'America is forewarned': Raskin sounds alarm about Trump’s 'authoritarian program'

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WITH A DICTATORSHIP HE'S PROMISING. HIS RESPONSE, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE IT. I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. WHAT DO DICTATORS DO TO THEIR OPPONENTS? THE USUAL THE PROJECT, WHICH IS WHY YESTERDAY IN A PRIVATE DONOR EVENT HE COMPARED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. JOINING ME NOW IT. LET ME JUST START THERE WHERE I ENDED BECAUSE WHEN YOU HEAR DONALD TRUMP. I KNOW WE GET A LITTLE NUMB TO THIS, BUT WE CAN'T. COMPARING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO THE GESTAPO. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT? >> EVERY ACCUSATION IS A CONFESSION ESSENTIALLY. WE HAVE NEVER HAD PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OR MUCH LESS PRESIDENTS TALK LIKE THAT ABOUT THE OTHER PARTY IN AMERICA. THERE HAS BEEN A VERY STRONG DEGREE OF CIVILITY AT THAT LEVEL, AND SO IT TELEGRAPHS SOME VERY DARK INTENTIONS ON HIS PART. >> IT IS WHAT DICTATORS DO, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO REMEMBER. LET'S COME BACK TO WHAT I ENDED ON TO THE FINAL SUMMARY OF THIS ARTICLE THAT WAS VERY LENGTHY. LIKE AN 83 MINUTE INTERVIEW WHERE HE SAID A LOT OF THINGS. HE SAID ABOUT HIS TALK OF DICTATORSHIP. A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE IT. >> HE IS RIGHT ABOUT THAT IN THE SENSE THAT DICTATORS HAVE ALWAYS HAD THEIR SUPPORTERS. IT DOES NOT LAST LONG BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WANT TO LEAD A LIFE OF DEMOCRACY AND SECURITY AND FREEDOM AND SELF-GOVERNMENT, BUT THOSE KIND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO FOOL SOME SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE POPULATION FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. THE FOUNDERS OF AMERICA KNEW THAT. ALEXANDER HAMILTON IN THE FIRST PAPER WARNED OF DEMAGOGUES WHO WOULD WHIP UP A MOB FRENZY BASED ON NEGATIVE EMOTIONS INSTEAD OF USING GOVERNMENT AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE COMMON GOOD TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR PEOPLE. SO AT THIS POINT AMERICANS ARE FOREWARNED. IF YOU LOOK AT THE THINGS HE IS TALKING ABOUT DOING. MASS ROUNDUPS AND INCARCERATION, AND IT DEPORTATIONS FROM THE COUNTRY. CRACKDOWN ON WOMEN IN RED STATES ON ABORTION. BANNING THEM FROM GOING FROM RED STATES TO BLUE STATE TO GET REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE. FREEING THE JANUARY 6th HOSTAGES WHO A MAJORITY OF THEM PLED GUILTY TO VIOLENTLY ASSAULTING OUR POLICE OFFICERS. THAT IS AN AUTHORITARIAN PROGRAM. THAT IS RIGHT OUT OF THE PLAYBOOK OF MUSSOLINI AND BEYOND. >> NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. SOME STILL AROUND THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. HE ALSO SAID. WHAT STRIKES ME TIME AND TIME AGAIN AS WE HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE. YOU HAVE LET INVESTIGATIONS INTO THIS WHEN HE SAID I THINK WE ARE GOING TO WIN, AND IT DEPENDS ON THE FAIRNESS OF THE ELECTION. SAYING THAT IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION ABOUT POTENTIAL FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE. >> WHICH IS A HALLMARK OF THOSE PARTIES. NOW WITH NONE OF THE REPUBLICANS WILL COMMIT TO STANDBY THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION. THEY WON'T EVEN STAND BY THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 ELECTION WHEN THE 60 DIFFERENT FEDERAL AND STATE COURT DECISIONS REJECTED EVERY CLAIM OF ELECTION FRAUD AND CORRUPTION THAT HE BROUGHT FORWARD AND THEY ARE STILL SAYING IT WAS A STOLEN ELECTION. THERE IS ZERO EVIDENCE OF THAT. YOU CANNOT MAKE IT MORALLY POSSIBLE CASE FOR IT, SO THEY ARE LIVING IN AN ALTERNATE REALITY. THAT IS I WOULD WORKS. >> THERE IS STILL NOT WILLING TO COMMIT TO ABIDING BY THE OUTCOME IN 2024. