Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa said the erosion of democratic safeguards in the U.S. resembles the collapse of institutions in the Philippines under Rodrigo Duterte. Speaking with Jon Stewart for “The Daily Show” on Sept. 19 in the wake of Disney taking “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air, she
warned that executive power is consolidating in familiar ways. “Since 2016, I’ve been saying over and over and over, I told you so,” Ressa said, while Stewart admitted he had once believed American institutions were resilient.