Page 6 - Subverting Democracy News Today

>> tonight on all in. >> it is exciting to see arizona leading the way. i think it is the first domino that is critical. >> the arizona contagion spreads. >> theres a delegation from pennsylvania coming to arizona to meet with our legislature. well probably see some action in pennsylvania. >> and in arizona senator shrugs her shoulders. >> ive long been a supporter of the filibuster because it is a tool that protects the democracy of our nation. >> tonight, growing fears over the unchecked repub...

And you have a group who are determined to put that cloud on the election. and then simply to push through ways of overturning what the world and the rest of the country would see as a free and fair election. >> and murray, you made the point about the state legislatures which are key players here. that was always the think that trump was banking on. is where you have some of the most radicalize members of the republican party operating. and you are seeing this and now as a cause that various re...

If a group tries to overturn it, that is a grave threat to democracy. that is what we are seeing here. it is harder to recognize it at home. if this proceeds in the 2024 election when all neutral observers say that there was a free and a fair result, the measures would allow the state legislatures, republican legislatures to overturn the result if it is not to their liking and they are doing everything they can to make sure we are not a democracy, we are an where not everyone gets to

Vote. >> when the story does arise, when they say it is certified and these people dispute it. i dont know what the deal is here. i am not following this. and that kind of cloud of uncertainty when you are not in it, right. it could be hard like who is right here, right. we have seen it abroad and in our own history. this is precisely the thing that happened in the jim crow south, the attack on legitimacy through legal and extra legal that was the way in which jim crow, you know, state was const...

A tool that protects the democracy of the nation. >> growing fears over the unchecked republican radicalization against american democracy and why president bidens direct shot at manchin and sinema is a big deal and protest organizers making the pilgrimage to mar-a-lago and my exclusive interview on president bidens new vaccination push and our responsibility to vaccinate the world. all in starts right now. graduation season is over in phoenix, arizona. guess what they are back up to. veterans m...

Ballots. they are the ballots. the arizona republicans used the power they have over the machinery of the state to turn them over to a private company and volunteers. we have seen the republican party wage an assault on democracy. before the election. the aftermath of the election. continuing day by day. new restrictive voting laws introduced in almost every state they control. the aggressive use of partisan gerrymandering to create situations where they can lose state wide and maintain a majori...

Observers say there was a free and fair result, these measures would actually allow state legislators, republican legislatures to overturn the results. if it is not there. like a and they are doing everything they can to make sure we are not a democracy. we are an older garlicky, an aristocracy, something. were not everyone gets to vote. and a white majority is preserved. >> that point about the international part is important. because when this story does a rice, in some country that you follow...

Changing behavior. >> >> no. this is the fork in the road for democrats. the biden agenda, climate future, integrity, democrats use the power that the majority of americans have trusted them with, to repair the country. where theyre giving him an already rule and reaction to for the degraded mayor can democracy. its the fundamental choice year. now, have president obama has jumped into the fray with his thoughts and what democrats need to do about the filibuster, and the repercussions if they do...

History. anne-marie, we start with you. as someone who studies this and whos worked in the state department and worked in the international sphere, i wish these sorts of issues arise all the time. contested elections, spews about legitimacy. what do you see happening here? >> i will start by saying if you saw this happening in other countries, as we do, where you have an election and then there is it is certified by all sorts of people. and is clearly free and fair. and then a group decides to t...

Already, weve seen it on our own history? right, this is precisely the thing that happened in the gym crow. south this attract illegitimacy through means both legal an extra legal, that was the way in which jim crew state was constructed. >> thats absolutely right, chris. we had multiracial democracy in the united states and it was taken away. thats what people dont realize. the pattern between the attack on voting rights at the end of reconstruction, and the attack on voting rights today, is so...