Maddow: Early Midterm Results Is a ‘Frickin’ One Finger Salute’ from the American People

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MADDOW: "One of the things that happens in democratic backsliding, and when authoritarians take over democratic countries, is that they tell you that the vote doesn’t matter. I mean, that’s the whole thing behind claiming voter fraud and claiming that the elections are rigged. It’s to tell people, 'Don’t bother voting. Your vote doesn’t count. Your vote, whatever you intend it to mean, it won’t ever mean that and this whole system is rigged against you.' And it’s to turn people off from voting, not only to make them disbelieve the results, but to make them disinterested in participating. And this is a freaking one-finger salute to that idea from the American people tonight."