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>>> DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRACY,
DEMOCRACY. IT IS THE ONLY ISSUE THAT
MATTERS RIGHT NOW.
IT’S TRUE FOR THE PEOPLE IN
IRAN WHO HAVE BEEN PROTESTING
FOR THEIR FREEDOMS.
TODAY I WILL SPEAK WITH TWO
IRANIAN WRITERS ABOUT THE
DEMONSTRATIONS THERE IN THE
FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND IRAN.
AS FOR THE FIGHT HERE, COULD
DEMOCRATS DO A BETTER JOB
MESSAGING?
BECAUSE THESE MIDTERMS COULD BE
THE LAST FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS
THIS COUNTRY EVER HOLDS.
SO, LET’S START TODAY THERE.
LET’S START WITH THE MIDTERMS.
IT’S SHOCKING.
IT REALLY WORRIES ME JUST HOW
MANY SMART, WELL READ PEOPLE
DON’T APPRECIATE THE CURRENT
THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.
THEY DON’T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
I STARTED MY DAY A BIT EARLIER
THAN USUAL GOING ON MOURNER JOE.
IT WAS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE DEBATE
HE AND I HAD ON THE SHOW THE
OTHER DAY ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND
FASCISM.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING
HE SAID ON MORNING JOE.
>> WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT THESE
ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT
ELECTIONS OF OUR LIFETIME, THAT
IS ALWAYS A TELLTALE SIGN THAT
THE STAKES ARE TOO HIGH BECAUSE
IT SHOULD NOT BE THE MOST
IMPORTANT ELECTION OF YOUR
LIFETIME.
AND IT PROBABLY IS NOT.
A LIFETIME IS A LONG TIME TO
LIVE.
>> NO, SORRY, NO, THAT’S WRONG.
THIS CLEARLY IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT MIDTERM ELECTION OF
OUR LIFETIME.
THESE MIDTERMS, LESS THAN TWO
WEEKS AWAY WILL DETERMINE WHO
CONTROLS CONTRACT AND WHO TAKES
CRUCIAL STATE ELECTION POST
WHICH COULD DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION IS FREE AND FAIR IS
CERTIFIED BY CONGRESS.
THESE WORRIES ARE NOT
HYPERBOLIC.
OVER HALF OF ALL REPUBLICAN
MIDTERM CANDIDATES DENY OR
QUESTION THE 2020 RESULTS.
THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE
IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY.
IF YOU THINK CONGRESS IS SLOW
THESE DAYS TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT COULD SURE OF OUR
DEMOCRACY, WELL YOU DEFINITELY
DO NOT WANT TO SEE REPUBLICANS
TAKE CONTROL OF THE HOUSE OR
SENATE THEN.
A GOP MAJORITY IN EITHER
CHAMBER WOULD EFFECTIVELY END
BIDEN’S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA,
WOULD END ANY ATTEMPT TO
PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS.
IMAGINE HOW MUCH THINGS WOULD
GET WORSE WITH THE GOP IN
CHARGE OF ELECTIONS, THE
ELECTION PROCESS, AND STATES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ALREADY WE HAVE ARMED
VIGILANTES INTIMIDATING ARIZONA
VOTERS AT BALLOT DROP BOXES.
THESE ARE NOT HYPOTHETICAL OR
THEORETICAL CONCERNS.
YET, STILL MANY AMERICANS DO
NOT GET THAT OUR DEMOCRACY IS IN IMMINENT DANGER.
THE LATEST POLL ASKED AMERICANS
ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE
FOR THEM THIS ELECTION.
46% SAID INFLATION, ONLY 38%
SAID ELECTIONS AND VOTING WERE
THE MOST IMPORTANT. WE SEE THIS IN POLL AFTER POLL,
VOTERS AGAIN AND AGAIN PUT GAS
PRICES ABOVE THE FUTURE OF
DEMOCRACY ITSELF.
WHOSE FAULT IS THAT?
WELL, PLENTY OF WEIGHT TO GO
AROUND.
BUT THE MEDIA, MY INDUSTRY, FOR
STARTERS.
TAKE TUESDAY NIGHTS DEBATE IN THE PENNSYLVANIA RACE.
