash by Sewing Doubt in the trust that we historically had in our institutions. By suggesting that courts can not be trusted, that Juries Cant be trusted, that every actor here is acting corruptly, it is undermining that trust that is perhaps one of the greatest longterm threats to the viability and future success of this country. A democracy depends on a certain degree of trust. The systems are never perfect. We have been in the prosy of improving them. When you get trump and his Allies Sewing the doubt, none of it can be trusted . That is when the whole thing
damage being done or more every second phase you can see it in the actions and the fear of prospective jurors, some of them so frightened or intimidated for doing their basic civic duty that some or moved to tears in the courthouse as it were today for fear of retaliation. you can see it in the way the disgraced ex-president lies about the case and everyone involved in it. most of all you can see it in the way he has conditioned his followers to distrust anything and everything outside the hermetically sealed maga bubble. executive director of protect democracy described it so eloquently to us like this. i think perhaps one of the most dangerous that we face is the unleashing of termites in the foundations of our system that trump and his allies unleashed by sowing doubt in the trust that we have historically had in our institutions, by suggesting that courts can t be trusted, that juries can t be trusted, that every actor here is acting
fear of retaliation. you can see it in the way the disgraced ex-president lies about the case and everyone involved in it. but most of us, ugh you can see it in the way he s conditioned his followers to distrust anything and everything outside the maga bubble. the executive director of protect democracy described it to us like this. i think perhaps one of the most corrosive and nefarious dangers we face is the unleashing of termites in the foundations of our system that trump and his allies unleash by sewing doubt in the trust that we have historically had in our institutions, by suggesting that courts can t be trusted, that juries can t be trusted, that every act tort here is acting corruptly and nefariously, it s undermining that trust that s one of the greatest long-term threats to the viability, stability and future success of this country. because a democracy depends on a certain degree of trust in our systems.