Hiding in Plain Sight

On this episode of The Open Mind, we're delighted to welcome Sarah Kendzior, author of “Hiding In Plain Sight.”
Excerpt:
HEFFNER: So, you know, you’ve written extensively and precociously about the threat of authoritarianism at home. How acute is your concern at this juncture as we anticipate the fall campaign and the November election?
KENDZIOR: I’m very worried. I’ve been worried from the moment Trump launched his campaign because I believed he would win and that once he won, he would rule in a manner reminiscent of a Central Asian or a former Soviet autocrat, a kleptocrat, principally, that’s what he’s done. He’s packed his cabinet with people whose explicit goal is to, as Bannon put it, dismantle the administrative state. He’s put our country in danger. He has purged agencies, he has packed courts, he has eliminated oversight and ethics from government. And that extends into the election. You know, its integrity was always in question. We have domestic voter suppression foreign interference, insecure machines, and a new fear, which is that, you know, assume the election is held, and assuming the Democrat wins, Trump will simply refuse to leave.