in election processes they seek to win by any means and many americans are being persuaded to think and act likewise threatening to collapse the foundations of our society and democracy with breathtaking speed i now fear that what we have fought so hard to achieve globally the right to free fair elections unhindered by strongman politicians has become dangerously fragile at home okay so i i have a question for jimmy carter in NUMBER_TOKEN jimmy carr i mean speaking of free and fair elections jimmy carter in NUMBER_TOKEN presided over an election in the gaza strip okay in the middle east that election was won by hamas hamas is a terrorist group that election was marred by tremendous abuses of power because hamas is as stated a terrorist group jimmy carter then proceeded to certify that election and say that election was good and say that hamas should be given a chance so i'm just wondering what leg he has to stand on in talking about democracy promotion and electoral fraud but you know they've got to call everybody out of the woodwork to make the case he he makes some recommendations he says first while citizens can disagree on policies people of all political stripes must agree on fundamental constitutional principles and norms of fairness civility and respect for the rule of law agree i have no problem with any of that i'm just wondering why it only applies to one side of the political aisle but i have no problem with any of that second we must push for reforms that ensure the security and accessibility of our elections and ensure public confidence in the accuracy of results okay that's again no objections third we must resist the polarization that is reshaping our identities around politics we must focus on a few core truths that we are all human we're all americans we have common hopes for our communities and our country to thrive again agree fourth violence has no place in our politics we must act urgently to pass or strengthen laws to reverse the trends of character assassination intimidation and the presence of armed militias at events um okay i don't know how that is going to materialize in a country where we still respect the first amendment right there is a pretty wide distinction between violence in politics and trends of character assassination that's that seems like a now now you're starting version on the conflation of good ideas with very very bad ideas finally he says lastly the spread of disinformation especially on social media must be addressed we must reign in these platforms and get in the habit of seeking out accurate information corporate america and religious communities should encourage respect for democratic norms participation in elections and efforts to counter disinformation so now he's talking again about how he gets to define what is disinformation and what is not and he gets to control that so we went very quickly from things we can all agree on to things that very few of us can agree on because we don't trust you to actually handle those systems but that's the entire goal like okay so joy behar i'm not going to her as some sort of of apex of democratic intellectualism because that would be disingenuous and she is not but she is the it of the democratic party when joy behar says something this is what lies at the gut level of the democratic party what she says here is pretty much the whole ball of wax the reason that this has to be done right now
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