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Lies, Politics and Democracy: Tim Alberta (interview) | FRONTLINE



Tim Alberta is a staff writer for The Atlantic. He formerly served as chief political correspondent for Politico and is the author of American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump.

The following interview was conducted by the Kirk Documentary Group’s Mike Wiser for FRONTLINE on May 6, 2022. It has been edited for clarity and length.

This interview is being published as part of FRONTLINE’s Transparency Project, an effort to open up the source material behind our documentaries. Explore the transcript of this interview, and others, on the FRONTLINE website:

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CHAPTERS:
Trump’s Initial Claims of Fraud in the 2020 Election – 0:00:00
The Response from Graham and Cruz – 0:05:48
Cruz and the 2016 Election – 0:11:31
Pence Joins the Ticket – 0:39:59
Trump’s Early Presidency and the Republican Response – 0:46:04
Trump and Charlottesville – 0:53:48
The First Impeachment – 0:57:06
Republican Leadership in the Wake of the 2020 Election – 1:09:14
Jan. 6 and the Aftermath – 1:20:41
The Republicans Exile Liz Cheney – 1:29:56

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50 comments
@adrianred236

Ted Cruz was born in Canada. How was he able to run for president in 2016?

@kartikadamon

Excellent description of the horrifying treasonous behavior of the GOP to defend Trump’s crimes.

@marygemmacapodanno2035

How very much like Adolf Hitler; but anymore, I think that is the point.

@marygemmacapodanno2035

Which came first – Trump or Project 2025?

@marygemmacapodanno2035

Whether wittingly or unwittingly, we have allowed one evil man to end our Democracy as we have known it for 248 years. We have allowed him to get away with egregious, criminal and treasonous behavior, all with impunity. Why? Who in the hell is he? Of course, the Republican Party enables him (and each other) because it needs a Republican stooge like Donald Trump in the Oval Office in order to enforce Project 2025 and to insure and perpetuate their own power. Project 2025 is the endgame.

@peterbreis5407

This guy skirts around it but he fails to recognise that the American deluded view of itself as the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave is the real lie.

It is the Land of the Bullied and Home of the Craven Cowards.

@imtrex521

smart guy. i hope he has a center.

@johnford1043

Ted Cruz is smart but cowardly….