One of the first major things you do is to silence your critics, especially in the press. You try to find -- you try to delegitimize them and discredit them so that they won't be taken seriously in what they report and then you can run over them.
David Gergen discusses the tactics of authoritarianism and how they relate to Trump's treatment of the media.
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This represents a very professional, thoughtful, first set of steps by Joe Biden.
I think the evidence is still coming in that this country is deeply divided.
I think the signs are just as Margaret says. They are saying that he is increasingly interested. Strikingly, Anderson, his interest seems to intensify when he sees Biden in trouble.
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