I think that, given the events of January 6, given how he has undermined the election results, he incited people to come to D.C., stirred them up that morning, and failed to call them off, to me, that threatens our democracy.
Mark Esper describes Donald Trump's actions related to the January 6 events as a threat to democracy.
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