There’s no magic potion in our water that makes us immune to dictators, kleptocrats, theocrats and despots.

 

Congressman Jamie Raskin: Democracy vs. Autocracy in 2024

The Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth presents the Roger S. Aaron ’64 Lecture - Congressman Jamie Raskin: Democracy vs. Autocracy in 2024. In 2024, as American democracy undergoes yet another critical trial, which path will we choose? Will the United States embrace our democratic values, or will we move further toward the very autocratic tendencies that the Constitution attempted to prevent? Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Lead House Manager in the second Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, discusses the historic stakes of the 2024 election, and its potential impact on the future of American democracy. The conversation will be moderated by Professor Herschel Nachlis, Associate Director and Senior Policy Fellow of The Rockefeller Center and professor in the Department of Government.

There’s no magic potion in our water that makes us immune to dictators, kleptocrats, theocrats or despots—but we do have a coalition of constitutional patriots, people like you, who will defend with their work and their lives our democracy and the rule of law in America.

Together, we must ensure power-mad right-wing demagogues and violent mobs never topple our institutions. We must stand tall against violent insurrection, right-wing authoritarianism and white supremacy. And we will fight to restore the government as the people’s instrument for advancing the common good.

January 6th was a dark omen about the direction of right-wing politics in America. But our aggressive opposition to electoral violence and fraud and our impeachment and trial of Donald Trump for inciting insurrection against the Constitution demonstrated the kind of democratic resilience and resolve we will need to win.

Any contribution you can send in this month will be a tremendous boost to the forces of democracy and freedom as we build the muscle to organize for sweeping Democratic victory in November. >>

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This is a profound moment of reckoning for America, and we cannot let the despots and kleptocrats steal our future away.

I’m grateful for your support and solidarity, and I salute your passionate commitment to our country and our people.

With deep and abiding gratitude,

Jamie Raskin

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