Rachel Maddow on Fani Willis: The Rule of Law Does Not Magically Defend Itself

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MADDOW: "The history of the rule of law in this country tells us that the rule of law does not magically defend itself. And it is mortal, it can be killed. When it is attacked, it breaks. The rule of law in this country, in practical terms, is made up of people doing hard jobs, who themselves can break when they’re attacked. And right now, you and I, all of us, we are making history in this country, and the history that we’re making is that there’s no one defending Fani Willis but herself. And in the, you know, noble, alternate version of this history that we would like to imagine we would be part of, the whole country would be up in arms about Georgia and about New York and about all of these cases, telling these people to back off the judges, back off the witnesses and the jurors, back off the prosecutors, back off Fani Willis, protect these cases, protect the rule of law. We imagine that’s who we are as a country, but we are not showing it. We’re not standing up to defend these people. At least not yet."