TV PERSONALITY AND JERSEY BOY
ENDORSED BY DONALD TRUMP.
THIS IS A CRUCIAL RACE THAT
COULD DECIDE CONTROL OF THE
UPPER CHAMBER AND SOME OF THE
MEDIA COVERAGE OF IT WAS JUST
EMBARRASSING. NEWS OUTLETS FOCUSED ON ALL OF
THE WRONG THINGS.
HIS SPEECH AND HIS RECOVERY
FROM A STROKE AND YES, A
CANDIDATE’S HEALTH IS A
LEGITIMATE ISSUE AND ANY RACE
BUT MAYBE NOT THE MOST
IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THIS RACE.
SO, WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT
MOMENT FROM THAT DEBATE LAST
NIGHT?
WAS IT THE CONFUSING IF NOT
OUTRIGHT DECEPTIVE COMMENTS ON
FRACKING --
>> THERE IS A 2018 INTERVIEW
THE THAT YOU SAID, QUOTE, I
DON’T SUPPORT FRACKING AT ALL, SO HOW DO YOU SQUARE THE TWO?
>> I DO SUPPORT FRACKING AND I
DON’T, I DON’T -- I SUPPORT
FRACKING.
AND I STAND AND I DO SUPPORT
FRACKING.
>> NOT QUITE THE MOST IMPORTANT
CLIP, IT WASN’T GREAT.
ALSO IMPORTANT BUT NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT WERE THE BACKWARD AND
APPALLING COMMENTS ON ABORTION
FROM DR. OZ.
>> AS A PHYSICIAN I HAVE BEEN
IN THE ROOM WHEN THERE IS
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS
HAPPENING, I DON’T WANT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INVOLVED IN
THAT AT ALL.
I WANT WOMEN, DOCTORS DO, LOCAL
POLITICAL LEADERS TO PUT THE
BEST IDEAS FORWARD SO STATES
CAN DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES.
>> I MEAN, THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
SPECIFICALLY ONE THING TO
INCLUDE, LOCAL POLITICAL
LEADERS IN A WOMAN’S DECISION
ABOUT AN ABORTION.
YES, OF COURSE YOU WANT THE
LOCAL STATE REP IN THE ROOM
WITH YOU AND THE DOCTOR.
THAT IS STILL NOT THE HEADLINE
FROM THE DEBATE, IN MY VIEW.
THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT FROM
TUESDAY’S DEBATE SHOULD HAVE
BEEN THIS MOMENT.
>> DONALD TRUMP HAS SUPPORTED YOU.
HE HAS ENDORSED YOU.
WHY WON’T YOU FULLY COMMIT TO
SUPPORTING HIM IN 2024?
>> OH, I DO.
I WOULD SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP IF
HE DECIDED TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS BIGGER THAN ONE
CANDIDATE.
THIS IS A MUCH BIGGER STORY.
LET MORE AMERICANS FEEL SAFE.
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE
ONGOING LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS
INVOLVING THE FORMER PRESIDENT?
>> I HAVEN’T FOLLOWED THEM VERY
CAREFULLY. I’VE BEEN CAMPAIGNING.
>> THAT, THAT IS A MOMENT THAT
WE IN THE MEDIA SHOULD BE
FOCUSING ON, REPORTING ON,
INFORMING VIEWERS AND READERS
ABOUT BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE FOR THE SENATE IN
PENNSYLVANIA JUST SAID, HE WILL
SUPPORT A GUY WHO SUMMONED A MOB
TO PREVENT THE PEACEFUL
TRANSFER OF POWER IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
EXTREMISM.
THAT IS WHAT MANY OF US IN THE
MEDIA KEEP LOSING SIGHT OF.
WE CANNOT NORMALIZE TRUMP OR
THE RETURN OF TRUMP, GIVEN WHAT
HE DID LAST TIME AROUND IN
FRONT OF OUR EYES. YOU CANNOT PLACE ONLY BLAME
ONLY ON THE MEDIA.
WHEN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
ITSELF, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE
RUNNING AGAINST TRUMP AND THE
REPUBLICANS, THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY IS NOT CLEARLY FOCUSED ON
AND TALKING 24/7 ABOUT THE
THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.
