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We're the leader of the free world, and we're hosting the summit for democracy, and we've got our own challenges on that front, both in terms of whether or not, you know, half the governing -- one of the two governing parties and its support irv media in this country actually supports democracies around the world against authoritarians that want to invade them, and whether or not the same governing party and media supports it, whether u.s. elections should be continued to be carried out over the centuries, right? whether or not u.s. elections, u.s. small d democracy should be a technocratic no...

Front as well. but here at home we have got to start talking about small d democracy that we can unite around and not republicans versus democrats. i am preaching to the choir with you. i hear you do it every single day. thank you. you are part of it. let's be clear about that you are actually part of it. and it's not about, you know, your position on tax policy or a social issue. it's whether or not you are willing to adhere to the democratic rules of the game. tragically, somebody who studies democracy around the world, we are now in our tenth year of a democratic recession according to free...

Elections should be continued to be carried out over the centuries. right? whether or not u.s. elections, u.s. small d democracy should be a tech know accuratic nonpartisan thing. today in the january 6th investigation, the investigation into the violent attack by trump supporters on the u.s. capitol in january to try and stop the election being certified. today former president trump's white house chief of staff mark meadows, he declined to appear for testimony that he had been subpoenaed to give this morning. the investigation says that mark meadows is therefore likely to be found in contemp...

>> brian, they know that we are in a very divided spot. they know historically that the non-presidential party does well in those first midterms, and they're geared up to do that. and the republican party has made the fringe the center of it's political identity. they worship at the center of the my pillow dude. they chant let's go brandon. this has dominated the direction that we go. and the sad part is we all want to see both sides work together in some way. many of us like the idea of compromise. but it's hard to compromise between one party that embraces small d democracy, the democratic p...

Making it tougher to vote, making it tougher to get an abortion, no mask, no problem, no vaccine, no problem. if you want to carry a gun, that's perfectly okay with us. is there any indication this is going to be texas' leading export to other red states? >> absolutely. and we have seen it for hundreds of years, that state contagious that charles blow talked about, for better or for worse. states are laboratories of democracy, right? so, this is where you can fiddle with new policy, try it out and other states are going to pick it up. but in this case, to your point, brian, we're seeing states...