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Subversion of the results in 2024. i mean all of this is happening together and, you know, you talk about merrick garland. you talk about the justice department. it feels that every institution in society is having trouble grappling with the magnitude of the threat to american democracy that is developing from so many fronts, all springing from the same source of trumps willingness to undermine democracy if thats what it takes to maintain power. by the way, don, today joe manchin, who ultimately...

With the party because its not -- the threat to democracy is not that great. im curious your response to that. >> i dont know whether this is just ridiculous whistling past the graveyard of democracy or whether this is arguing so he can continue to support the party hes always supportsuppor. i dont think you can look at the evidence thats being uncovered, the judiciary report and not see that there was a grave threat to democracy. i dont know how you look at the wave of voter suppression and vot...

Comfort to this line of thinking, is that trump and others are working very hard, every day to cross those bridges. stacey abrams has become, the public face for the fight for voting rights in this, country shes founder a fair fight and fair account, two groups dedicated to the expansion of valid access in georgia, across the country. she joins me now. first, lets start on governors. and state electoral systems, their integrity, and what it means that you now have palpable worry in certain circl...

Hes speaking of an over turning and audit evaluates what was done but what precipitates an audit is concern or practice and what they are asking for is to throw out the practical practice of how we hold our elections and instead respond to false concerns that do not exist. they use it as a predicate to then promulgate new laws that will make it harder to protect elections next time. glen young is being seduced by the subversion of our democracy. >> i want to play you what chuck grassley, this is...

Certain circles that wayward state officials would collaborate in stealing an election or of turning the will of the voters. >> i think you are being generous when you say that we have many bridges to cross before we get there. we have watched state after state put in place the subversion of our leks. they have done so by saying you can remove election workers. you can throw out provisional ballots that are from out of precinct. we have seen layer upon layer of attempting to subvert elections st...

Than initially reported. this isnt about the facts. its about the cult of the big lie and people who back this b.s. are not patriots. theyre either cowards are fools, cowards of politicians who privately know better and fools if they continue to be duped by an anti constitutional conman. either way, theyre complicit in an ongoing attempt to undermine our democracy. review the results of the election in a state he won by five points. make no mistake, this is about validating voter suppression and...

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Possible >> this is the number one continuing threat to american democracy. the very real possibility that donald trump or potentially someone else, but right now, its trump, could claim fraud as trump did in 2020 and essentially try to steal the election and that crucially republicans in positions of power up and down the hierarchy would enable him to do it. now we came close to that last year only because of a handful of folks, one of them, brad raffensperger, who was refusing to bend trumps w...

Supported him accountable. john avlon with a reality check. >> reporter: our constitutional crisis is already here. thats the title of a powerful op-ed published in "the washington post" by robert kagan. in it, he points out that the founders did not foresee the trump phenomenon, they anticipated the threat of a demagogue, but not of a national cult of personality, nor did they foresee members of congress would refuse to check the power of the president from their own party. thats, of course, wh...

Ways election subversion would be through a bloodless coup depended on technical legal arguments overcoming valid election results and the way i read that is basically, overwhelming the safety mechanisms already built into the election process, explain that approach and why its more dangerous than simply crying out voting fraud and asking people to go to the streets. >> well, as we saw with the results of the fake audit this week, its hard to make claims of fraud and make them stick. im sure cyb...