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Bill Clinton: ‘Fair chance’ US could ‘completely lose’ its democratic system

BY JUDY KURTZ

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/3 ... ic-system/

06/16/22



Bill Clinton says he’s never before been so concerned about the country’s foundational future, lamenting there’s a “fair chance” that the United States could

completely lose our constitutional democracy.

The former president appeared Wednesday on CBS’s “The Late Late Show” and responded to a question from host James Corden that alluded to Donald Trump’s presidency without mentioning the ex-commander in chief by name. Corden asked Clinton how he stays

so positive in what has been a very, very dark few years.

While saying that witnessing his grandchildren grow up makes it

impossible to be pessimistic about the future,

Clinton added,

Now, you shouldn’t be Pollyanna.

I actually think there’s a fair chance that we could completely lose our constitutional democracy for a couple of decades if we keep making — if we make bad decisions,

Clinton, 75, said.

I’m not naive about this. I’ve been in a lot of fights. I’ve lost some, won a bunch. I’ve been elated and heartbroken,

he continued.

But I’ve never before been as worried about the structure of our democratic form of government,

the 42nd president told Corden.

Clinton’s remarks come a day after a poll found that nearly half of all Americans believe the U.S. might

cease to be a democracy in the future.

Fifty-five percent of Democrats and 53 percent of Republicans surveyed in the Yahoo News-YouGov poll released Wednesday said they believe the country will “likely” not be a democracy one day.

Clinton said that he’s holding out hope his concerns don’t become a reality.

So far, every time we were faced with our own undoing, our conscious kicked in and we stepped away from the brink,

he said.

And I kind of think that’s what will happen here, but I don’t know when or how.

Clinton advised Americans to “be vigilant,” telling the audience the country has to

stand up for what we believe in.

And don’t return hatred with hatred,

he said.

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British Home Secretary Priti Patel has approved the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he is accused of espionage. It is reported by several British media.

According to Patel's office, she must sign an extradition order

if there is no reason to ban the order,

and the courts have not found any.



Julian Assange has two weeks to appeal the decision, and potentially bring it up in the UK's Supreme Court. .

The United States directs 18 charges against Julian Assange, who if extradited to the United States risks up to 175 years in prison for the publications Wikileaks made in 2010. The hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic documents that were leaked, revealed US war crimes and human rights abuses.

Julian Assange has been in custody in the UK, for several years. Before that, he stayed at the Ecuadorian embassy.

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On this day, it is worth remembering that corporate media outlets played a key role in condemning Julian Assange to his fate.

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