Daily: How TRUMP’S BIG LIE could still destroy American democracy

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🗓️ 27 May 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Trump’s Big Lie that Democrats stole the Presidential election is poisoning Republican minds against democracy itself. Could a future Republican Congress simply refuse to confirm an elected Democrat as President in 2024? Would Democrats willingly hand power to a victorious Republican – possibly Trump himself – who was openly committed to curtailing democracy? Georgetown public policy professor Donald Moynihan looks at these nightmare scenarios and explains why American democracy is in critical danger. • “The Big Lie is not a marginal idea… Some 55 to 70% of Republicans believe that Trump won the election.” • “If these ideas remain dominant it could lead to the end of democracy as we know it in the United States.” • “The Republican Party hasn’t bothered with a sensible autopsy like in 2012 because it’s committed to this Big Lie.” • Presented and produced by Andrew Harrison with Ayesha Hazarika and Justin Quirk. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:11.0	Regular listeners will know that we like our American politics on the podcast.
1:14.6	Our additions on the presidential election, the fall of Trump and the insurrectionist riot in the
1:18.7	capital on January the 6th were among the most listened to episodes of the past 12 months as a certain
1:23.2	ex-president knows fear cells but the notion that Trump isn't would vanish
1:26.8	without Trump has proved to be naive since losing the presidency the Republican
1:30.8	party has doubled down on the big lie that Biden and Harris stole the election
1:34.6	indeed accepting that lie has come close to becoming an article of faith for Republicans.
1:39.4	The party punished Liz Cheney for her refusal to comply with it and replace this former
1:43.7	Republican royalty as House Number 3 with a Trump loyalist of limited experience.
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