Scarborough: 38%, 39% of the Electorate Wants To Throw Away American Democracy by Voting for GOP

SCARBOROUGH Let s get ░░░░░░░░ for one minute here ░░░░░░░░ one minute I don ░░░░░░░░ know if you were ░░░░░░░░ at the top of ░░░░░░░░ show but I had ░░░░░░░░ disturbing conversations yesterday with ░░░░░░░░ I ve known my ░░░░░░░░ life people who voted ░░░░░░░░ Gerald Ford Ronald Reagan ░░░░░░░░ Dole you just go ░░░░░░░░ the list George W ░░░░░░░░ et cetera et cetera ░░░░░░░░ cetera people that I ░░░░░░░░ consider to be mainstream ░░░░░░░░ Yesterday they were talking ░░░░░░░░ the Gestapo I mean ░░░░░░░░ s been a rise ░░░░░░░░ radicalism in them over ░░░░░░░░ past five years And ░░░░░░░░ kept talking about the ░░░░░░░░ having to stamp out ░░░░░░░░ FBI tyranny It kept ░░░░░░░░ Got to a crescendo ░░░░░░░░ a conservative thought leader ░░░░░░░░ Washington D C who ░░░░░░░░ been around since Reagan ░░░░░░░░ we can replace the ░░░░░░░░ S government Actually rip ░░░░░░░░ down as we were ░░░░░░░░ back and forth He ░░░░░░░░ well you know Joe ░░░░░░░░ U S is not ░░░░░░░░ We can replace the ░░░░░░░░ S government Started talking ░░░░░░░░ revolution And Richard I ░░░░░░░░ to talk to you ░░░░░░░░ this before we got ░░░░░░░░ Afghanistan because you re ░░░░░░░░ an unique position to ░░░░░░░░ about where the federal ░░░░░░░░ is where the United ░░░░░░░░ of America is on ░░░░░░░░ world stage And this ░░░░░░░░ just absolutely crazy We ░░░░░░░░ now and I know ░░░░░░░░ s hard to believe ░░░░░░░░ Washington is so dysfunctional ░░░░░░░░ are stronger as a ░░░░░░░░ by comparison to other ░░░░░░░░ than ever before We ░░░░░░░░ the strongest economically by ░░░░░░░░ The strongest militarily by ░░░░░░░░ The strongest culturally by ░░░░░░░░ The strongest diplomatically by ░░░░░░░░ The strongest than any ░░░░░░░░ country Stronger than we ░░░░░░░░ in 1955 when we ░░░░░░░░ counterbalanced by the Soviets ░░░░░░░░ than we were in ░░░░░░░░ when a rising China ░░░░░░░░ sure to overtake us ░░░░░░░░ as we know Russia ░░░░░░░░ now exhausted China has ░░░░░░░░ their way over the ░░░░░░░░ last few years they ░░░░░░░░ have the strong economy ░░░░░░░░ will be a balance ░░░░░░░░ the world stage But ░░░░░░░░ now nobody in China ░░░░░░░░ refuse to change places ░░░░░░░░ us right now on ░░░░░░░░ world stage But the ░░░░░░░░ States strong in every ░░░░░░░░ except politically And we ░░░░░░░░ mainstream Republicans saying that ░░░░░░░░ U S government can ░░░░░░░░ replaced because a moderate ░░░░░░░░ Delaware won a presidential ░░░░░░░░ HAASS You re right ░░░░░░░░ in the sense that ░░░░░░░░ are absolutely stronger than ░░░░░░░░ ve ever been And ░░░░░░░░ one looks at Russia ░░░░░░░░ is a Potemkin country ░░░░░░░░ many ways It s ░░░░░░░░ the Potemkin military China ░░░░░░░░ facing all sorts of ░░░░░░░░ indeed I think it ░░░░░░░░ its increasingly bellicose foreign ░░░░░░░░ It s it is ░░░░░░░░ of a political distraction ░░░░░░░░ economic growth fades and ░░░░░░░░ But our ability to ░░░░░░░░ function on the world ░░░░░░░░ begins with a prerequisite ░░░░░░░░ an assumption with a ░░░░░░░░ with just the stability ░░░░░░░░ American democracy It s ░░░░░░░░ ability to get things ░░░░░░░░ at home It s ░░░░░░░░ ability to essentially be ░░░░░░░░ to act collectively And ░░░░░░░░ s something that s ░░░░░░░░ to deter foes It ░░░░░░░░ something that s even ░░░░░░░░ necessary to reassure partners ░░░░░░░░ allies They have got ░░░░░░░░ operate on the assumption ░░░░░░░░ we re predictable and ░░░░░░░░ re trustworthy because they ░░░░░░░░ put their their security ░░░░░░░░ our in our hands ░░░░░░░░ what s going here ░░░░░░░░ at home is is ░░░░░░░░ much bigger threat to ░░░░░░░░ than anything emanating from ░░░░░░░░ or North Korea or ░░░░░░░░ or terrorists or climate ░░░░░░░░ you name it It ░░░░░░░░ ourselves The old line ░░░░░░░░ Pogo we ve met ░░░░░░░░ enemy and it and ░░░░░░░░ Yeah HAASS it is ░░░░░░░░ And to SCARBOROUGH Yeah ░░░░░░░░ and oh I m ░░░░░░░░ I crosstalk HAASS No ░░░░░░░░ ahead SCARBOROUGH Go ahead ░░░░░░░░ Well democracy crosstalk SCARBOROUGH ░░░░░░░░ OK I ll go ░░░░░░░░ then we have a ░░░░░░░░ here HAASS OK crosstalk ░░░░░░░░ I ll go and ░░░░░░░░ you finish up No ░░░░░░░░ bad grizzly Laughter And ░░░░░░░░ you re exactly right ░░░░░░░░ will say though collectively ░░░░░░░░ ve done a hell ░░░░░░░░ a job as a ░░░░░░░░ And Republicans have helped ░░░░░░░░ Ukraine You look at ░░░░░░░░ legislation we passed we ░░░░░░░░ done a hell of ░░░░░░░░ job in passing bipartisan ░░░░░░░░ This Reconciliation Act was ░░░░░░░░ with all Democrats But ░░░░░░░░ you look at the ░░░░░░░░ achievements you look at ░░░░░░░░ we ve come together ░░░░░░░░ a country around Ukraine ░░░░░░░░ look at the fact ░░░░░░░░ United States is once ░░░░░░░░ leading the way in ░░░░░░░░ democracy in Europe By ░░░░░░░░ metrics the United States ░░░░░░░░ functioning better than they ░░░░░░░░ in quite some time ░░░░░░░░ there is I ll ░░░░░░░░ it a rump of ░░░░░░░░ Republican Party which is ░░░░░░░░ it s the it ░░░░░░░░ the it s the ░░░░░░░░ force in Republican primaries ░░░░░░░░ it s about 38 ░░░░░░░░ percent of the electorate ░░░░░░░░ want to replace the ░░░░░░░░ S government that that ░░░░░░░░ to throw away American ░░░░░░░░