Manda Scott
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They're voting based on their political persuasion.
Finally, I'll say one more thing.
You know, the founders of the U.S.
Constitution were deeply afraid of tyranny.
Most people don't know they were also deeply afraid of democracy.
That's why if you look at the original US Constitution, all kinds of guards against the people, because they were afraid that a demagogue could mislead people.
and lead them in the wrong direction.
Of course, their very fear happened here.
That's why freedom of the press was so important to them and freedom of speech.
And those things must be, again, the first things to go in a democracy that dies is freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
And that's where the battle must be fought.
Because if you have the rule of law and you have the freedom of the press and you have the freedom of speech, I think democracies tend to self-correct.
Those are in danger in the United States.
But as Suzette said, there's a lot of people taking to the streets and I think we'll take to the polls to try to stop that.
And I do think Gore is right in terms of how Americans see Trump.
We are post-peak Trump.
I still believe he'll be the most unpopular president in American history by the time he leaves office.
That's my prediction.
I'm very afraid of what's going to happen in the meantime.
So I'll pick up on a couple of themes that both of you have raised.