Rachel Maddow Asks One Of The Biggest Election Deniers In History How To Restore Faith In Elections

“I think the truth matters,” Clinton responded. “The article you mentioned that I published about the weaponization of loneliness, really does – in my view – point to the larger cultural concerns. Because the lack of trust, the divisiveness, the undermining of faith in ourselves, in each other, respect for our institutions, the rule of law, all of that has been deliberately inculcated within our body politic. There were trends before. We have seen how people become more isolated, less community-oriented, less civically minded, then we see how social media and technology has certainly accelerated a lot of the trends.”

“But the deliberate to divide Americans, to lie to Americans about what was going on in front of their own eyes, what happened on January 6, ‘Don’t believe what you saw, believe what I tell you,’ Those are all the hallmarks of an authoritarian, dictatorial kinds of leaders,” Clinton said.

“So this attack on the elections was the most important step in a long line of efforts undertaken to undermine our trust and our belief in a functioning democracy and our commitment to one person, one vote. Our commitment to carrying on elections, so that people would be enabled to vote, not obstructed,” Clinton said. “Everything that we have worked on to try to make this a more perfect union has been in the target of the anti-democratic forces, unfortunately led by a demagogue for four years in the White House.”