Steve Schmidt: The American System Has Been Sustained by a Faith in Democracy Since 1790s

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SCHMIDT: "So this behavior that we've seen will usher in a new destructive era in American democracy. We’ll be dealing with the aftermath of the weeks that follow this election for decades, for decades in this country. It is as tragic a thing as we've seen in the entirety of the Trump era. My personal view, Nicolle, is you look at the 567 orphan children, an immoral act, you look at the hundreds of thousands of dead Americans that didn’t have to be, terrible things. There is no action this man has taken that is worse than this final one in his defeat of the election because the American system has been sustained on faith and belief in democracy since the 1790s. And Donald Trump is really the first person who is deliberately and premeditatedly trying to poison it. And it's a tragic thing to watch it happen, watch it play out, watch Republicans go along with it.”