On Tuesday, CBS Mornings co-host Tony Dokoupil and Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer sounded the alarm over the possibility of Republicans winning big in the 2022 midterm elections, something they hysterically labeled one of “the top global risks” in the year ahead. The pair claimed any GOP victory in the midterms or the 2024 presidential contest would be seen as “illegitimate.”
“A new report is detailing what it says are the biggest risks facing the globe in 2022 and the findings may surprise you,” Dokoupil declared. Turning to Bremmer, he touted: “Number three, midterm elections here in the U.S., a top risk for 2022. How come?”
In reply, Bremmer wailed:
Well, maybe the least of the surprises. This is the most important midterm election in American history. We have January 6 coming up in just a day and as you know, since the profoundly challenged elections of 2020, no lessons have been learned at all in the United States. The country is much more divided and a large number of Americans, 64% in an NPR poll yesterday, say they thought the United States’ democracy was in crisis.
He went on to specifically identify the Republican Party as the source of the supposed global threat: “...the United States has an election process that is increasingly broken, increasingly delegitimized. And the midterm elections, especially if you have significant win for a Trump-led Republican Party, means that 2024 is going to be seen as illegitimate and potentially a constitutional crisis.”
Bremmer concluded: “In the world’s most powerful country, it’s hard not to rank that high on your list.” Dokoupil agreed: “It’s deeply worrying.”
The segment went on to mention that the number one global risk on the Eurasia Group’s list was China’s poor handling of the ongoing COVID pandemic. So Dokoupil and Bremmer think a worldwide health crisis that has killed millions is on par with potential Republican success at the ballot box.
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Here is a transcript of the January 4 exchange:
7:41 AM ET
TONY DOKOUPIL: A new report is detailing what it says are the biggest risks facing the globe in 2022 and the findings may surprise you. It’s a report that comes from the Eurasia Group, that’s a political risk and research consulting firm. Closely watched report, it ranks the top global risks every single year. And the president and founder of the Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer, joins us now to detail this report.
We’re going in reverse order on the top three, Ian. Number three, midterm elections here in the U.S., a top risk for 2022. How come?
IAN BREMMER: Well, maybe the least of the surprises. This is the most important midterm election in American history. We have January 6 coming up in just a day and as you know, since the profoundly challenged elections of 2020, no lessons have been learned at all in the United States. The country is much more divided and a large number of Americans, 64% in an NPR poll yesterday, say they thought the United States’ democracy was in crisis.
Unlike countries like Japan and Germany and Canada in the last few months have had very successful elections, the United States has an election process that is increasingly broken, increasingly delegitimized. And the midterm elections, especially if you have significant win for a Trump-led Republican Party, means that 2024 is going to be seen as illegitimate and potentially a constitutional crisis.
In the world’s most powerful country, it’s hard not to rank that high on your list.
DOKOUPIL: It’s deeply worrying.
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