I do worry about the potential for violence on January 6th, but I think the long term or even medium term damage here is if you believe that your vote doesn't count, and you believe that the system is rigged.
Adam Kinzinger expresses concern about the potential for violence and the long-term damage to democracy caused by beliefs in a rigged electoral system.
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[A]s I watch the behavior of our political leaders, the comments of an ever-increasingly unhinged Trump, and the growing indifference of many Americans toward our role in the world, I have to ask a painful question: Are we now the bad guys?
I’ll give her a little credit, which is she could see the tea leaves, which is like, Trump is going away, if I want to run for president or governor or whatever – I can be the former crazy that now is normal.
It's chilling. I mean, I think he was sending a very clear message, which is, this is my Department of Justice.
I think it's very obvious that the president didn't do anything but gleefully watch television while this was going down.
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