Trump Endangers Democracy with Militarized Response to Peaceful Police Violence Protests

Interview with Cas Mudde, Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Prof of International Affairs, at the University of Georgia's School of Public and International Affairs, conducted by Scott Harris

Cas Mudde assesses the current wave of protests against police violence, President Trump’s ordering the deployment of active-duty military forces to the U.S. capital, and growing concern about this government’s authoritarian response and the danger it poses to constitutional rights and democracy. Mudde, whose latest book is titled, “The Far Right Today,” and host of the podcast, RADIKAAL,” will also touch on important points raised in his recent article, “The fight is on for progressives to push Biden to the left. They might just win.”

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