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SCantiGOP

(13,864 posts) Wed Jul 25, 2018, 10:17 PM Jul 2018

3rd most important thing to preserve democracy

Third is the right to free elections, which we have every 2, 4 or 6 years.
More important on a daily basis are an independent, non-political judiciary; and a strong and unrestricted free press to hold the government accountable.

Trump knows that undermining the first two makes it possible to eventually restrict the third.

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3rd most important thing to preserve democracy (Original Post) SCantiGOP Jul 2018 OP

He may not actually understand that 2naSalit Jul 2018 #1

2naSalit

(86,323 posts)

1. He may not actually understand that

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Wed Jul 25, 2018, 10:19 PM

Jul 2018

but his handlers sure do.

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