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Tucker Carlson: “If they completely ignore what people want, not just one…”

Featuring: Tucker Carlson, Conservative, Right-wing | Political Commentator, Former Fox News Host | National

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Published | Video Starts at 06:35

And for that to be true, their leaders have to represent them, which is another way of saying they have to do what the people want them to do, or a close approximation thereof. But If they completely ignore what people want, not just one year, but generationally, say, for 50 years, then it may be, I don't know what. It's not a democracy. And so I think the entire Trump project, paradoxically, is attacked as an enemy of democracy, is to return democracy to the United States. Hey, let's pay attention to what people actually want. (06:35–06:46)

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Asserts that if leaders ignore what people want for 50 years, it is not a democracy.

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