Keilar: CNN’s ‘Democracy in Peril’ Series Isn’t ‘Alarmist’

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KEILAR: “This series isn’t alarmist. It is a frank examination of an illness in our country that we can’t afford to ignore. What will 2022 bring, and 2024? What if Trump runs again or other Republicans run using his playbook? Will our institutions hold? And will social media algorithms undermine them, continuing to amplify conspiracy theories, peddling them to the masses eager to consume them? According to a recent poll, 73% of Republicans still believe the election was stolen from Trump despite Trump administration officials making clear there was no widespread voter fraud that would have affected the outcome of the election; despite court after court dismissing baseless lawsuits that argued otherwise. The big lie is a cancer. So how do you cut it out without killing the patient? Is it even possible as it metastasizes in one Republican-led state legislature after another? 34 new laws in at least 19 states according to the Brennan Center that restrict voting access that could disproportionately affect voters of color, In particular, legislatures in competitive states are making it harder to cast a ballot and key Republicans are gaslighting America."