Michael Beschloss: “If we lose our democracy this year, we are unlikely to get it back during our lifetimes. I can't think of anything more important than that.” https://t.co/VT8CUOcVaN
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 4, 2022
In every corner of the country, battles within the GOP revolve around one set of questions: How wholeheartedly the contenders support the “big lie” and how determined they are to seize the machinery of elections, @paulwaldman1 writes https://t.co/jAgXXs0tv2
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 4, 2022
The media must fight for democracy: @Sulliview
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) January 3, 2022
Put “pro-democracy coverage in front of your paywall, just as you’ve done with much of your covid coverage. Put teams of reporters and editors on the subject. Label it in a defining and memorable way”
https://t.co/tulPxwt9B7
.@AriMelber: As a rising number of Americans believe democracy is in crisis, Senate Majority Leader Schumer has officially launched a plan to stop Republicans from obstructing voting rights, threatening to push to end the filibuster. https://t.co/wzues8sOsl
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 4, 2022
I genuinely find it amazing that several media figures have argued in recent days that Democrats shouldn't protect democracy and highlight their fight against authoritarianism unless polls indicate it's a top voter concern currently.
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) January 3, 2022
Some leadership isn't about poll snapshots.
Overcoming the midterm blues will require making the election about something that matters, @EJDionne writes. If democracy isn’t worth fighting for, what is?https://t.co/5Nfrn0X02l
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 3, 2022
Americans aren't hearing the 'democracy in danger' alarm, @zbyronwolf writes https://t.co/629Xh40Qxx
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) January 7, 2022
Do you think America’s democracy is stronger or weaker than it was four years ago?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) January 10, 2022
Stronger 19%
Weaker 71%
(Suffolk U./USA Today Poll, RV, 12/27-30/21)https://t.co/K3LiwF6DFc
“the right-wing threat to the US — & its apparent goal of laying the groundwork for a power grab, if necessary, in 2024 — is politically existential. Yet many Americans seem to be whistling past the graveyard of American democracy.” Or enabling the threat. https://t.co/651gk15ODh
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) January 13, 2022
Sad! 