'The aftermath of the 2020 election showed how fragile democracy can be,' CNN's ChrisCillizza writes. 'So fragile that one man, who hasn't been in national office in decades, may have single-handedly saved it.' | Analysis
It's OK, I haven't either.After all, the Indiana senator-turned-much-maligned-vice-president under George H.W. Bush left national politics with exactly one thing attached to his name: He didn't know how to spell"p-o-t-a-t-o." Well, now Quayle is going to be known by history for something a little more positive: Helping to save democracy.
In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe! At best, that would have led to a series of lawsuits contesting whether Pence had the ability to overturn the election. That process would have dragged out for weeks -- if not months -- leaving the country in limbo in ways that could well have spawned further violence.At worst, we could have seen the legitimate decline of American democracy, with the demonstrated will of the people overturned by a single man.Consider THAT.
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