To vote from an entire bloc of voters, effectively disenfranchising them from the candidate of their choosing, chaos, of course, is going to ensue in a free country. and that ease because the right of people to participant in a free and fair election is a hallmark of american democracy. you take that away, chaos happens. howard: cannot argue9 with the diagnosis of chaos. trump sent me and other journalists a 32-page letter written by an aide but with the help of lawyers saying that hundreds of thousands of votes were stolen in 2020. leaving aside the political wisdom of relitigating the last election again and the washington post says his inner circle was divided, the media basically ignored it although the washington post a couple days called it a mess. you know, i saw the document. i have not gone through it myself yet. as you know, howie, i was at the justice department when bill barr made the announcement there was not enough fraud to have impacted the outcome of the
Piece for the atlantic, is entitled, it might describe a part of how we got here, the weaponization of loneliness. she writes in part quote, i ve long thought that something important was missing from our national conversation about threats to our democracy. an epidemic of loneliness may sound abstract at a time when our democracy faces concrete and imminent threats, but the surgeon general s report helps explains how we became so vulnerable. in the past, surgeons general have crucial moments sounded the alarm about major crises and drawn our tension to underappreciated threats including smoking, hiv, aids, and obesity. this is one of those moments. a hallmark of american democracy is that elections have been largely run by local, usually not non partisan volunteers and officials, not
Major cries and drawn our attention to threats such as smoking, hiv aids and obesity. this is one of those moments. a hallmark of american democracy is that elections have been largely run by local, usually non-partisan volunteers and officials, not anymore. as trust and social ties that used to bind communities together have frayed, apathy, isolation and polarization have undercut the old we re all in this together ethos. instead of non-partisan volunteers and civic organizations like the league of women voters, we have maga election deniers and qanon enthusiasts. there s now a widespread shortage of poll workers because so many have faced harassment and abuse just for doing their jobs and helping people vote. i mean, this is, i think, kind of where trump found a sweet spot in the american psyche.
President biden. and donald trump needs to remember that he lost that election. in the peaceful transfer of power is a hallmark of american democracy. it began with george washington saying, i don t want to be king george, we don t need another king george. let s move on. if i canjust ask another king george. let s move on. if i can just ask you a final question which is, more than 700 rioters have been charged with crimes for what they did that day. there is some talk that the january six committee might think about criminal referral to the department ofjustice overformer criminal referral to the department ofjustice over former president trump. because he took so long to call off the rioters that day. would that be inflammatory? i call off the rioters that day. would that be inflammatory? call off the rioters that day. would that be inflammatory? i think they need to consider that be inflammatory? i think they need to consider and that be inflammatory? i think they need to consider and do that be inflammatory? i think they need to consider and do the - need to consider and do the investigation as to how potentially guilty is. if that s the case they need to refer. it shouldn tjust be the people who were and fooled by donald trump. the everyday people
But you in april, he said will he deliver a eulogy for me. shortly after, he made the phone call to george w. bush. of course two rivals, the two men who stopped mccain from winning the presidency. but all part of the lesson and message mccain is trying to send out. and so i talked to steve dupre, and he explained it like this. he said i think john mccain is imparting a lesson in civility by asking the two men who defeated him to speak as an example to america that differences in political views an contests shouldn t be so important. he goes on to say that we lose our common bounds in the civility that is or used to be a hallmark of american democracy. so is something clear senator mccain trying to give a message here certainly unspoken, but president trump the intended recipient. and overcoming past differences here because with