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8. How Do We Save Democracy from Donald Trump? (And a proper dissection of the terms “culture wars” and “identity politics”)

Is This Democracy

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The Election Undermining

There were two figures in this hearing who were most important who dominated them. One was Liz Cheney, who was in some ways presented by the committee as the voice of the committee. She's the hero and the villain is singularly Donald Trump. I think that narrative is very limiting. If you lived in America from November 2020 to January 5, 2021, it wasn't just that Donald Trump was questionless results. It was like many Republicans in Congress as governors, the secretary of states were also suggesting something was wrong or you couldn't determine who won. There was a great hesitation in the entire party to concede or to call Biden and congratulate him.

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