David Remnick on Trump Leading Biden in the Polls: ‘A Moment of Horrible Peril’

SCARBOROUGH I mean at ░░░░░░░░ end of the day ░░░░░░░░ have Trump But from ░░░░░░░░ to 2021 you had ░░░░░░░░ at least in the ░░░░░░░░ and the House that ░░░░░░░░ pass strong legislation anti ░░░░░░░░ legislation No more They ░░░░░░░░ collapsed Now they really ░░░░░░░░ folded into Trump s ░░░░░░░░ of admiration society of ░░░░░░░░ Putin REMNICK Well I ░░░░░░░░ it s important to ░░░░░░░░ what s been lost ░░░░░░░░ a real sense of ░░░░░░░░ Russian future for millions ░░░░░░░░ Russians This is as ░░░░░░░░ the South African regime ░░░░░░░░ killed Mandela in jail ░░░░░░░░ the repercussions of that ░░░░░░░░ have been for the ░░░░░░░░ African future Imagine if ░░░░░░░░ had been killed in ░░░░░░░░ It was bad enough ░░░░░░░░ he was jailed in ░░░░░░░░ first place but imagine ░░░░░░░░ that would have meant ░░░░░░░░ the Czech future or ░░░░░░░░ Sakharov had died rather ░░░░░░░░ being released by Gorbachov ░░░░░░░░ in 1986 This is ░░░░░░░░ catastrophe first and foremost ░░░░░░░░ the Navalny family but ░░░░░░░░ the world but for ░░░░░░░░ stability of things for ░░░░░░░░ possibility of any kind ░░░░░░░░ future or liberty in ░░░░░░░░ So the consequences are ░░░░░░░░ Unfortunately what s not ░░░░░░░░ is that Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ a moral vacuum in ░░░░░░░░ suit The fact that ░░░░░░░░ couldn t bestir himself ░░░░░░░░ show any sympathy to ░░░░░░░░ Navalny family much less ░░░░░░░░ a political statement of ░░░░░░░░ moral bearing at all ░░░░░░░░ is not a surprise ░░░░░░░░ he is leading in ░░░░░░░░ presidential polls What will ░░░░░░░░ the American public to ░░░░░░░░ the moral vacuum of ░░░░░░░░ Whether it has to ░░░░░░░░ with Navalny or Russia ░░░░░░░░ insurrection or his economic ░░░░░░░░ or his sexual assault ░░░░░░░░ on and on and ░░░░░░░░ This is the country ░░░░░░░░ we live in where ░░░░░░░░ Trump is in the ░░░░░░░░ It is a moment ░░░░░░░░ horrible peril.”