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Values of bipartisanism. and then trump arrived just to kind of soup it up and accelerate it. and they were ready. and this is where it's this meeting of circumstance and charismatic leader. and the party has completely transformed itself. but the thing is that trump put it under a kind of authoritarian discipline that you see really in regimes. and so think about the unified messaging. think about how he punished people who voted for his impeachment. you know, they had to go buy body armor. all of these -- this is like authoritarian dynamics. and trump was very successful in doing this. and s...

Counted, and getting rid of the nonpartisan boards, and allowing partisan legislators to count, sham audits, all of that is covered by our bill, and it is a big problem. >> that was senator amy klobuchar, just one of several senate democrats who, today, argued that the time is now. to pass federal legislation, protecting the right to vote from suppression efforts by republican state legislatures. the senate will vote next week on the freedom to vote act, and president biden will head to georgia next week, to make the case for passing voting rights legislation. politico knows that the president...

>> in fact the alarms began going off just four days into the trump presidency. >> if true, this would be the biggest presidential election story in history. >> trump alleged that 3 million people had voted illegally in 2016. >> you have people that are registered who are dead, who are illegals. >> you're now president of the united states. when you say -- >> of course, i want the voting process to be legitimate. >> what i'm asking, when you say in your opinion millions of illegal votes, that is something that is extremely fundamental to our functioning democracy, a fair and free election. wha...

>> if true, this would be the biggest presidential election story in history. >> trump alleged that 3 million people had voted illegally in 2016. >> you have people that are registered who are dead, who are illegals. >> you're now president of the united states. when you say -- >> of course, i want the voting process to be legitimate. >> what i'm asking, when you say in your opinion millions of illegal votes, that is something that is extremely fundamental to our functioning democracy, a fair and free election. what you have presented so far has been debunked. it's been called false. >> take a...

Reports that he did not check on his staffers, it fully aligns with what he cares about, himself. the constitution be damned, his staff be damned, no one else matters, nothing else matters, except for his pathway to political power. we're going to see our democracy crumble, just as doctor outlined, as he and other republicans, still trying to pursue that path. it's all about self preservation, right now. we should be concerned, we should be frustrated. christina, let me come back to you, because adam kinzinger echoed his similar sentiment -- on msnbc. listen. >> what has changes the use of con...