Brian Emanuel Schatz

“ We thank everyone who came to democracy’s defense across the country and in our great capital city. But we know that this was round one. We know that authoritarians rarely give up, and we know they aren’t doing their preparation for the next coup d’état in hiding. They are doing it all in plain sight and they must be stopped. ”

“ It will require Republicans to stand up to an autocrat. It will require Democrats to stop arguing amongst ourselves. It will require reporters to write stories that get fewer clicks than whatever BS feels like the news of the day. It will require citizens to understand that democracy in this country is not what we have, it is what we do, and it is never, ever guaranteed. ”

“ It went from Republicans being apologetic about their President to voting to exonerate him. It went from Republicans being angry at him to voting against putting together a bipartisan commission to get all the facts out. It went from 99 percent of the public being crystal clear about the moral threat to the right rewriting history, and in some cases, the left going along with it by telling us that other issues poll better.
To be clear, the litmus test for both political parties is usually to greater and lesser degrees loyalty to their president. Fair enough. ”