THE POLL I JUST SHOWED YOU
ABOUT DEMOCRACY VERSUS
INFLATION MAY BE VOTERS ARE PRIORITIZING THE ECONOMY OVER
EXTREMISM BECAUSE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY CANDIDATES ARE.
BECAUSE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
CANDIDATES ARE NOT PRIORITIZING
THE BATTLE AGAINST EXTREMISM.
TAKE THIS EXAMPLE FROM
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR MAGGIE, THIS
IS WHAT SHE SAID WEDNESDAY
MORNING WHEN ASKED ABOUT AN
OPPONENT.
>> LOOK, MY OPPONENT IS REALLY,
REALLY EXTREME AND HAS BEEN
EMBRACING ALL SORTS OF
CONSPIRACY THEORIES.
BUT I WANT TO BRING THIS BACK
TO WHAT THE PEOPLE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE SHOULD UNDERSTAND
ABOUT THE IMPACT OF HIS
EXTREMISM AND HIS ELECTION
DENIAL IS A PART OF THAT
EXTREMISM.
WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THEM, LOOK,
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WITH
EXTREME VIEWS LIKE HIM THAT ARE
WAY OUT OF STEP WITH WHERE
STANDARDS ARE, ELIMINATING
SOCIAL SECURITY, ENACTING A
NATIONAL ABORTION BAN, AMONG OTHER THINGS.
>> SORRY, WHAT?
HIS OPPONENT HAS SAID STUFF
LIKE THE COVID VACCINE CONTAINS
BILL GATES’S MICROCHIP AND THAT
DONALD TRUMP REALLY WON THE
2020 ELECTION.
BUT INSTEAD OF EXPLAINING THE
DANGER OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES
THE THREAT THAT HE POSES TO OUR
DEMOCRACY, HE IMMEDIATELY
PIVOTS BACK TO KITCHEN TABLE
ISSUES.
THIS IS NOT A NORMAL ELECTION.
PEOPLE NEED TO STOP TREATING IT
AS IF IT IS ONE.
STOP PATRONIZING VOTERS AND
ASSUMING THEY WON’T CARE OR
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AT STAKE.
OUR DEMOCRACY.
THAT IS WHAT IS AT STAKE.
UNLESS WE ALL FACE THAT HEAD
ON, THE EXTREMISTS WIN. JOINING ME NOW, MOLLY, HOST OF
THE PODCAST THAT POLITICS.
AUTHOR OF GO BACK TO WHERE YOU
CAME FROM AND OTHER HELPFUL
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO
BECOME AMERICAN.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING ON
THE SHOW.
MOLLY, WHY IS THERE THIS
ASSUMPTION AMONGST CERTAIN
PUNDITS AND POLITICIANS THAT
VOTERS DON’T CARE ABOUT
DEMOCRACY?
WHY DOES EVERYTHING ALWAYS NEED
TO BE PIVOTED BACK TO THE
ECONOMY?
>> I MEAN, I THINK, I DON’T KNOW IS THE TRUTH.
IN MY MIND, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT
SHOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE, IF IT IS OUR LAST
ELECTION, THAT SEEMS IMPORTANT.
AND KIND OF SHOCKING.
IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE
DENIERS, FOR EXAMPLE CAREY
LANE, SHE IS RUNNING IN A SWING
STATE.
SHE WILL BE THE GOVERNOR OF
THAT SWING STATE.
IN 2024, IF SHE WINS.
THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE, RIGHT?
HER ENTIRE PLATFORM HAS BEEN
ELECTION DENIAL IS HIM.
IN MY MIND THAT SEEMS LIKE A
BIGGER DEAL BUT I JUST THINK
THAT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS
NOT FOCUSED ON DEMOCRACY AND
THE CENTRAL TENET OF WHAT WE
ARE ALL DOING HERE AND I’M NOT
SURE WHY.
>> CANDIDATES, JOURNALIST,
EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE DOING A
BETTER JOB MAKING CLEAR WHAT IS
AT STAKE IN THIS ELECTION.
AS MOLLY POINTS OUT, DEMOCRACY
IS NOT A PRIORITY.
NOW THEY HAVE REPORTERS COVERING
DEMOCRACY ELECTIONS.
