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The Highwire with Del Bigtree

DEL ADDRESSES THE THREAT TO DEMOCRACY

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

News, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Del discusses Biden’s long awaited live public statement to address his inevitable withdrawal from the 2024 Presidential race for what he called “the defense of democracy”. Hear our take on why pulling in Kamala at this juncture in the race is a complete disregard for basic democratic principles and frankly undermines her credibility.

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0:00.0

I want to sort of dive into a space and if you've been seeing the highway we're stretching out.

0:05.6

I want to make it really clear.

0:07.6

We are a non-profit and there are certain rules to being a non-profit,

0:12.8

which means technically I am not here to tell you who to vote for.

0:16.8

I am making no selections whatsoever.

0:19.5

But we are allowed to talk about attacks,

0:22.0

what we believe are on our democracy or when we think

0:25.2

this country isn't running the right way.

0:27.6

So I'm never going to tell you who to vote for and frankly I don't think any news station

0:31.5

in this country should be.

0:33.1

Freedom of the press means you express,

0:35.0

you're not afraid to challenge every single politician that's out there

0:38.9

and every single party that's out there,

0:42.0

if you see issues with it, that's what we're here to do so

0:44.9

today I'm going to weigh into this space but I make no judgments other than the fact

0:49.1

that I am really starting to struggle with these ideas of democracy and republic and when I think

0:55.8

of what our founding fathers meant for this country I think we should start

1:00.1

asking some serious questions are we representing what those

1:04.8

founding fathers and what the heart of America stands for this week as we all

1:10.4

waited throughout the weekend and finally heard on Sunday that President Biden is not going to seek re-election.

1:20.4

Something that I think many of us expected but wondered was he going to finally make that decision.

1:24.8

The Democratic Party being torn apart over the last couple of weeks.

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