The events of 2020 and 2021 show how fragile our democracy is. Republicans are trying to sabotage it and I think it is reasonable to think they will try to override the results of future elections when they lose.
“Election officials throwing out enough votes to swing their state, legislatures overruling their voters…and Congress refusing to recognize the results would be uncharted territory. In 2020, Trump and his allies tried all three.” https://t.co/ia7x4irWhW
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 15, 2021
NEWS:
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 1, 2021
100 leading democracy scholars just issued a powerful new statement warning that our democracy is under dire threat, and that Democrats must pass sweeping federal voting rights protections, ending the filibuster to do so if necessary.
Details here:https://t.co/qnT5XTSEUX
"The biggest threat facing American democracy today is that 2020 may have been a dress rehearsal for what's to come in 2022 and 2024," "How Democracies Die" co-author @dziblatt says pic.twitter.com/fe06QlEYk7
— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) June 2, 2021
Signs of democratic erosion can be seen in every direction – for those who are willing to see them pic.twitter.com/U539gBxWmh
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 1, 2021
The last four years, however, have proven how tenuous a hold democracy has on the public.
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) June 1, 2021
And that if we don't fight for truth, fairness and facts, we are in danger of losing them forever.https://t.co/jy56GsiJkR
We're the world's oldest democracy. It's hard for us Americans to take threats of coups and even the dangers of authoritarianism seriously. But it's time to do so. https://t.co/qmTN4iHnAN
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 1, 2021
Sad! 