Episode 5131: The Left's Plan To Change America; New Nixon Files Released

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What claims are being made about the integrity of American elections?

Steve Bannon 0:00

America's elections are rigged, stolen, and a laughing stock all over the world. We are either going to fix them or we won't have a country any longer. For fact's sake, Donald Trump won two of those so-called rigged, stolen elections. Susan, you wrote that this is no longer a question if Donald Trump will undermine Americans' confidence in the midterms, but how? What do you see us doing to protect that?

Susan 0:25

Yeah, I mean, look, this is a situation where, you know, you've seen Republicans basically abandon their longstanding views about states' rights and federalism. And, you know, now all of a sudden, Mike Johnson is the one who decides that it's the job of the federal speaker of the House to be commenting on questionable election practices in states that he doesn't like or that elect Democrats. You know, the decentralization I think is the thing that experts are looking to. It's one of the reasons, of course, that Donald Trump's claims of a rigged election in 2020 are so absurd and farcical. It is simply inconceivable that in six swing states in 2020, all over this country, the massive number of people who have been involved in the conspiracy of those alleged by Donald Trump and the sort of fever dreams he's encouraged among his supporters

Susan 1:19

It's basically inconceivable in the context of our very decentralized state run election system. And again, it should be pointed out that the Constitution is very clear that it's up to the states to regulate the time, place and manner of elections. That is not a role for the president of the United States, who just last Monday said he wanted to nationalize, quote unquote, elections in 15 states. But I think there are enormous fears among state election officials about the kind of actions that can be taken in key states looking ahead to this fall. One thing I spoke with an election law expert who pointed out that, you know, the time for states and localities to act is probably before Republicans, you know, come in there and to be prepared in advance to get injunctions and things like that to keep ICE away from the polling places.

Unknown 2:10

This apparent abuse of federal law enforcement power to indulge the president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election and to lay the groundwork for whatever mischief they're planning in a few months, I think, is obviously deeply disturbing, deeply chilling, deeply menacing and also a huge threat. huge political mistake for this administration, because in Georgia, where now for the second time in six years, Georgia voters have the weight of the republic's future on our shoulders. We are just that much more determined to do our part. to right the ship. This election is pivotal. If we do not restore checks and balances in these midterm elections, we will not recognize our republic at the end of this presidential term.

Unknown 3:00

We may lose our republic. And he had a lot of us moving and he moved a lot of us.

How are Republican strategies evolving regarding election practices?

Unknown 3:06

And for me, you know, as someone who's a little bit more seasoned, I had a chance to reflect, I think, in some interesting ways. And you touched on it about how the expressions of protest and how our expressions of being put upon as a minority or as individuals or as a community by a majority, how we would respond to that. What I took away from last night was Bad Bunny said, this is America now, y'all. This is who we are now. This isn't the future of America. People talk about America is going to be black and brown majority in 24. No, no, no. We're there now. We're in the moment now. And so to be very direct about last night, a lot of Donald Trump white people got upset. A lot of them complained. A lot of them were a little bit, how should we say, twitchy about what they saw, complaining about the fact that I didn't understand a word he said.

Unknown 4:08

Really? Really? You weren't moved by the moment. You weren't moved by the visuals. You weren't moved by the sound. You fixated on words to try to understand. But if you heard the words in English, you still wouldn't have understood them. And that's the point. If they heard the words in English, they still wouldn't have understood them because they listened to one man who has clouded their judgment and their reason with his own twitchiness, right?