Television
Mar 20, 2018
The fight for democracy

“There are arguably two great tracts that have been written throughout history. One is the Bible and the other is the Constitution of the United States of America. And America is an idea. It’s not a democracy, it’s not a republic before it is an idea. And the idea that 74 percent, according to the Monmouth University poll, believe there is a deep state run by a military, political, intellectual hierarchy apart from government is devastating. And this is the gift we have gotten from Donald Trump. This is the gift we have gotten from him surrendering to Vladimir Putin, Facebook and a series of events that have caused chaos in this country,” says veteran columnist Mike Barnicle as the Morning Joe panel analyzes a poll from Monmouth University that indicates that more Americans say they believe in the existence of a “deep state.” Listen to more of the discussion here with Mika Brzezinski, Carole Lee, Richard Haas and David Ignatius.