And the Welcome to another special edition of the American Mind on the

existential question of 2020. I'm Claremont Institute President Ryan Williams,

and I'm publisher of the Claremont Review of books

and the American Bind.

In this latest installment, we apply some of the themes

in our previous specials to evaluate what is likely the most consequential election in many decades if not 160 years.

At stake in 2020 is the American way of life, which we at Claremont are devoting all our energies to explaining, defending, and saving.

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Claremont.org slash donate. This is James Polis, executive editor of The American Mind, bringing you a special episode of the American Mind podcast.

2020 will go down in the record books as a year that defined America.

It began with the Potemkin impeachment process

the instigators have since memory hold.

This itself was an extension of the relentless effort to punish President Trump and his supporters

for daring to threaten the power and privilege of the ruling class.

2020 continued with the unleashing of the Chinese coronavirus on America

and the foisting on the American people of arbitrary and capricious shutdown measures by overbearing governors and mayors.

15 congregants at a synagogue in New Jersey were arrested and charged for being in a synagogue together.

By what authority did you nullify the Bill of Rights

in issuing this order?

That's above my pay grade Tucker.

So I wasn't thinking of the Bill of Rights

when we did this.

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