boxes of classified documents from mar-a-lago almost two weeks ago, even more republicans have rallied to his side. his vice grip on the party seem to be confirmed this past week. it is the results of one of the highest profile republican races of this entire cycle. on tuesday, congresswoman liz cheney, the vice chair of the january six committee, the republican party s top critic of the twice impeached ex president lost her reelection bid for wyoming s lone seat in the house of representatives. it was a blowout. she has been in office since 2017. during wyoming s last republican primary in 2020, she won handedly. back then, she got more than 70% of the vote. this time around, she did not even crack 30%. even with record turnout. more people cassoday vote for her opponent, harriet hagman then the ones who participated in the entire primary or two years ago in 2020. she knows perfectly well what she lost. her integrity and vowed to uphold democracy would not allow her to have
indirect mechanisms. we have voting and representative process is. we use juries. some of the audience members from high school, we had a federalist paper. we wrote an essay about the constitution. it was by james madison. he tried to distinguish republicans and democracies. nobody else did. let me read you a passenger too. this is a quote from the other great founders. this is jon marshall, the chief justice of the united states from the early 19th century. this is our greatest chief justice. here s what he says in the constitutional convention. he says, well, we idolize democracy, we contend for a real well regulated democracy, we believe in a well regulated democracy. this guy is named james wilson. he writes the words, we the people, he is the most prominent lawyer of his time. he is one of the six people he is one of the first five
america. take the definition of a republic as a rejection of democracy is disingenuous. the main difference in the united states constitution is the extent to which they directly control the process of making laws. our constitutionally mandated use of the electoral college system as opposed to popular vote means that america is not invited to democracy. the u.s. is not a popular or pure democracy in that sense. we were reminded that in 2016. hillary clinton won more votes than her opponent by millions, yet donald trump won the presidency because of electoral college math. we do have representative democracy in this country. that means that freedom comes from a right to choose who badger epicenter interest as a nation. there is the far-right view that the voting itself is an existential threat. voting restrictions, voting
people on the supreme court. he was an associate justice. he is one of the only six people to sign a declaration constitution. the democratic principle is carried into every part of the government. one party should not be trying to discredit the other party this way. my other question, what does one get from that? what to these folks in arizona get for saying, hey, we are not democracy, we are not a democracy, we are a public, where does that lead in practical terms in 2022? it delegitimizes the democratic party. that is just a meme. it is a branding in trademark. that means, oh, don t trust the voters in arizona, they might vote for biden. we the legislature in arizona, georgia, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, there are a bunch of those states that have red legislatures. they have blue presidential electorates. what is going on is a carefully
she knows perfectly well what she lost. her integrity and vowed to uphold democracy would not allow her to have it any other way. two years ago, i won this primary with 73% of the vote. i could easily have done the stay again. the pathway is clear. it would not require that i go along with donald trump s lie about the 2020 election. it would have required that i enabled his ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system. i would ve had to attack the foundations of our republic. that was a path that i could and would not take. she made a choice a few others in her own party have been willing to make. she has been ousted, just like the nine other gop representatives who voted to impeach donald trump for his role in the january 6th insurrection. liz cheney and three other representatives from that group have lost their primaries. four others have opted to