Why is the US sleeping as autocracy approaches? | Jay Inslee

LZ Granderson : Most leaders have been asleep as the US president dismantles democracy piece by jeweled piece.

He says they are either cutting sweet little deals on their knees, or just remaining silent as the fruits of 250 years of national labor and life are strangled by Trump ’s tentacles.

Granderson asks: Where are the concerted voices of college presidents as their colleagues are being hung out to dry?.

Jay Inslee was the first governor of Washington state to speak out against his Muslim ban.

Inslee : 'I know standing up brings the heat. So be it. But my more important experience is decades watching a courageous citizenry force its federal government to change course' Inslee says: 'It is past time for all our leaders in civil society to wake up, stand up and speak up'.