Rachel Maddow: ‘The Only Way the Country Gets Saved Is if Republicans Are Blocked by the Democratic Process’

Wallace: “”We want to make sure that no court can take that.”

MADDOW: “The courts will not save us here. The only thing that will save us here is if, what I believe is the pro-democracy super majority in this country decides we’re not only going to stand up for democracy in the abstract by saying nice things about it, we’re actually going to use our democracy to stop this iteration of the Republican Party from getting rid of it. The Republicans have to not be counted on to sort of do this themselves. We can all see what’s happening in the Republican Party now. There was a primary, didn’t work out to oust Donald Trump. There was a chance for leaders like Mitch McConnell to literally have Donald Trump barred from ever holding federal office again. They didn’t do it. We saw Republicans on the courts who have lifetime tenure and are therefore protected from the kinds of blowback that other politicians might be worried about, nevertheless get in line behind their partisan patrons. The Republican Party will not save us here. We cannot wait for the Republican Party to wake up. Nothing is going to happen inside the Republican Party other than efforts to get Donald Trump what he wants, which is to get rid of our form of government. The only way the country gets saved is if Republicans are blocked by the democratic process because Democrats win instead. That’s the only thing left to us.”