I'm not going to sugarcoat the gravity of what we face right now in the United States. This is the most significant three threat to American democracy since the Civil War. Donald Trump, in our country, is trying to end our democracy. We are not on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. We are in the middle of it. He is trying to seize control of our courts, of our law enforcement, of our media, of our elections. (01:27–01:31)
CLAIM
Asserts that Donald Trump is attempting to dismantle democracy in the United States.
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