Jan. 6, Part 3: The State of American Democracy

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🗓️ 7 January 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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After the election on Nov. 3, 2020, President J. Donald Trump and his allies tested the limits of the U.S. election system, launching pressure and legal campaigns in competitive states to have votes overturned — all the while exposing the system’s precariousness. Although the efforts weren’t successful, they appear to have been only the beginning of a wider attack on American elections. In the final part of our Jan. 6 coverage, we explore the threats to democracy that may come to bear in the next election.

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0:28.4	From a New York Times, I'm Michael Babaro.
0:36.8	This is The Daily.
0:38.6	This election was rigged.
0:40.6	Everybody knows it.
0:42.3	In the weeks following November 3rd, as the election hung in the balance in a few key
0:48.2	states.
0:49.2	This colossal expansion of mail-in voting opened the floodgates to Massif Rod.
0:55.3	President Trump and his supporters tried to persuade local officials and courts to overturn
1:01.6	the results.
1:03.2	And in doing so, exposed the most fragile aspects of our election system and democracy.
1:10.6	If we don't root out the fraud, the tremendous and horrible fraud that's taken place in our
1:16.4	2020 election, we don't have a country anymore.
1:20.4	Ultimately, those efforts failed, culminating in January 6th.
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