>>> FOR DEMOCRACY TO FUNCTION,
>>> FOR DEMOCRACY TO FUNCTION,
YOU WANT IT TO BE THE CASE THAT
PEOPLE IN POWER BELIEVE IT IS IN
THEIR POLITICAL INTEREST FOR
THINGS TO GO WELL.
JUST KIND OF A BASIC RULE, THE
FEEDBACK MECHANISM AT THE HEART
OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT,
RIGHT?
WHEN THINGS GO WELL, PEOPLE ARE
HAPPY.
YOU KNOW, FLOURISHING, AND THEN
POLITICIANS ARE REWARDED WITH
RE-ELECTION.
WHEN THINGS GO BADLY, THEY GET
VOTED OUT.
SO IT’S PRETTY IMPORTANT THAT
BROADDY SPEAKING THAT THE FOLKS
IN POWER BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE
DOING WELL, LIVING PEACEFULLY,
NOT DYING FROM, SAY, THE
CORONAVIRUS, NOT GETTING EVICTED
IS A GOOD THING AND WILL HELP
THEM STAY IN POWER.
CONVERSELY, IT’S INCREDIBLY
DANGEROUS FOR THE INCENTIVES TO
BE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION,
BUT THAT IS CLEARLY THE CASE
WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
HERE’S WHAT TRUMP’S SENIOR
ADVISER AND FORMER CAMPAIGN
MANAGER KELLYANNE CONWAY SAID
JUST LAST WEEK.
>> THE MORE CHAOS AND ANARCHY
AND VANDALISM, THE BETTER IT IS
FOR THE VERY CLEAR CHOICE ON WHO
IS BEST FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND
LAW AND ORDER.
>> SHE’S RIGHT AT A CERTAIN
LEVEL.
IT IS CLEAR, VERY CLEAR.
OF COURSE NOT IN THE WAY SHE
INTENDED.
THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES THAT MORE
CHAOS AND ANARCHY AND VANDALISM
AND VIOLENCE, BLOODSHED, THAT
THAT WILL HELP HIM.
THAT WILL HELP HIM GET RE-E LET
THE RECORD REFLECTED.
HE BELIEVES THE WORSE THINGS GET
FOR AMERICANS, THE BETTER IT IS
FOR HIM.
JOE BIDEN MADE THE OBVIOUS BUT
IMPORTANT POINT THAT DESPITE
TRUMP’S RE-ELECTION, DONALD
TRUMP IS, IN FACT, THE
PRESIDENT.
>> THIS IS A SITTING PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING
THIS COUNTRY, BUT INSTEAD HE’S
ROOTING FOR CHAOS AND VIOLENCE.
THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS DONALD TRUMP
FAILED TO PROTECT AMERICA.
SO NOW HE’S TRYING TO SCARE
AMERICA.
>> TRUMP’S OPEN EMBRACE OF
LAWLESSNESS, WHICH INTENSIFIES
AS WE HEAD INTO THE ELECTION
SHOULD CONCERN EVERYONE.
THE PRESIDENT WAS CRITICIZED FOR
USING THE WHITE HOUSE AS A
POLITICAL PROP IN HIS CAMPAIGN.
BUT MR. TRUMP’S AID SAID HE
ENJOYED THE FRUSTRATION AND
ANGER HE CAUSED, SHATTERING
CONVENTIONAL NORMS AND RAISING
QUESTIONS ABOUT ETHICS LAWS
VIOLATIONS.
HE RELISHED THE FACT THAT NO ONE
COULD DO ANYTHING TO STOP HIM,
SAID THE AIDS.
TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS BELIEVE
DEEPLY THAT THE LAW IS NOT A
BINDING CONSTRAINT, THAT IT
EXISTS TO PUNISH ENEMIES AND
PROTECT FRIENDS.
AND NOW JUST TODAY, JUST A FEW
HOURS AGO, WE HAVE THE SITTING
PRESIDENT, LISTEN TO THIS, THE
SITTING PRESIDENT DEFENDING
