We're an increasing threat to our democracy because the president, the White House, and the Congress have not tried to mobilize the forces of the U.S. government and state and local governments to stop this obvious threat to our new election.
David Gergen warns about the lack of action from government leaders to address threats to democracy ahead of upcoming elections.
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I think it's going to take something usually unexpected or a dramatic change in his health or a prison sentence to stop him.
Sadly, you know, I think for a variety of reasons he should not. I just, I don't think either Trump or Biden should be running.
Maintaining the status quo with regard to the filibuster is unacceptable for him.
I think the turning point that came were the midterm elections. The fever broke with those midterm elections. And what we've seen since then is a steady decline in Trump's credibility and in his position with the American people, and a…
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