IS JUST ONE OF MANY ISSUES
RATHER THAN BEING THE
OVERARCHING ISSUE THAT MANY
THINGS DEPEND ON. >> HISTORICALLY THE ROAD TO
FASCISM HAS BEEN PAVED BY THOSE
WHO ARE IN POWER AND MAINSTREAM
INSTITUTIONS.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU
MENTIONED ARE NOT THAT BRIGHT.
THEY HAVE BEEN WRONG ABOUT
EVERYTHING.
THEY WERE WRONG ABOUT TRUMP AND
THEY WERE WRONG ABOUT THAT THREATS TO DEMOCRACY RIGHT NOW.
IT IS AN INCESTUOUS ECOSYSTEM.
TO QUOTE GEORGE CARLIN, IT’S A
BIG PARTY AND YOU AIN’T
INVITED, AMERICA.
THIS GROUP OF FOLKS THEY WANT ACCESS, THEY WANT RATINGS, THEY
WANT POWER.
AND TO THEM THIS IS GREAT
BUSINESS.
IT’S LIKE A SPORT.
THAT’S HOW THEY TREATED.
FOR THE REST OF US, ESPECIALLY
POOR FOLKS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
AND MY NORDY, WE ARE THE PAUL
REVERE’S RINGING THE ALARM
SAYING, HEY, THIS IS A THREAT
TO OUR DEMOCRACY AND INSTEAD OF
BEING IN BRACE LIKE PAUL REVERE
THEY SHOOT US INSTEAD.
THEY SHOOT THE MESSENGER.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THIS IS A THREAT TO OUR
DEMOCRACY RIGHT NOW.
I’M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THAT
DONALD TRUMP, THE REPUBLIC
PRESIDENT, ACTUALLY ORDERED A
COUP THAT IS AN ONGOING COUP
WHERE HIS MOB CAME OUT AND TOOK
OVER THE U.S. CAPITOL.
A MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS RIGHT
NOW BELIEVE IN THE BIG LIE. THEY BELIEVE IN THE WHITE
SUPREMACIST CONSPIRACY THEORIES.
WE LITERALLY HAVE SOMEONE
SAYING I DON’T CARE IF THEY
ABORT ANYTHING, I WANT POWER.
YOU HAVE MITCH McCONNELL SAYING
I HAVE NO LITMUS TEST.
ANY REPUBLICANS RIGHT NOW
PRAISING FRANCO, FRANCO THE
FASCIST.
HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING
TO END?
I JUST WANT DEMOCRATS TO HAVE A
SPINE AND PUNCH THE BULLY IN
THE FACE TO BRING A KNIFE TO A
KNIFE FIGHT AND NOT JUST BRING
A PENCIL.
>> HEY, BUD.
UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS WHERE WE
ARE.
>> I THINK THE PROBLEM HERE OF
COURSE IS RECOGNIZING THE
NATURE OF THE PRESS.
RECOGNIZING WHO TRUMP IS AND
WHAT HE DID AND THEN LOOKING AT
SOMEONE’S CAMPUS RUNNING FOR
OFFICE AND THEY ARE ENDORSING
TRUMP?
THEY’RE BACKING TRUMP?
THEY’RE SUPPORTING TRUMP? THAT SHOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER
STORY.
A CLASSIC EXAMPLE IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
HE WAS CREATED BY TRUMP AND
FOX.
HE WOULDN’T HAVE GONE TO WHERE
HE WAS WITHOUT THAT SUPPORT.
NOW HE WAS SAYING HE WILL BACK
DONALD TRUMP AGAIN.
ACCUSATIONS THAT HE USED HIS TV
SHOW IN THE PAST TO PUSH
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TREATMENTS
. HE IS SIMILAR TO TRUMP IN
THAT SENSE.
HAVE A LISTEN TO THAT EXCHANGE.
>> DID YOU OR YOUR COMPANY MAKE
A PROFIT FROM PROMOTING THOSE
PRODUCTS?
YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.
>> I NEVER SOLD WEIGHT LOSS
PRODUCTS AS DESCRIBED IN THOSE
COMMERCIALS.
IT IS A TELEVISION SHOW.
LIKE THIS IS A TELEVISION SHOW.
>> MOLLY, HE SAYS THAT THIS IS
A TELEVISION SHOW.
