David Brooks: Why Democrats are so bad at defending democracy

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'When it comes to elections, the Republican Party operates within a carapace of lies. So we rely on the Democrats to preserve our system of government,' writes New York Times columnist David Brooks.

A voter submits a ballot at the Salt Lake County Government Center, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.When it comes to elections, the Republican Party operates within a carapace of lies. So we rely on the Democrats to preserve our system of government.

These bills are hard to explain and hard to pass. By catering to D.C. interest groups, Democrats have spent a year distracting themselves from the emergency right in front of us.Given the racial history of this country, efforts to limit voting, as some states have been implementing, are heinous. I get why Democrats want to repel them. But this, too, is not the major crisis facing us. That’s because tighter voting laws often don’t actually restrict voting all that much.

But the real problem is that Democrats are not focusing on crucial state and local arenas. The Times’ Charles Homans had a fascinating report from Pennsylvania, where Donald Trump backers were running for local office, including judge of elections, while Democrats struggled to even find candidates.

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