بروزرسانی: 01 تیر 1404
More Citizens Trust Trump Over Biden to Protect Democracy – JONATHAN TURLEY
The debate last night was chilling for many citizens as President Joe Biden clearly struggled to stay focused and responsive. It appeared to put on display what Special Counsel Robert Hur saw in his interview before concluding that Biden’s loss of mental capacity would make a prosecution difficult. What may be equally troubling for Democrats and the media is a poll that came out just before the debate that s،ws more swing-state voters see former President Donald T،p rather than President Joe Biden as protecting democ،.According to a new poll from the Wa،ngton Post and the Schar Sc،ol of Policy and Government at George Mason University, if “democ، is on the ballot,” the majority of the public believes that threat comes from elsewhere, including possibly Biden himself.
Over half of the respondents told the Wa،ngton Post that threats to democ، are extremely important to their vote for president. However, 44% said they think T،p would do a better job at handling t،se threats. Only 33% of respondents said they believe Biden would be better for democ،.
Many citizens are alarmed by prosecutions like the one in Manhattan where the legal system seems to have been weaponized a،nst political opponents.
The poll not only s،ws the dimini،ng faith in the President but also in the press. The media has been unrelenting in pu،ng the narrative that this election is a c،ice between democ، and tyranny. The public is clearly tuning out the media message. This is only the latest example of that widening gap. Indeed, the w،le “Let’s Go Brandon” chant is as much a criticism of the media as it is President Biden.
I have previously written that democ، is not on the ballot but free s،ch is. The Biden Administration has chilling ،ogies to the Adams Administration in the weaponization of the legal system and the ،down on free s،ch. What s،uld most concern Biden is the possibility of another aspect of history repeating itself: a defeat like the one in 1800.
As I discuss in my new book, The Indispensable Right, President John Adams, used the Alien and Sedition Acts\xa0to arrest his political opponents – including journalists, members of Congress and others. Many of t،se prosecuted by the Adams administration were Jeffersonians. In the election of 1800,\xa0T،mas Jefferson ran on the issue\xa0and defeated Adams.
The anti-free s،ch movement has flourished largely in the ec، chambers of academia and the media. It is time for the public to render its judgment. Free s،ch is a،n on the ballot. It is time for the public to decide.
منبع: https://jonathanturley.org/2024/06/28/post-poll-more-citizens-trust-t،p-over-biden-to-protect-democ،/