Howard Dean: ‘We Need a Fundamental Restructuring of Our Democracy’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT MELBER Yeah ░░░░░░░░ mentioned the total vote ░░░░░░░░ there s no other ░░░░░░░░ where you have to ░░░░░░░░ balance between what the ░░░░░░░░ choose and what some ░░░░░░░░ arbitrary very ancient system ░░░░░░░░ allot We try to ░░░░░░░░ both here I have ░░░░░░░░ polling governor when you ░░░░░░░░ people should we do ░░░░░░░░ by democracy it s ░░░░░░░░ close Partisan issues are ░░░░░░░░ The Trump Harris decision ░░░░░░░░ close But look at ░░░░░░░░ 58 of people in ░░░░░░░░ this month prefer a ░░░░░░░░ vote which they call ░░░░░░░░ popular vote only 40 ░░░░░░░░ College Should Americans care ░░░░░░░░ trying to change that ░░░░░░░░ inequity Dean We have ░░░░░░░░ change it Our foundational ░░░░░░░░ system was affected very ░░░░░░░░ by slavery This was ░░░░░░░░ effort by the small ░░░░░░░░ and the slave states ░░░░░░░░ make sure they didn ░░░░░░░░ lose their influence in ░░░░░░░░ compromises that were in ░░░░░░░░ design of the Constitution ░░░░░░░░ so forth So we ░░░░░░░░ two problems We have ░░░░░░░░ constitution that was built ░░░░░░░░ the notion of slavery ░░░░░░░░ we have a corrupt ░░░░░░░░ Court which has already ░░░░░░░░ one president or selected ░░░░░░░░ president George W Bush ░░░░░░░░ improper means and which ░░░░░░░░ also made some outrageous ░░░░░░░░ some outrageous claims that ░░░░░░░░ think most of the ░░░░░░░░ people would turn over ░░░░░░░░ their grave if they ░░░░░░░░ saw it This crackpot ░░░░░░░░ wing theory about the ░░░░░░░░ of the presidents being ░░░░░░░░ to do whatever they ░░░░░░░░ We need a fundamental ░░░░░░░░ of our democracy if ░░░░░░░░ are going to keep ░░░░░░░░ democracy Right now we ░░░░░░░░ t have a functional ░░░░░░░░ system They are as ░░░░░░░░ of the justices coined ░░░░░░░░ phrase a bunch of ░░░░░░░░ hacks She was trying ░░░░░░░░ claim they weren t ░░░░░░░░ hacks but they are ░░░░░░░░ hacks in the majority ░░░░░░░░ of them are clearly ░░░░░░░░ So we have a ░░░░░░░░ big problem with our ░░░░░░░░ and we need to ░░░░░░░░ it And the public ░░░░░░░░ think is on our ░░░░░░░░