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All righty. So the constant theme from the Democrats and from the media these days

is that there is a deep abiding threat to American democracy. And I think there are certainly

threats to American democracy. I just don't think they are coming from where the left says

they are coming from. I think that the great threat to American democracy these days and to a

civilized way of life is the authoritarian left that is on the move

inside every American institution. An authoritarian left that is seeking to centralize power and to

quash all dissent from its opponents in pretty much every major institution in American life,

whether we're talking about the scientific institutions or whether we're talking about our educational

institutions, certainly the media that push forward

this authoritarianism. I mean, the press openly root at this point for those who dissent to be

quashed. They openly attempt to push social media, another institution dominated by leftists,

to shut down people who disagree. And that's not even getting to the governmental policy that is

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