Last week, President Biden gave a wide-ranging interview to John Harwood of ProPublica that touched on his presidency, the Republican Party and the present state and future status of American democracy.
Early in the interview, Harwood asks Biden whether he thinks the threat to democracy is broader than the refusal of Donald Trump and his allies to accept election defeats:
As you think about the threat to democracy, do you think about it specifically as the refusal to accept election defeats and peaceful transfer of power? Or does it more broadly encompass some of the longstanding features of democracy — like the Electoral College, the nature of the Senate, the gerrymandering process — that sometimes thwarts the will of the majority?
In his answer, Biden more or less confirms that yes, when he speaks of the threat to democracy, he specifically means the threat coming from the MAGA wing of the Republican Party. For Biden, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are the “underpinnings of […]
It’s easy for Biden and the Democrat’s to maintain this position when it appears there are only two viable choice for president. They will crow on about Diversity, but they only diversity they can’t stand is ideological diversity. Let a potential third party challenge arise and they will change the tune quickly.