MSNBC: This election is democracy versus fascism

Author and MSNBC political analyst Anand Giridharadas joined The 11th Hour host Stephanie Ruhle on Friday to declare that the upcoming midterm election is one between those who believe in liberal democracy and those who believe in fascism. In Giridharadas’s world, the latter group is normalizing the assault on Paul Pelosi. He provided no evidence for either claim.

Ruhle set things up by wondering, “Let’s talk about this week we just had. We are ending with poll watchers carrying guns and with Nancy Pelosi’s husband being attacked in his home by a potentially politically-motivated attacker? How much trouble are we in?”

Giridharadas tried to claim that this election is different than previous ones, “I mean, I think we — I have been trying to suggest to people that this is not, I think as many of us now recognize, a contest between different tax rates or different health care policy proposals.”