ASIDE FROM THIS IS CLEARLY ALL
JUST A PERFORMANCE FOR DR. OZ ,
HE’S COMFORTABLE ON A CAMERA.
IS THAT A REMINDER OF THE WEIRD
NATURE OF AMERICAN
AUTHORITARIANISM THAT IT FACES DR. OZ, HERSCHEL WALKER, DONALD
J TRUMP, IT’S CELEBRITIES , A
CELEBRITY FACE ON A VERY OLD
AND DANGEROUS IDEOLOGY.
>> I THINK WE ARE IN THIS POST
TRUTH REPUBLICAN PARTY, RIGHT?
REPUBLICANS DO NOT REALLY NEED
TO TELL THE TRUTH BECAUSE THERE
VOTERS DO NOT EXPECT IT.
WE HAVE SEEN VIDEOS OF DR. OZ
SELLING EVERYTHING FROM T,
THERE IS ENDLESS ENDLESS
INFORMATION ABOUT HIM BEING
INVOLVED IN SKETCHY MEDICAL,
YOU KNOW, THINGS AND
ADVERTISING THEM ON HIS SHOW.
BUT IT DOES NOT MATTER BECAUSE
HIS SUPPORTERS WILL BELIEVE
WHATEVER HE SAYS.
THIS RIGHT-WING MEDIA WILL
SUPPORT IT.
SO, HE IS FREE TO LIE AND
YOU’RE SEEING THAT IN A LOT OF
THESE REPUBLICAN DEBATES.
YOU SAW THAT WITH VANCE TOO.
THEY JUST DENY STUFF WHICH HAS
BEEN REPORTED.
BECAUSE THE VOTERS DON’T CARE,
IT DOES NOT MATTER, RIGHT? IT HAS CREATED A LOOP OF POST
TRUTH WHICH DOES NOT MATTER.
YOU END UP HAVING ONLY
DEMOCRATS BEING HELD TOO, YOU
KNOW, THIS, SORT OF, TRUTH.
YOU HAVE HERSCHEL WALKER WHO IS
CELEBRATED WHEN HE CAN GET OUT
OF A SENTENCE AND JOHN
FETTERMAN WHO IS DESTROYED WHEN
HE STAMMERS A LITTLE BIT. >> HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE
PHENOMENON WHERE HERSCHEL
WALKER IN A DEBATE IN GEORGIA
MANAGES TO SPEAK HALF A
SENTENCE AND EVERYONE SAYS,
WOW, HE EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS.
BUT WHEN JOHN FETTERMAN
RECOVERING FROM A STROKE SPEAKS
HALF A SENTENCE EVERYONE SAYS,
HE IS MAYBE NOT READY FOR HIGH
OFFICE.
WHY ARE REPUBLICANS ALWAYS
BEING GRADED ON A CURVE?
>> THAT IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE
WHICH IS A MICROCOSM OF HOW HER
MAINSTREAM INSTITUTIONS HAVE
BEEN TO THE NEED TO THE OPERATIVES. THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN EWING
HAPPENS WHEN EWING GAUGE AND A
FALSE EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN TWO
PARTIES WHERE THERE IS NO
SYMMETRY.
AS YOU SAID, ONE PARTY IS NOT
COMMITTED TO FASCISM.
THAT IS THE GOP AND THE RIGHT
WING ACTIVISM.
ONE PARTY IS BARELY HANGING ON
TO DEMOCRACY.
HERSCHEL WALKER SHOULD BE
ASKED, HOW MANY KIDS YOU HAVE,
HERSCHEL WALKER?
HOW MANY ABORTIONS HAVE YOU
PAID FOR?
WE SHOULD GIVE HIM THREE
CHANCES TO GET IT RIGHT.
HE DOESN’T VOMIT OR TRIP OVER
HIMSELF AND OR FAINT AND HE IS
SEEN AS A PROPHET AND A
SCHOLAR.
