Democracy is on the ballot in US midterms with ‘conspiracy’ candidate: David Fulham-National

Political commentator David Frum warned that if a conspiracy-theorized Republican candidate shows his strength in next week’s U.S. midterm elections, the cracks in the country’s democracy could deepen.

His concerns come as multiple candidates in midterm elections across the country “believe all sorts of QAnon conspiracy theories” and former President Donald Trump’s false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. supports the

“At the time, a lot of people loyal to President Trump tried to overturn the election,” Fulham said in an interview with Mercedes-Stevenson. waist blockaired on Sunday.

“They just didn’t have the power to do it. But the 2022 results mean they may have the power to do it in 2024.”

Candidates that Frum called “Trump pro-freaks” are piled up in much of the low-profile campaign, he said. They subscribe to these debunked conspiracy theories, and electing these people is “one of the main goals of pro-Trump Republicans,” he said.

“If the Republican Party has a good year in 2022, which it seems they will, they will elect many of these people … It’s positively unfair and it’s going to change the will of the voters. I’ll put it aside,” Fulham said.

“The problem is that the parties poised to reap these benefits are no longer committed to the democratic institutions as they should be.”

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When Americans vote next week, they will be doing so for the first time since pro-Trump mobs stormed Washington, DC’s Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021.

With the events of January 6th in mind, Frum isn’t the only one to see this campaign as a hard-fought battle for democracy. US President Joe Biden issued a similar warning in a speech Wednesday.

“In a typical year, we don’t often face the question of whether the votes we cast will sustain or endanger our democracy. ‘But we are this year.’

Fulham said it would be “one of the most important issues in American politics” if Trump decided to run again in 2024.

Meanwhile, several people, including Capitol Police Chief Tom Munger, have warned of escalating political violence in the United States, most recently with the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi breaking into his home. Sometimes men attacked.

According to court documents filed by prosecutors who labeled the incident a politically motivated assault, the attacker told police after his arrest that he would kidnap the speaker, interrogate him, and decapitate him if she “lyed.” said he was planning to break the

On the other hand, it was “almost certain” that Republicans would take control of the House next week, adding that “it is not impossible for Democrats to retain the Senate, but it is likely that Republicans will take both.”

— with files from The Associated Press

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