MSNBC Morning Joe June 7, 2024-2760
Be that strong. they weren't in favor of a mass democracy. the body politic was something to be restrained in an intricately designed straight jacket, which is why you have the electoral college and mechanisms like the senate. one of the reasons why democracy is frail right now, because it wasn't that strong in the first place. >> nick, i get your argument, and it certainly is true that when there is an advance like the civil rights movement, the election of the first african-american president as the most recent example, there is a backlash. that issue essentially is fought again. but, you kn...