Cory Booker: “The biggest threat to our democracy which was shown in the…”

“That's the point. The biggest threat to our nation in my opinion is not the threat matrix as I see in the different nations that are trying to undermine us. The biggest threat to our democracy which was shown in the time of the Civil War and the heroism of Douglas and Lincoln who found a working relationship. The biggest threat is our inability to talk to each other, to find common ground, to work through our most difficult solutions. And sometimes especially in in group, forget the Republicans that attack often the in group sanctions are so bad it debilitates even the Democratic Party from coming together around common …” (27:18–27:35)

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