Chris Murphy: “The authoritarian takeover isn't coming. It's here.”

“But think about how we will feel if this 250 year democratic experiment disappears on our watch and we didn't do all we could as a body and as a citizenry simply because we didn't want to face the hard reality. The authoritarian takeover isn't coming. It's here. We're in the middle of it. But it is not too late for everybody to see it and for us to stop it.” (17:11–17:16)

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