HERE IS JOHN FETTERMAN WHO IS
RECOVERING FROM A STROKE,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHO HAS
OPENLY ADMITTED THAT HE IS
STRUGGLING BUT WE GRADE HIM ON
NOT ONLY OCCUR BUT WE
ANNIHILATE HIM AND DECIMATE HIM
AS YOU SHOWED IN YOUR OPENING.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ALL
OF OUR MAINSTREAM INSTITUTIONS
PLAY IT DOWN THE MIDDLE FOR SAKE
OF ACCESS, PROFITS, RATING, AND
TO BE NEUTRAL WHEN THERE IS NO
NEUTRALITY WHEN ONE PARTY IS
LITERALLY SUPPORTING A MAN WHO
LED A COUP.
THIS IS WHY IT IS SO DANGEROUS AND WHY SO MANY OF OUR
COLLEAGUES HAVE TO BE BIASED,
MEHDI, IN FAVOR OF DEMOCRACY.
WE HAVE TO BE BIASED IN FAVOR
OF DEMOCRACY RIGHT NOW.
>> IT’S A LINE WE’VE SAID MANY
TIMES BEFORE, YOU CANNOT BE
NEUTRAL IN DEMOCRACY AND YOU
SHOULD BE PROUD TO HAVE A BIAS
IN FAVOR OF DEMOCRACY.
MOLLY, YOU SPOKE WITH VICE
PRESIDENT HARRIS ON YOUR
PODCAST, YOU ASKED IF IT
COULD.DEMOCRACY COULD SURVIVE A
SECOND TRUMP TERM?
>> ABOUT DEMOCRACY IN TERMS OF
WHAT IT DOES TO PROTECT
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
AND TO ENFORCE CIVIL RIGHTS AND
HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE,
RIGHT?
WHEN A DEMOCRACY IS INTACT IT
IS VERY STRONG IN THAT WAY IN
TERMS OF WHAT IT DOES TO
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF ITS
PEOPLE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, AND HERE’S
THE DUALITY, DEMOCRACY IS ALSO
EXTREMELY FRAGILE.
IT WILL ONLY BE AS STRONG AS THE WILLINGNESS OF ITS PEOPLE
TO FIGHT FOR IT.
>> MOLLY, THE BIG QUESTION
HISTORIANS WILL ASK, DID BIDEN
AND HARRIS TO EVERYTHING THEY
COULD DO TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY?
>> I THINK THE QUESTION WE WILL
ALL ASK, HOPEFULLY WE WON’T ASK
IT BECAUSE HOPEFULLY DEMOCRACY
WILL SURVIVE, BUT THE QUESTION
CERTAINLY IS THAT -- AND I THINK, LOOK, I THINK THE
MISTAKES MADE BY DEMOCRATS WERE
SUPPORTING THESE ANTI-DEMOCRACY
CANDIDATES IN THE PRIMARIES AND
HE DID NOT HAPPEN IN A LOT OF
PLACES BUT IT DID HAPPEN IN
SOME PLACES AND IT BLURS THE
CASE AGAINST THESE PEOPLE AND I
THINK IT WAS A MISTAKE.
NOW I THINK WE ARE IN THE LAST MIDTERM AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE
PEOPLE OR THERE ARE COUPLE OF
THESE GOVERNORS IN WISCONSIN
AND, YOU KNOW DIFFERENT PLACES
WHERE THEY REALLY ARE NOT GOING
TO SUPPORT DEMOCRACY AND THE
DEMOCRATIC NORM, THAT NEEDS TO
BE THE CENTRAL MESSAGE.
I’M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT THAN I AM ABOUT DEMOCRATS
LOSING OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
I THINK AS LONG AS WE HAVE FREE
AND FAIR ELECTIONS, WE HAVE,
YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATS HAVE A
CHANCE TO WIN THINGS BACK.
IT’S WHEN THAT STOPS HAPPENING
THAT WE ARE ALL IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.
>> LAST QUESTION TO YOU, 30
SECONDS LEFT, YOU AND I HAVE
TALKED ABOUT REPRESENTATION
BEFORE, MUSLIM REPRESENTATION,
DR. OZ COULD END UP BECOMING
THE VERY FIRST MUSLIM SENATOR
IN THE UNITED STATES, IS THAT
THE REPRESENTATION WE ARE
LOOKING FOR?
>> ON BEHALF OF ALL MUSLIMS
AROUND THE WORLD ENGAGING IN THE RACE DRAFT WE DROP DR. OZ.
WE ALSO DROP PATEL.