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIOF A RACE OUT THERE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS MORNING ON SUNDAY MORNING SHOWS ANSWERING VERSIONS OF THIS QUESTION. I WANT TO PUT YOU SOMETHING TIM SCOTT SAID TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS. >> WILL YOU COMMIT TO ACCEPTING THE ELECTION RESULTS OF 2024? BOTTOM LINE. >> AT THE END OF THE DAY THE 47 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, AND I AM EXCITED TO GET BACK TO LOW INFLATION AND LOW UNEMPLOYMENT. >> YES OR NO?>> THAT IS MY STATEMENT. >> IT IS NOT A HARD QUESTION. I THINK WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IS WHAT HE WANTS HIM TO SAY. WANTS TO BE ON HIS VICE PRESIDENT LIST. HOW CONCERNED SHOULD WE BE ABOUT THAT BECOMING THE COMMON RESPONSE? >> IT IS A DRAMATIC DEPARTURE FROM AMERICAN HISTORY WHEN ALL OF THE MAJOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HAVE AGREED TO ABIDE BY THE OUTCOME EVEN WHEN THERE ARE REAL QUESTIONS LIKE IN 2000 AND BUSH VERSUS GORE VICE PRESIDENT GORE ACTUALLY HAD A LEAD IN THE POPULAR VOTE. THERE WERE REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE IN FLORIDA AND YET HE STOOD DOWN THE INTEREST OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONTINUITY, AND NOW WE HAVE POLITICIANS WHO WILL NOT EVEN ABIDE BY A CERTIFIABLY LEGAL ELECTION OUTCOME BECAUSE THEY SAY DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO BE THE 47th PRESIDENT. END OF THE DAY. AND WE KNOW WHAT OTHER KIND OF EVENTS THEY MAY HAVE PLANNED FOR THAT DAY. >> WAS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING TO BE CLEAR ABOUT. WE HAD BEEN TALKING A LITTLE BIT THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT HOPE HICKS'S TESTIMONY AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT. YOU REMEMBER THE COMMITTEE OF COURSE WHEN SHE TESTIFIED BEFORE . WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE TESTIMONY ON FRIDAY? THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT? >> THE BEST WAY OF UNDERSTANDING THAT TROUT TAKING PLACE IN NEW YORK IS IT IS A PART OF HIS DETERMINATION TO ESSENTIALLY PREDETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION. NOT BY ADVANCING THE PROGRAM AND KNOCKING ON DOORS AND CAMPAIGNING BUT RATHER BY MANIPULATING PUBLIC OPINION. IT WAS ALL ABOUT PAYING OFF HUSH MONEY TO A FORMER MISTRESS TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE NEWS AND SWEEP EVERYTHING UNDER THE RUG. BUT THE PROBLEM WAS THEY WERE MESSY IN TERMS OF LEAVING THE MONEY TRAIL BEHIND, AND HE DESCRIBED IT AS LEGAL EXPENSES WHEN HE REIMBURSED MICHAEL COHEN FOR THE MONEY THAT WAS GOING TO STORMY DANIELS. THAT MADE IT AN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE, AND THEY WERE COOKING THE BOOKS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF STATE LAW. HER TESTIMONY REINFORCED THAT THERE WAS A MAD SCRAMBLE WITHIN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE AND DONALD TRUMP ARE BRAGGING ABOUT HIS SEXUAL ASSAULTS ON WOMEN IN DIFFERENT PLACES, AND SO THEY COULD NOT AFFORD TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE
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Channel: MSNBC
Views: 239,712
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Keywords: Jen Psaki
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Length: 7min 32sec (452 seconds)
Published: Sun May 05 2024
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