Heather Cox Richardson

People on the left want to do the same thing because they believe that the democracy as we have it in the United States is too sexist and racist and was conceived under such racism and sexism that it too needs to be dismantled and something else to replace it with.

People on the left want to do the same thing because they believe that the democracy as we have it in the United States is too sexist and racist and was conceived under such racism and sexism that it too needs to be dismantled and something else to replace it with.

People on the left want to do the same thing because they believe that the democracy as we have it in the United States is too sexist and racist and was conceived under such racism and sexism that it too needs to be dismantled and something else to replace it with.

The vast majority of us, Republicans or Democrats or independents or, you know, Martians who want to preserve democracy believe that the guardrails of democracy, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the laws that have followed since are flawed in many ways for sure, but that that framework needs to be preserved. And that has nothing to do with partisanship.

The vast majority of us, Republicans or Democrats or independents or, you know, Martians who want to preserve democracy believe that the guardrails of democracy, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the laws that have followed since are flawed in many ways for sure, but that that framework needs to be preserved. And that has nothing to do with partisanship.

The vast majority of us, Republicans or Democrats or independents or, you know, Martians who want to preserve democracy believe that the guardrails of democracy, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the laws that have followed since are flawed in many ways for sure, but that that framework needs to be preserved. And that has nothing to do with partisanship.

So one of the things that the right very effectively did after about 1990, and really Newt Gingrich was a master at this, was to say that all those people who believe in democracy, including Republicans, remember Republicans in name only, were somehow on the left.

So one of the things that the right very effectively did after about 1990, and really Newt Gingrich was a master at this, was to say that all those people who believe in democracy, including Republicans, remember Republicans in name only, were somehow on the left.

So one of the things that the right very effectively did after about 1990, and really Newt Gingrich was a master at this, was to say that all those people who believe in democracy, including Republicans, remember Republicans in name only, were somehow on the left.

That is, exactly. That is the left trying to destroy the framework of American democracy. And I think it's really important for those of us in the middle, regardless of your political background, leanings to say we care about democracy.

That is, exactly. That is the left trying to destroy the framework of American democracy. And I think it's really important for those of us in the middle, regardless of your political background, leanings to say we care about democracy.

That is, exactly. That is the left trying to destroy the framework of American democracy. And I think it's really important for those of us in the middle, regardless of your political background, leanings to say we care about democracy.

We might disagree about the degree to which we should support education or the degree to which we should fill in the blank there, tax people or whatever, but we do agree that democracy should regulate business, provide a basic social safety net, promote infrastructure, and protect civil rights, which is what a liberal democracy is supposed to do.

We might disagree about the degree to which we should support education or the degree to which we should fill in the blank there, tax people or whatever, but we do agree that democracy should regulate business, provide a basic social safety net, promote infrastructure, and protect civil rights, which is what a liberal democracy is supposed to do.

We might disagree about the degree to which we should support education or the degree to which we should fill in the blank there, tax people or whatever, but we do agree that democracy should regulate business, provide a basic social safety net, promote infrastructure, and protect civil rights, which is what a liberal democracy is supposed to do.

It is important to realize because one of the things that Russian disinformation has done very effectively, for example, is taken the extremes on both sides and pitted them against the middle. And if you look at the statistics of what Americans actually support, the vast majority of us, again, regardless of our partisan leanings, support things like common sense gun safety legislation.

It is important to realize because one of the things that Russian disinformation has done very effectively, for example, is taken the extremes on both sides and pitted them against the middle. And if you look at the statistics of what Americans actually support, the vast majority of us, again, regardless of our partisan leanings, support things like common sense gun safety legislation.

It is important to realize because one of the things that Russian disinformation has done very effectively, for example, is taken the extremes on both sides and pitted them against the middle. And if you look at the statistics of what Americans actually support, the vast majority of us, again, regardless of our partisan leanings, support things like common sense gun safety legislation.

We support by about 65% the codification of Roe versus Wade into law. We support higher taxes on the extremely wealthy. I mean, and when I say we support these, not by like 50.2%, by like 85%.

We support by about 65% the codification of Roe versus Wade into law. We support higher taxes on the extremely wealthy. I mean, and when I say we support these, not by like 50.2%, by like 85%.