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Timothy Snyder: Voting rights an ‘existential question’ facing America

Political Theater, Episode 234

A “Let’s Go Brandon” flag is seen in Wyoming County, Pa. The saying is a way of cursing President Joe Biden.
A “Let’s Go Brandon” flag is seen in Wyoming County, Pa. The saying is a way of cursing President Joe Biden. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
By Jason Dick and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted January 12, 2022 at 4:13pm

The current fight over voting rights will help determine how long the United States endures as a republic, says Timothy Snyder, a historian and author of “On Tyranny” and other books about why democratic republics rise and fall.

He joins the Political Theater podcast to talk about that and the stresses on the current political system through the lens of history.

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