Searing rebuke from Seth Meyers against Trump and the Republican efforts to sabotage our democracy.
“There’s nothing you can say about this other than the fact that it’s authoritarian behavior. They’re actively trying to light our democracy on fire. We need to state that plainly. The Republican party and the modern conservative movement are opposed to democracy and want to destroy it. Just because Trump is scream-tweeting at late-night reruns of Sean Hannity instead of rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue on a tank in a bunch of designer scarves doesn’t mean this isn’t a coup. It’s just a bad one. Anyone who thinks this will all just go away after Biden is sworn in should think again. The modern Republican party is an unhinged authoritarian movement, bent on toppling our democracy in the service of powerful interest and their wealthy patrons. Trump didn’t create that—he just revealed it and supercharged it. And it will definitely outlast him. Which is why we need serious far reaching reforms to shore up our institutions. Otherwise, this assault on our democracy could go on for months, or years”