Michael Moore Cautions US Democracy ‘May Not Get To 2020’ Intact
- 6 years ago
Filmmaker Michael Moore recently warned that democracy as we know it “may not get to 2020” intact.
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore recently warned that democracy as we know it "may not get to 2020" intact. In an interview with The Hill on Monday, Moore was asked if there's a lawmaker he believes is capable of beating Donald Trump in the next presidential race. Moore replied, "No," and said, "But most importantly, I'm not thinking about 2020." "If we don't fix this now, we may not get to 2020 or we won't get there in the way we thought we were as a country — the democracy that we had, or used to have, the whittling away of our rights," the filmmaker further noted. "If there's one national emergency or whatever, the way [Trump will] use that to do whatever he's planning to do...I think it's a very dangerous situation." Moore recently also weighed in on President Trump's odds of being elected to a second term. He told CNN: "Too many people in the summer of 2016 were so sure Hillary [Clinton] was going to win, saying no one is going to vote for this idiot. He could win again. I operate as if he is a two-term Trump. I have to. If you think any other way you are guaranteeing that whoever is going to run against him will lose." His latest film, 'Fahrenheit 11/9,' a look into the making of the Trump presidency, will be in theaters on September 21.
Moore was one of the few who predicted Trump's 2016 win.
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore recently warned that democracy as we know it "may not get to 2020" intact. In an interview with The Hill on Monday, Moore was asked if there's a lawmaker he believes is capable of beating Donald Trump in the next presidential race. Moore replied, "No," and said, "But most importantly, I'm not thinking about 2020." "If we don't fix this now, we may not get to 2020 or we won't get there in the way we thought we were as a country — the democracy that we had, or used to have, the whittling away of our rights," the filmmaker further noted. "If there's one national emergency or whatever, the way [Trump will] use that to do whatever he's planning to do...I think it's a very dangerous situation." Moore recently also weighed in on President Trump's odds of being elected to a second term. He told CNN: "Too many people in the summer of 2016 were so sure Hillary [Clinton] was going to win, saying no one is going to vote for this idiot. He could win again. I operate as if he is a two-term Trump. I have to. If you think any other way you are guaranteeing that whoever is going to run against him will lose." His latest film, 'Fahrenheit 11/9,' a look into the making of the Trump presidency, will be in theaters on September 21.
Moore was one of the few who predicted Trump's 2016 win.