Former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt stated on Saturday that the struggle to save lots of American democracy has solely simply begun with Donald Trump’s defeat in final month’s presidential contest.
In response to Schmidt, the truth that so many Republicans have stood alongside Trump as he tried to overturn the desire of the individuals is an indication that the nation is “one election away from dropping the American experiment.”
“126 GOP members of Congress have turned their backs on the concept the individuals elect the President,” Schmidt stated in a pair of tweets.
“We merely can’t lose a Presidential election as a result of if we do it is going to be the final one,” he warned.
Inside 4 years time m, Donald Trump, a conman from actuality tv has introduced American democracy to the brink. 126 GOP members of Congress have turned their backs on the concept the individuals elect the President. We’re one election away from dropping the American experiment.
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) December 12, 2020
The upkeep and strengthening of the professional democracy coalition on this nation is essential. We merely can’t lose a Presidential election as a result of if we do it is going to be the final one.
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) December 12, 2020
The GOP in its present kind ought to by no means win one other presidential election
Donald Trump’s decisive defeat in November’s presidential election was a great begin in therapeutic America, however it’s simply that: a begin.
Trump will likely be abandoning a Republican Get together that’s completely damaged and harmful. As MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace stated this week, the GOP has develop into nothing greater than an organized crime household whose sole function is defending Trump and preserving energy.
Until the Republican Get together is totally dismantled, repaired and rebuilt, it has no enterprise successful one other presidential election.
As Steve Schmidt stated, America gained’t survive one other Trump-stained presidency.
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Sean Colarossi presently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts diploma in Journalism from the College of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for each of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He additionally labored with Deliberate Parenthood as an Inexpensive Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, serving to northeast Ohio residents acquire medical insurance protection.
