Various scenarios that could take place after the election involving delayed counting of ballots. This runs whenever. Im aaron david miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment and welcome to carnegie connects, series of virtual conversations on issues of critical importance to americans and to the world. Our last session which took place on the afternoon of the first president ial as diverse of the question, what Foreign Policy figure in the election and our three panelists, charlie cook, jen saki and Amanda Carpenter i think myself included knew the answer to the question before we began. Not so today. The question we pose come will american democracy survive november 3 and beyond, is unanswerable. It may be overly dramatically rendered, but there are simply too many unknowns and too many uncertainties and fears about the consequences of this election. However, there are also hopes. Rachel kleinfeld has written and i would put myself in agreement with this, reflecting the factef
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American hostages being held in gaza. That the president or any other leaders would refer to people that are moving through our Justice System as hostages. Its just unacceptable. I was there on january 6th. I have no doubt in my mind, margaret, that some people were caught up in the moment and entered the capitol, and theyre entitled to Due Process Of Law for any nonviolent activities that day. But the assaults on Police Officers, ultimately an environment that claimed lives, is something that i think was tragic that day. Ill never diminish it. Mike pence once again taking a stand against his former boss. He also refused to endorse trump for president. Those comments from donald trump came during a stump speech for a Senate Candidate in ohio. Trump was more focused on his personal grievances, giving more incendiary remarks. Meanwhile, the former president has so far refused to condemn Vladimir Putin for the death of Alexei Navalny. But for the first time publicly, putin addressed the d
Biden administration. Sources telling nbc news that the president will ask politicians to pick a side. And tell the American People whose cider they are on. And to portray himself as fighting for Working Americans and democratic values. While his opponents want tax breaks for the wealthiest and want to abandon ukraine to russian aud democrat Vladimir Putin abroad. Curtain number two, the republican nominee, were talking about the fourtimes indicted expresident , he goes on trial for Campaign Finance violations for Paying Hush Money to a porn star in just over two weeks. Whats he doing . He is getting ready to play host to hungarian leaders at the private club where hes alleged to have illegally stashed some of the most Important National security secrets our country possesses for years. Hes a leader defined by his affinity for Vladimir Putin and his dismantling of democracy, piece by piece in his own country, which means in Donald Trumps eyes, he is, quote, a very great leader a very s