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“Given the stakes, it’s fair to say the nation itself will be on the ballot. But while this is true, it is not the only thing that is true. The nation will be on the ballot again in 2024. And 2026. And 2028. The divisions that haunt the United States are not going to heal in any one election cycle,” Barrett said in his speech. “Now there are those who say that we face nothing less than the death of American democracy in 2022. I respectfully disagree. You could say we face the essence of American democracy in 2022. Because nothing is more essential to democracy — this year and every year — than our striving to move a country of 329 million closer to being the best possible version of itself.”