So Long, Mr. Trump
The votes are in and Trump is out. But, the U.S. has not heard the last of him.
Anti-Trump demonstrators took to the streets of New York City the day after election day last week to chant, “count every vote!” Meanwhile, President Trump urged his supporters to rally around stopping the count - but only in those swing states where his apparent lead dwindled and vanished as millions of mail-in ballots were tallied.
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What has this election revealed about the strengths and weaknesses of democracy in America? Has the U.S. electorate rejected Donald Trump’s authoritarianism, or did this referendum merely diagnose a festering disease that will continue to linger?
President Trump is calling for recounts and crying voter fraud while the Biden transition team roars to life, laying the groundwork for action on key issues like climate change, the pandemic and economic reignition. But our guests this week say America’s democratic institutions will continue to buckle if political leaders and citizens alike don’t take bold action to strengthen — and alter — them.
This time on the show, Will and Siva assess the outcome of America’s national stress test with commentators Jamelle Bouie and Dahlia Lithwick. Hear what they have to say about an increasingly conservative and powerful judiciary, the complicated business of analyzing exit polls, audacity, empathy and more. Plus, they offer some advice to the incoming administration. Hint: Don’t be chicken.
