'Our Democracy Is At Stake,' Former Obama Adviser Valerie Jarrett Says
Valerie Jarrett, a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama, says the United States is at an “inflection point.”
“I do believe our democracy is at stake. I think that the current administration is not only ignoring laws but eroding our social norms,” she tells Here & Now’s Robin Young. “And we can’t afford to have whoever emerges as the nominee in the Democratic Party go into the general election in a weakened state.”
Jarrett cautions Democratic presidential candidates to move forward by holding each other accountable for their actions, while also understanding how their words could be used against them as 2020 approaches.
“People are human. I’m not holding them up to the standard of perfection, and they’re not going to all get it right every
