The crumbling of our democracy is a joke to some people.
NEW: Trump told CNN chief Chris Licht backstage before the town hall that he would boost their ratings — to which Licht nodded and said he should “have fun” per ppl familiar. Behind the scenes look @guardian theguardian.com/media/2023/m…

May 12, 2023 · 6:11 PM UTC

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WE LIVE IN AN OLIGARCHY!!!!!!!
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By the way, we are a constitutional republic… no matter how many times you decide to call it a democracy which would be mob rule and we are currently living that nightmare right now.
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THIS warrants "the crumbling of our democracy?" Be serious. This does:
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Kinda difficult to fling the fingers of shame on this, given that networks were televising his empty podium and giving the cold shoulder to Bernie on the orders from hrc’s crew who were playing pied piper games with democracy.
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Economically powerful people in the US, if they don't actively hate and work to undermine democracy, are generally complacent and indifferent to it ending. They're confident their economic power will make them do just fine under right wing fascism, theocracy, even anarchy.
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Will you speak out about the democrats rigging two primaries?
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Yes, anyone you dislike being given a platform to speak is literally a threat to our democracy.
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