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- One of the purposes of liberal democracy is to wall off the “white supremacists,” the “Christian nationalists,” etc., Mary Trump says.
- She also took exception to media's normalization of Donald Trump despite he being impeached twice, his role in insurrection.
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Former President Donald Trump's niece Mary Trump weighed on the impact her uncle's fanatic followers could have on the swing states that will determine the fate of the 2024 election.
What Happened: Voter subversion will be a key issue, especially since Republicans know that they have to focus on three states, Mary Trump said during an episode of the MeidasTouch podcast that aired on May 13.
"Those people who support the Electoral College, do you think that’s democracy when candidates literally can ignore 47 of the 50 states?" Mary Trump asked.
This is why Republicans use tools such as voter subversion and gerrymandering, she added.
Donald Trump can "take credit for this," Trump’s niece added.
"We have voter subversion, which is the idea that the election results are illegitimate if your candidate doesn’t win and that’s only happening on the right," Mary Trump said.
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Normalizing Trump: Mary Trump also slammed what she believed was the media's willingness to normalize Donald Trump, as they appear to treat him as someone normal and not as someone who was impeached twice, incited insurrection and continues to perpetuate big lies.
"When they’re also normalizing his followers, that’s when we get into real trouble," Mary Trump said of the media.
"There’s nothing normal about their relationship to their candidate, their support for their candidate the things," she said.
One of the purposes of liberal democracy, according to Mary Trump, is to wall off white supremacists, Christian nationalists, misogynists and anti-Semites. While this form of government allows these groups to vote, it ensures that they don't get an outsized voice when it comes to determining how matters are handled, she added.
Mary Trump noted that, between 2017 and 2019, that “28%” of the population was represented by a “100%” of the federal government, as Republicans had the White House, Congress and Supreme Court.
"That percentage grew because it suddenly became okay again, to be openly white nationalist, openly somebody who prefers AR-15s to the lives of our children," she said.
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